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07-09-2005, 04:51 PM
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| TEAM MODERATOR   Join Date: May 2004 Location: Tennessee
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|  Heres a few pics of my Twin before I put it on a diet.............. 19 lbs of truck right here  Last edited by Reflection; 07-09-2005 at 04:57 PM. |
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07-09-2005, 04:54 PM
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| Out with the old,in with the new Heres a couple more I found |
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07-09-2005, 05:06 PM
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| Heres a few after the diet,shes a little lighter now at 10 lbs. |
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07-09-2005, 05:22 PM
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| A few more. All of these new pics are with the wider axles(14" hex to hex) and my new 8 1/2" tall LST's. |
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07-09-2005, 05:42 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Central NY
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| looks nice looked better with the old body IMO it looks like the tire hits the body in the 7th pic down |
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07-09-2005, 06:21 PM
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| I'll have to agree,I liked the Dodge body better also. I'll run the Bronco body for a bit longer anyway. I've got a couple more bodies I'm working on right now. Yeah,I've got a little tire rubbage but thats not real important to me. |
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07-09-2005, 10:38 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Ventura
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| did you put the kong sidewalls on a set of lst's, and did you have to splice in extra legths of tread? |
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07-09-2005, 10:41 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Ventura
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| one more thing how long is your wb" |
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07-10-2005, 01:17 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: May 2004
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| You sure didn't say much in your thread in the tire section. Are you going to tell or what? |
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07-10-2005, 05:11 PM
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Yep,it took about 5 1/4 LST's to complete the set. The left over tread section will eventually be cut up for sidebiters Quote:
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I kinda went a little more into detail in my last reply in the tire section if you want to go read it. It's kindly self explanatory though. Basically all I did was to cut the treads off the Kongs and the same for the LST's,and then just glue them back together. Doing the first one you have to be carefull and get your cut's right. I cut a little on the big side on the first one so I wouldn't screw them up. If I kept making them all like that they would have ended up about 9 1/2" tall. I didn't want to get tooooo carried away so I trimmed them down some. Now that I feel comfortable in doing this,I know for sure I'll never have to buy a special wheel adapter. Like if I was to build a TXT and want to run Maxx size tires on it. I'd just glue the TXT sidewalls into a set of tires I wanted to run. If a guy wanted to he wouldn't even need Kong sidewalls to make larger LST's or whatever tire you got. You just need to plan your cuts right. Cut the sidewalls big on one set and cut the tread section big on the other set. Doing this,the sky's the limit,a guy can build any tire combo he wants,tire height,width and even rim size. Hell,a guy could even build a set of LST's to fit a 2.2 sized rig if he wanted to.  | |||
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07-10-2005, 06:01 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Canada, Ontario
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| to loose that much weight is impressive, and those tires are sick  , i'd love to see that done to moabs |
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07-10-2005, 06:11 PM
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They sell scissors and glue in Canada also,don't they Moabs would be another good choice. I've not run a set but I hear they are a VERY impressive tire. I chose the LST's cuz my LHS can get them to me for $18 a pair and the Moabs were nearly double that. If I could get them cheaper I wouldn't mind trying them. | |
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07-10-2005, 08:07 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Canada, Ontario
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| lol yes they do, lol hint received :p i am... getting moabs, possibly soon... and i have been having troubles finding a 40 series wheels that i like... |
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07-12-2005, 09:55 AM
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There ya go......take any ol maxx sized tire,plan your cuts carefully.......you could have Moabs that might measure up to 8" tall | |
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07-13-2005, 11:47 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Fairmont
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| Can you post a pic of how you have your servo and links mounted to your axles? Thanks Clark |
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07-15-2005, 04:32 PM
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 The bottom hole is for the link and the top hole is for the shock. On one side of the axle I made one sleeve a little longer and cut a piece out that'll fit the servo. Kinda like this  Just welded it to the sleeve running parralell with the axle and bolted the servo to it. You can kinda see it here.  It seems to work really well but I like RC ALLOYS servo mounts better,they look a million times cleaner than my bootiefabbed junk. I think I'm gonna order up 4 from RC ALLOYS here pretty soon. On the one over the diff,it's basically the same idea. The only difference is,the link mount is longer and kinda goes up and over to the side(so it'll be in the center of the axle. Heres a pic at a distance,you can kinda see how the center one is built. Sorry,no digi cam or I'd go take a few close ups for ya. Last edited by Reflection; 07-15-2005 at 04:58 PM. | |
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