How fast do you destroy your body?

[rocksteadily]

I'm just curious, for those of you running abs bodies, how long before
You start breaking the body? I've modded a
Hilux body(drop bed, doved front and rear) and I have played with it only a handful of times and needless to say I have broken it up pretty bad. I know my truck is heavy and if I roll I don't really jump to catch it, I just let it go. Maybe it's time to look into an exo
Some pics

[Mud Puppy]

Love the detaling you can do on a hard-body, but gotta love the bounce factor of lexan. I tumbled my rig down a 30 foot bank today. A hard body would have been smashed up but my lexan body was fine.

[rocksteadily]

Thats true, I got a project I'm workin on for my 6 yo daughter, it's gettin lexan lol I'm sure she won't be as careful as I am, an I'm not very careful haha.

[theloudone]

yeah, rc4wd makes an affordable exan hilux body

[madazz]

ouch! that hilux looked so nice before you ran it. im almost finished my jeep build and im scared that after a few runs the body is going to be hammered, guess i better be careful

[808DA6]

I have my windshield glued in place. It helps to strengthen the pillars and roof.

[rocksteadily]

Originally Posted by theloudone

yeah, rc4wd makes an affordable exan hilux body

But it doesn't look good to me

Originally Posted by madazz

ouch! that hilux looked so nice before you ran it. im almost finished my jeep build and im scared that after a few runs the body is going to be hammered, guess i better be careful

Yeah I took a few hours on bodywork and had the painter at my shop paint it for me, 3 base coats 3clear coats with ghost blue pearl lol but I can't see myself babieng my truck no matter how nice the paint its just not right!!!

Originally Posted by 808DA6

I have my windshield glued in place. It helps to strengthen the pillars and roof.

I am gonna glue the shit out of the windows to the cab!! It's gonna be sorid!!!

[sweli]

My JK was cracking the front hood, A and C pillars, etx. I added a delrin and alum roof rack which helped. I reinforce the underside of the hood lines with styrene square tubing.
Then it pushed me to learn to braze. Now it has stainless rod running fro the hood, up and back along the roof rack.

Now both my other rigs have partial or full exo's. It helps save the Bruder, Nikko and New Bright bodies I am running. ......and it's another great way to spend more money on this hobby


My F150 Nikko body still was cracking a mirror off taking part of the door with it. I ran a delrin rod mirror to mirror on the inside to transfer the impact from falls and hard rolls. It was easier there because of the dark glass and no interior.
One of my winter proj. is to put an interior and clear glass in that one which will be fun to try and incorporate the cross-bar back into it.

[rocksteadily]

I think I'm gonna end up building an interior cage and acre the body to it? Well see. See what I come up with tomorrow

[ben10]

holy hell! with enough paint it will be like body armor

[RusT808]

You need to drive nicer. Stop punishing your truck.

[rocksteadily]

Originally Posted by RusT808

You need to drive nicer. Stop punishing your truck.

That's blasphemy!! It's not a baby!!!! The frame is from the 80s!!! It's old enough to take a beating!!!