Sawback makeover
 

After seeing so many cool projects on this forum, and then looking at my plain sawback... I decided that something had to be done. I don't have any exact plan for how the finished result will look like. We'll see where I end up.

So this is how it looked like a couple of days ago.

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The first thing I did was built a roll cage and put on some seat covers. No money was spent since the roll cage was made from two plastic coat hangers and the seat covers a pair of nylons that I stole from my wife (she doesn't know). I thought I had a picture of just the cage but I guess not. I'll add one later. Next up is some wood work.

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Here I made some wood boards and railing. I stained the wood. All materials were free. The boards were cut from paint mixing sticks and the railing from chopsticks.

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Threw in a rubber mat as well (old mousepad).

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This is how it looks so far. As you can see I have some plans for the gas cap ;-)

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I am not a big fan of stickers, and the gas cap sticker was pretty awful. I made a recessed cap out of a paint container and a plastic nut.

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Made a handle for the rear.

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i'm a big fan of the sawback,i have two.i like your creativity.i need to tighten up and do some on mine.great job!!!!

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Replaced the sticker lights and also added some rust.

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Clever mods. Just great ideas! Nice work.

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I've been wanting to do something about the terrible gas cap sticker on my sawback and now that I've seen your solution I think I can come up with something. I'm also digging the mouse pad mat in the rear, I work on garage doors so I have been planning to use some black weather seal."thumbsup"

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Yes, great solutions to sprucing it up! Maybe shave the ends of plastic hanger down a little where it meets the two thinner horizontal bars, other than that looks great. :)

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Had to take a break yesterday as it snowed and I had to attach the snow blade for some action. See some video footage here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QCFUdOzwQE

I made new front and rear bumpers. I was going to paint them black but ended up liking them better plain.

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Then proceeded with some weathering work

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Added a shovel

http://www.patrickeriksson.com/misc/nov16-14.jpg

More weathering

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Shots of the entire vehicle. Still some detailing work left on the body. I am also thinking about making a small roof.

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Time to do some work on the chassis for a change. I had experimented with some axle wrap bars earlier this summer, which worked very well, but wanted to try something more compact.

This is the original design: two brass tubes attached to the rear axle and the skid plate with a small shackle (still to be painted). This prevents axle wrap entirely and allows for articulation with no binding.

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For the front I decided to try something else. Roughly cut pieces of brass tubing.

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Measuring everything up.

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Pieces have been soldered together.

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Painted and installed. Works really well, and I like it much better than the version in the rear.

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Painted the covers.

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Rear anti-wrap bars painted.

http://www.patrickeriksson.com/misc/nov18-29.jpg

Went ahead and painted the shackles as well since the chrome did not fit in with the look.

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Jeep is looking good.
I like the looks of the front axle wrap bar..
Good looking weathering and Cas cap. The decal look pretty bad.
Nice seat covers too.
Nice work.

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Templates for battery compartment.

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Receiver box cut and flipped over.

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Painted. ESC and receiver goes on top.

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Battery fits nice and snug.

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ESC and receiver in place.

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Body goes on without trouble.

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Very nice scale details, just when I was going to say inner fenders, you made them and they are multi-purpose. "thumbsup"