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Old 06-12-2016, 04:52 PM   #1
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Default need help with a new bright tj build

My plan is to make a newbright 1/10 tj or lj not sure yet. Also, I'm trying to keep it class 1 or close to it. I'm not sure where to start. The only two kits that I think might work are the mst cmx or the gmade sawback. Any opinions on these kits? Are there any other chassis and axles that may work? Any and all ideas are welcome. Sorry if this is confusing.
I believe these are the correct measurements of the body.
Length: 400mm
Width: 195mm
Height: 140mm
Wheelbase: 260mm
I cant confirm it yet, I'm still waiting for mine to show up.
I know I had a thread on this already but the titles seemed to confuse people, sorry.

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Old 06-13-2016, 08:11 PM   #2
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75 people have seen this thread and no one has any help or opinions on the kits I mentioned above.
Anyway got the body today. The actual measurements are
length:377.825 mm
width:184.15 mm
wheelbase:254 mm
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Old 06-13-2016, 09:54 PM   #3
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I'll throw in my 2cents.
The mst cmx would be a good start for wheelbase and width.
You'd still need to fab up a front motor mount and get a transfer case.
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Old 06-16-2016, 12:05 AM   #4
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there are many kits you can go with. If I was building that rig I'd go with a dingo kit. the reason is there are so many aftermarket parts available.
saying that if you cant do modifications and don't have the tools to do mods I would go with something different. you need to be able to shorten your links and still have everything work right.
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Old 06-16-2016, 06:01 AM   #5
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I have built a handful of these using an scx10 kit, I'm currently building one using an scx10 2 kit.


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Old 06-28-2016, 09:12 AM   #6
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I have a small collection of toy RC hard bodies, each of them with wheelbases between 10" - 10.75", and I'm seriously considering an eventual MST CMX build, because it was designed to mount bodies of that size. There are loads of MST CMX trail/crawl videos popping up on YouTube, which reflects its growing popularity.
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Old 07-05-2016, 08:02 PM   #7
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I'm fine with shortening links, cutting up a chassis, just not sure about narrowing axles. So I may start with an scx chassis,make links, but still unsure of what axles and trans to run. May try mrc axles since I have a set just sitting around. mst still maybe the answer or sawback axles.
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