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Old 01-26-2006, 09:56 PM   #1
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Although I'm not new to R/C by any means I'm new to R/C Crawling.

Plans for my Truck:
TLT-1
Juggernaut F-350 Body
Homemade Links or Lunsford Titanium Links
Stampede Trans or Losi XXX Trans
Stampede telescoping half shafts
Proline Moab 2.2 Need suggestions for Rims (simulated or real [cheap] beadlock)
Associated T-Maxx 4" Team shocks
Ko Propo Mars Radio or Airtronics M8 (if I go w/4WS)
Locked Differentials
Since I'm doing this on a budget I want to use as much of the TLT as possible.
My goal is to have a scale looking yet very capable crawler on a budget.

If anyone sees that I might be going down the wrong path or has some suggestions please help out.
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Old 01-26-2006, 10:40 PM   #2
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If you want a very capable crawler, ditch the Jugg body. It will make your truck top heavy, it will look good rolling over though -until it gets beat up. Save it for more of a trail truck. I believe Pro-line makes a very nice F-series that will be lighter and easier to trim for wheel clearance.

Sounds like your on the right track with everything else. Consider an upgrade to an aftermarket chassis in the future. It doesn't have to be fancy or store bought, check the threads in small scale and you will find a ton of excellent home-made chassis designs that would be easy to replicate.

As far as beadlocks go, check the vendors thread and you will find great looking simulated beadlocks that will fit pretty much any rim that you favor. Noone makes a cheap true beadlock, and you don't really need them anyway, glue works.
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Old 01-27-2006, 06:41 AM   #3
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THanks Clodking,

I do plan on upgrading the chassis in the future it seems that anyone using a stock chassis is shaving 1" off the botttom. I may do that for now and upgrade the chassis in the future.

Good point on the Jugg body I didn't think of the weight, I was looking forward to painting my first hard body. Maybe I'll paint it for when the truck is sitting on the shelf.
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