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05-13-2009, 06:59 AM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: South Africa
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|  check out my new Jeep body , solar powered .... http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/general-crawlers/ if you look at this thread you will see the old body , so a friend of mine donated a body and this is what Ive done with it. the lighting system is solar powered , I took one of these solar powered keyring torches on Ebay and built it into the body , notice the solar panel on the roof.         |
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05-13-2009, 09:09 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Morrison Crawlerado
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That's pretty cool... it has been a while since I've seen your homemade rig... amazing!  |
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05-13-2009, 04:55 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: In a very dark cave can't you tell...
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| I Like it
Wow I never even came close to thinking about something like that for a rc. That was a cool idea, and a great looking jeep body to go with it. |
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05-13-2009, 07:22 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: bronx
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nice looking rig, bright lights too |
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05-14-2009, 10:25 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Fremont
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looks sweet how high is it off the ground
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05-14-2009, 10:40 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: maple ridge
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where did you get that body???
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05-15-2009, 01:52 AM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: South Africa
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05-15-2009, 01:56 AM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: South Africa
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| toys r us , I took the body off a cheap RC toy Quote:
In fact it cost the same to buy a "blank body" or to buy a fully built up rtr cheap rc from toys r us. | |
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05-15-2009, 11:44 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Greece, sun, sea and rocks
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Very nice try! That is what I call innovation. Call me an idiot but how useful would the solar lights be if you only need them at night???
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05-16-2009, 10:23 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Sale Creek, TN
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That rig looks cool. |
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05-16-2009, 10:31 AM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: South Africa
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6 hours sunlight give 2 hours of light. and no - I wont call you a idiot - lol  | |
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05-23-2009, 05:27 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: maple ridge
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who was the manufacture of the RC you bought. i've been lookign for this type of grand body for ever. the closest thing if found is the body only on ebay for 60$ |
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05-23-2009, 06:21 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: clearfield
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Lets see some specs and close up pics of your axles... Its cool seeing a build like this... its like the old days of crawlin... make stuff instead of click "buy" for your parts. |
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05-23-2009, 07:08 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: San Clemente, CA.
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Uuuhhhgg now even crawlers are going green..j/k inovative idea axles look interesting Id like to see some pix of those too
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05-23-2009, 07:44 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Isanti, Minnesnowta
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| cool lights
The lights are very cool, did you basiclly just tear apart the light and use all that stuff ,or did you wire in differant battey? If you did change it up could you please explain and maybe pick , I would love to try it. I was going to tear up my outdoor path lights , the wife didn't like the idea, so I'm looking for some new ones she likes then I get old ones. |
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05-24-2009, 12:08 AM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: South Africa
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| body I used is from a EZTEC toy rc
The body I used is from a EZTEC toy rc , it is a few years old , I also added some of my own stuff , like closing up the wheel arches , adding the rear bars , front protection , etc ... , check out this link: http://www.amazon.com/Eztec-Jeep-Gra.../dp/B000IHLH0M Quote:
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05-24-2009, 12:16 AM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: South Africa
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| check out this thread , this is how it all started .....
check out this thread , this is how it all started ..... building my own crawler Quote:
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05-24-2009, 02:18 AM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: South Africa
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ebay keyring light:    unsolder the led's and press switch , mount the leds , solder wires back to the unit( make sure you connect same contact to same on unit) , solder a on/off switch and mount it - done. Quote:
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05-24-2009, 07:00 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Isanti, Minnesnowta
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| Buju thanks
thanks for the info, I think even I could do that. You did the hard work ,coming up with the idea. I can see alot of poeple doing this, one less batteyr you need to check before you go crawling , or if you happen to be playing when it gets dark,you got light. I think I might try to make a removable set,like K.C. roof rack lights or something I can throw on if needed. thanks again |
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05-24-2009, 10:44 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Greece, sun, sea and rocks
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 . As far as the switch goes, where do you solder it to? Electronics noob here.
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