DeathStar 2.0

[evan03]

Love it.
The black Rock jock 70s with black truss is sexy.

[bilinvic]

Sub'd because this looks way too cool!

[Dirty 'Yota]

A few more crappy cell phone pics of a few new parts.

Both cage sides cut for the BGR Moody:


VP CMS/pan hard mount/servo mocked up:


Viking winch thimble and Warn ready to be bolted on:


And this arrived today...awesome Werty Made front bumper with short stinger and D-ring mounts. I had him send it to me raw so I can powdercoat it in the same Black Magic color I used on my BGR cage.

[TNCrawler]

Looking sick man. I will be watching this build for sure.

[XS NOIZ]

Great looking build...looking forward to more updates.

[Dirty 'Yota]

During a much needed day off from work, I had time to finish up my Werty bumper.

I drilled it for the winch plate, sandblasted it, then powdercoated it in Black Magic. I also powdercoated the winch plate gloss black and ground down some stainless cap head screws to attach the winch.

[Werty Made]

That looks awesome powder coated.

[axial 4x4 crawler]

That's a nice build you have

[avoidsthelight]

Yea, it's looking good. Finished yet ??????

[Dirty 'Yota]

Originally Posted by avoidsthelight

Yea, it's looking good. Finished yet ??????

Almost.

I got these Locked Up 2.2" SLW Rock Cutters and Trail Ready-inspired rings:




And VP 350 hubs with some scale hardware for everything:

[Dirty 'Yota]

Interior is finished. I painted it with Faskolor Fasblack and used truck bed liner for the floorboards. I had to trim a lot off the front when I bolted it into the cage and cut some slots for the battery-forward tray.



And I got the faux hardware on the rings...what a PITA that was. Many of the LURC screws were too short and only had about one thread. The pack of ten extra I bought were all too long. And some even stripped when I threaded them into the included 2mm starter nuts.

[Werty Made]

I really hate all this new scale hardware. Sucks working with it.

[Dirty 'Yota]

I got my C.I. DD foams in today and put two wheels together for now.

TSL = Those Sexy Lugs

[12stepRC]

Is there a special wrench you need for those scale bolts ?

[Dirty 'Yota]

Originally Posted by 12stepRC

Is there a special wrench you need for those scale bolts ?

Yes, it's shown in the pic to the right of the scale hardware. They're just tips that you can use in a drill (not recommended) or a handle, like the blue aluminum one shown in the same pic.

Those ones are 2mm and they also come in 3mm and 1.75mm for the different sizes of hardware. You have to be easy on these things when tightening them because the heads seem soft and round off easily.

[12stepRC]

Well they look sick but on that note i probably won't be buying any, great build buy the way it's coming together very well, :thumbsup:

[briansbodies]

I really like the attention to detail you are putting into this rig...should look very nice when its finished!

[Werty Made]

Whats new with it?

[Dirty 'Yota]

Originally Posted by Werty Made

Whats new with it?

It's getting closer. I powdercoated the CarterFab rear inners and rear tray, and mounted the Pro-Line fuel cell, pumps and batteries. I'm actually working on an aluminum mount for the EXO radiator as I type this.

[Dirty 'Yota]

Just another small update. I got the esc, receiver and BEC mounted and tried to shorten and hide the wires the best I could. I'm waiting on a Pure-Tech strap that I hope will fit beside the esc to hold my 3s. I also had to extend the slots on my motor plate to run smaller pinions with the RRP slipper.