Eliminator_ryan's Yeti Trophy truck build

[Eliminator_ryan]

Hey everyone I took this Yeti in on trade and the previous owner had starred by buying an sc8 body but never made it any further.

I had the dune t/a's already and had some Vanquish kmc 101's off of my wraith so i started to brain storm of an idea for a cage because the stock one did not suit the build. The nice part about owning a Hobby store is being able to see all the different products and after toying with the idea of building a custom cage SC8 cage was ordered to see how it would fit







After getting it the cage on I modified a bracket for the back so it flips up like the stock cage and I added some strc ear link mounts to extend the wheel base a bit to fit the body better.

[Maddog Madigan]

What a sweet idea! Can you post the part number on cage? More details

[Eliminator_ryan]

After the body was all mocked up I made a front bumper to fit with the body and made a thin aluminum skid to get a template for when I make a proper one after mock-up. The bumper is mad out of 3/16 sold rod tig welded to steal trap that bolts up to the stock mounts.







For the back bumper I had to shorten the rear of the cage and make a mount plate for the spare tire and a place for me to weld the rear bumper too.









Now the hard part, deciding how to do the rear bumper. After many hours of google image searching trophy truck bumpers i dove right in and made the main hoop.



Then I added in all the bracing








Don't worry I have a matching spare on it's way.

[EeePee]

Originally Posted by Eliminator_ryan

Don't worry I have a matching spare on it's way.

I was gonna say!

[Eliminator_ryan]

Now that all the bumpers were done I was deciding on paint and thought i would let the truck do the taking and keep the paint simple. I used my favorite color FASKOLOR fastscent Blue with some black accents. I also airbrushed the grilles and headlights since i did not have any decals.










Now that it looks Pretty I will make it a monster inside, stay tuned for more

[Maddog Madigan]

Perfect! You started something.....just watch. Great build

[Eliminator_ryan]

Originally Posted by Maddog Madigan

What a sweet idea! Can you post the part number on cage? More details

It's Associated Part number 89425

[Eliminator_ryan]

All the fabbed metal will be Powered coated as well and I am running Xtm Mammoth st rear shocks in the rear with the stock axial shocks set-up as dampeners.

[fredmag]

Will it remain 4wd or will you go for 2wd?
Very nice build!

[Eliminator_ryan]

4wd all the way !

Originally Posted by fredmag

Will it remain 4wd or will you go for 2wd?
Very nice build!

[mrhobby100]

Now that is badass. I build real Baja trucks so this is my flavor right here. But since it has a-arms and your keeping the 4wd instead of trophy truck which are 2wd call it a Lucas oil pro4 truck.

Dude I might copy you in a black and green color scheme cause this shit is so dope.

[sb4pro]

AWESOMENESS!!!!!!
Can't wait to start on mine . ( still waiting on the HPI body )

[iacdmac]

Can we get a pic of full bump and full droop? Very cool build!

[Eliminator_ryan]

Originally Posted by mrhobby100

Now that is badass. I build real Baja trucks so this is my flavor right here. But since it has a-arms and your keeping the 4wd instead of trophy truck which are 2wd call it a Lucas oil pro4 truck.

Dude I might copy you in a black and green color scheme cause this shit is so dope.

Thanks for the info I'm not up to date on the lingo in the desert race world I'm in the prairies here in Canada so we don't see much of them

[Eliminator_ryan]

Originally Posted by iacdmac

Can we get a pic of full bump and full droop? Very cool build!

Will do first thing in the morning

[fxman]

Love it! I was trying to piece the cage together with the Yeti cage and a Dingo one in order to fit it under the SC8 body.... mine looks like a first grader's version compared to your awesome cage and bumpers! And I have the exact same color sitting here next to me... now I need to go a different route, so I don't look like a copy cat Great truck!

[Eliminator_ryan]

Originally Posted by fxman

Love it! I was trying to piece the cage together with the Yeti cage and a Dingo one in order to fit it under the SC8 body.... mine looks like a first grader's version compared to your awesome cage and bumpers! And I have the exact same color sitting here next to me... now I need to go a different route, so I don't look like a copy cat Great truck!

Thank-you, i posted this to help guys do this because i have guys coming to my store asking about this stuff and minus the bumpers its easy stuff to fit together.


Here are more pics of full droop and compression and I added some decals to make it look scale.

[fxman]

Helps a lot! I want to cut the windows of the body in order to show the cage, but the Yeti cage is too narrow really. Went ahead and ordered a cage right away. Thanks again! I saw you run twin shocks in the back? I might need stiffer springs as well since I want to load two tires on the back...

[Eliminator_ryan]

Originally Posted by fxman

Helps a lot! I want to cut the windows of the body in order to show the cage, but the Yeti cage is too narrow really. Went ahead and ordered a cage right away. Thanks again! I saw you run twin shocks in the back? I might need stiffer springs as well since I want to load two tires on the back...

I am running xtm mammoth rear shocks on this one and my regular yeti I am running hpi E-savage (not the regular savage) shocks

[Eliminator_ryan]

Cant have a bad@$$ truck without having an interior