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04-04-2007, 08:26 PM | #1 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Apr 2004
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| Do you think we can get a company to do this?
Hey guys, I'm not sure if this has come up or not, but I was thinking. Do you think that we can find a company to make a mold of the bruiser body, and than produce us lexan replica's? Sure it would be no hard body, but don't you think a lexan body would be great? Especially considering that it will be somewhat cheaper than the price bruiser bodies are going for nowadays. Any comments/suggestions/calling me an idiot welcome.
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04-04-2007, 08:30 PM | #2 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2006 Location: Arlington, VA
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im gonna say no, if it hasnt happened yet i doubt it. theres been alot of talk about people doing it but so far its just that, talk.
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04-04-2007, 08:43 PM | #3 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Apr 2004
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Thats kinda what I figured, Im sure that people will have licensing issues, but I figured Id bring it up. Im sure we might be able to talk proline into some sort of toyota looking pickup
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04-04-2007, 10:18 PM | #4 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Formula Off-Roading some hill
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Ive herd of people vaccum forming thier own bodies .
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04-04-2007, 11:04 PM | #5 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Vegas
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Rockwerks is working on it.
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04-05-2007, 05:42 AM | #6 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: USA
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I wonder if anyone will make a YJ with a Molded in Hardtop? One that looks like a Short Wheel base Wrangler. Unlike the HPI Ruby Body. It's just looks like an Unlimited..
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04-05-2007, 07:19 AM | #7 |
Sinking with the ship Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: El Capitan...sole survivor and sinking fast
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Its been talked about for YEARS... myself being the huge Bruiser fan I am stopped holding my breath years ago....otherwise I would have got dead |
04-05-2007, 10:26 AM | #8 |
Im Brandon Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Colfax, CA
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Its happening, by a few vendors here Its just a long process sadly
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04-05-2007, 10:29 AM | #9 |
Debunking old stereotypes Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 1st and Amistad
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Too bad the guy making the XJ body from Germany wouldn't make one. Can you imagine one as nice as that XJ he makes |
04-05-2007, 11:05 AM | #10 |
RCC Addict Join Date: May 2005 Location: I live Here
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lexan liberty lexan yj ? ? ? i'm lisitening |
04-05-2007, 11:41 AM | #11 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Northern CaliFOOLya
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who isn't bro
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04-05-2007, 12:10 PM | #12 |
PapaGriz Yo Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: In the garage building the wife a crawler
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Making the molds and forming bodies is a long frustrating process. I lost an original Proline CJ8 body cuz it was used to make the mold for the repops Unimoger sold. The mold ruined my body and it turned out to be a losing battle. That's why we don't have any more CJ8 repops. Good luck to Rockwerks though, I hope he gets it. |
04-05-2007, 12:25 PM | #13 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: England, Where the birds fly backwards.
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its best to make one out of wood. thats what i do in school. |
04-05-2007, 02:26 PM | #14 |
Pebble Pounder Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Yorktown Virginia
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A lightweight wood body hand carved would be the craziest thing ever! id pay for that. maybe make a body out of thin sheet metal so that you can get realistic body damage |
04-05-2007, 02:38 PM | #15 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2006 Location: Arlington, VA
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| both have allready been done, a balsa scout not too long ago as well as alu cooking pan bodies.
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04-05-2007, 03:38 PM | #16 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: England, Where the birds fly backwards.
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now thats just cool. i dont think i'd have the patients too do that!
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04-19-2007, 10:59 AM | #17 |
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04-19-2007, 11:10 AM | #18 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: SoCal
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The biggest obstacle is liscensing. If someone makes on I can guarantee Toyota will go after you for fees. We are not talking small fees we are talking hundreds of thousands of dollars. This is the reason many popular bodies have been discontinued. It's sad really. If the major automotive companies eased up some, they would be getting a bunch of advertising for next to nothing. I just don't get it, since these things would not be competeing with them in any way, and could even generate some revenue for them as apposed to none due to the redicules fees. |
04-19-2007, 11:16 AM | #19 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: FLAGSTAFF
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| not for production use, its fine if you only do like 1 an hour. wood is not temperature stable. and can change shape with humidity and dryness. wood iis in the bottom 10% fo products to use for long term vac forming use
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04-19-2007, 11:24 AM | #20 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: FLAGSTAFF
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there are ways around lisencing issues, bodies over 17 years old, a little more generic version, name changes etc. take a bruiser for example. it would be impossible to vac form an exact copy. Just aint gonna happen, the body is undercut, too much detail around the windows, grill etc. The older yota like truck we will produce will be similar to the late 70's truck the bodies that are close J10 style bruiser style cropped cj8 style |
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