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09-06-2014, 04:39 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: May 2009 Location: Rossiter
Posts: 69
|  Re: DeathStar 2.0 A long time ago on a TTC course far, far away...  I know I've been slacking on finishing this rig, but it's finally done. I trimmed and painted the body, which wasn't fun at all but turned out great. I used Spaz Stix black on the panels, SEM automotive trim paint on the flares & doors, and Tamiya clear orange and clear red on the lights. I dyed some small Dubro nylon hinges black and bolted them so the hood and grill open for easy access to the electronics. I finished it off with some aluminum CarterFab, Jeep & Wrangler emblems. The pilot is a 6-inch Hasbro Black Series #09 Stormtrooper. I added a HeyOK winch controller, Pull Pal and rear d-rings. I painted the hi-lift jack gray and black to look like a Smittybilt Trail Jack. And mounted the EXO radiator to the upper cage section with p-clamps. The shocks were way shorter than I expected, so I removed the front droop kit completely, then mounted the rear droop kit upside down on the front to make a lift kit. This thing weighs about 8.7 lbs., so I used the longer single-stage springs along with the upper dual-stage springs and 20-weight oil. I'm planning to give it a break-in run tomorrow before taking it to the Keystone TTC next week.           Last edited by Dirty 'Yota; 09-06-2014 at 04:46 PM. |
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09-06-2014, 05:54 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: South Crawlolina
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|  Re: DeathStar 2.0
Sweet wraith. Is that a bombproof trans in there?
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09-06-2014, 05:58 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: May 2009 Location: Rossiter
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09-06-2014, 07:07 PM
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| Rock Stacker  Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Ventura, Ca.
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| Re: DeathStar 2.0
WOW...turned out killer !!!! nice build  |
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09-13-2014, 08:55 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: May 2009 Location: Rossiter
Posts: 69
| Re: DeathStar 2.0
Well, I took this beast to the KRC TTC today and did ok. I placed first in the show & shine, second in the sled pull, second in the mud bog, and sixth overall. Not too bad for her first time off the shelf. Last edited by Dirty 'Yota; 09-15-2014 at 04:35 PM. |
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09-16-2014, 08:51 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: May 2009 Location: Rossiter
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| Re: DeathStar 2.0 Photo by Andy King  |
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12-06-2014, 06:20 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: May 2009 Location: Rossiter
Posts: 69
| Re: DeathStar 2.0
I picked up a set of BGR v3 sliders and powdercoated them in Black Magic to match my other parts. I also got a GearHead scale cooler...not sure where I'm going to mount it yet.   And here are few pics taken by Tin Soldier(Ryan) at a comp a few months ago:     |
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12-07-2014, 08:04 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: jville
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| Re: DeathStar 2.0
Top notch sir....keep it up, love the front bumper ive been wanting to change mine and i think i know who i need to contact....
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12-08-2014, 11:19 AM
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| Newbie Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Milford
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| Re: DeathStar 2.0
That looks frickin fantastic! Nicely done.
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