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[thzero]

Originally Posted by JHTreyIII

My GF:

Time to motorboat?

[thzero]

Originally Posted by johnnyh66

do tell

[Die-Laughing]

You bought a lift & some 33's didn't you!!?

[johnnyh66]

Originally Posted by thzero

[thzero]

Originally Posted by Die-Laughing

You bought a lift & some 33's didn't you!!?

LOL... oh no, not yet. That's on the list though!

[thzero]

Originally Posted by thzero

LOL... oh no, not yet. That's on the list though!

Instead I went with this....





as I'm tired of running a 'Wraith'. And it just looks bad to the bone (i'll need some dirt dinglers for it so when it mounts Melons, its doing it right)!

[thzero]

Btw I tweaked the Tech Sheet Excel file...

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B1z...k0NzNmN2QxNmQx

[johnnyh66]

Originally Posted by thzero

as I'm tired of running a 'Wraith'. And it just looks bad to the bone (i'll need some dirt dinglers for it so when it mounts Melons, its doing it right)!

lol, you better keep that thing away from my Melons!

[badhoopty]

Originally Posted by thzero

instead i went with this....

nice!!

[WarTrader]

Hey guys I've not forgotten about the tow strap thing I've actually been trying some stuff between builds and to be honest the shoe string thing works ok.... I feel there is a bit to be desired. After a little use they end up looking kinda beat up. Functional but just not what I'd like to have after a little use. I'm really wanting to make something better. Do you guys think 3/8" is too wide for a tow strap?

I'm thinking about making some from some real nylon webbing. I've gotten all the little issues with the fraying and all that taken care of I can hot knife them and it leaves a nice heat sealed edge. The problem is I cannot find any materal that is narrower than 3/8".

The nice thing is there are a ton of different color selections. If you guys don't think 3/8" is too wide I was going to order some (blue ) It's my favorite color and makes some and see how they turn out.

Photo Details

There are even a ton of patterns.

http://www.strapworks.com/PhotoDetai...tCode=PEWPAT38

Those are just a few of the colors available.

I could even do some out of tubular nylon but that would move the width to 1/2" but the strength could be crazy strong.

[JHTreyIII]

Originally Posted by thzero

Instead I went with this....





as I'm tired of running a 'Wraith'. And it just looks bad to the bone (i'll need some dirt dinglers for it so when it mounts Melons, its doing it right)!

Dude, that's awesome! I've been thinking about doing something similar to this to my class 2. I really like my '72 chevy and it performs well but it could use a smaller body and some front/rear dovetailing. It's just so huge! Might be my first attempt at brazing. One thing at a time though. I gotta get my class 1 chevy done first. I need to get back to work on it!

[johnnyh66]

Zero that is a really cool truggy! R2J does great work...

Well, I took the day off and I'm heading up north to my buddies house. Him and his 3 year old little girl are going to help me with my soldering woes.

[Die-Laughing]

Looks good WarTrader do one up and see how 3/8" looks on the truck.

Bad ass rig zero! I saw that in the classifieds. It has potential

[JHTreyIII]

Originally Posted by WarTrader

The nice thing is there are a ton of different color selections. If you guys don't think 3/8" is too wide I was going to order some (blue ) It's my favorite color and makes some and see how they turn out.

Photo Details

There are even a ton of patterns.

Photo Details

I think melons would look pretty sweet with a rainbow tow strap.

[neillarson]

Man the Yellow and Orange ones are dead ringers for ARBs Tree Savers and Snatch Straps. Hmmm, Snatch Straps? sounds like another name for a thong.

Nice rig Chris. should order some scale Diamond plate to work on the bed part, would look cool there. I did find some scale expanded metal plate, bought a 8" by 12" piece to play with.

Originally Posted by WarTrader

Hey guys I've not forgotten about the tow strap thing I've actually been trying some stuff between builds and to be honest the shoe string thing works ok.... I feel there is a bit to be desired. After a little use they end up looking kinda beat up. Functional but just not what I'd like to have after a little use. I'm really wanting to make something better. Do you guys think 3/8" is too wide for a tow strap?

I'm thinking about making some from some real nylon webbing. I've gotten all the little issues with the fraying and all that taken care of I can hot knife them and it leaves a nice heat sealed edge. The problem is I cannot find any materal that is narrower than 3/8".

The nice thing is there are a ton of different color selections. If you guys don't think 3/8" is too wide I was going to order some (blue ) It's my favorite color and makes some and see how they turn out.

Photo Details

There are even a ton of patterns.

Photo Details

Those are just a few of the colors available.

I could even do some out of tubular nylon but that would move the width to 1/2" but the strength could be crazy strong.

[thzero]

Originally Posted by neillarson

Man the Yellow and Orange ones are dead ringers for ARBs Tree Savers and Snatch Straps. Hmmm, Snatch Straps? sounds like another name for a thong.

Waits for people to post thong animated gifs!

Originally Posted by neillarson

Nice rig Chris. should order some scale Diamond plate to work on the bed part, would look cool there. I did find some scale expanded metal plate, bought a 8" by 12" piece to play with.

Where did you find that? I was looking for some plastic diamond plate, but didn't find any.

[neillarson]

Plastruc makes the plastic. They make a 1/166, 1/48 and 1/100 size. I used the 1/16 on my D90.

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The expanded metal came from McMaster-Carr.

McMaster-Carr. I ordered the Aluminium as I thought it looked the most scale but it has to be bolted on as I have no clue how to braze dis-similar metals.

[JHTreyIII]

Originally Posted by thzero

Waits for people to post thong animated gifs!

Johnny will have that one. I don't have a thong one. Just this: Haha.

[badhoopty]

YES!!!

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gonna chop this up and put it under a speedpal zukie body with yota axles... it wont be completely scale to my 1:1 but close. maybe instead of the speedpal i could use an axial trail ranger and just work the rear lexan to look like a tintop zukie.

i have wanted this chassis for awhile!!!!

[JHTreyIII]

Cool man! Class 1?