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06-29-2007, 12:52 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Simi Valley, CA
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|  1:6 TXT w/ Eztec Jeep Body (BEWARE PICS!)
I picked up one of those Eztec Jeep Cherokee trucks from Amazon.com last week and it arrived yesterday. For $30.65 shipped, how can ya beat that. The box was as long as my 42" plasma. I was so excited! Opened it up and tried it out, BOY it had no guts what-so-ever. Now I know why it was on sale for $30 bucks. I put my 6yr olds sock in front of it and it couldn't even crawl over it! Under powered motor, lousy steering, annoying engine sound. But who cares, all I really wanted was the body. So I decided to pull the body off the chassis and see how it looked on my TXT. Pretty sweet! I just need to do little trimming, to lower the body and figure out were to mount everything again. But I think it's going to turn out really good. The WB looks to be just right I may need to lengthen the rear a little. I'll keep posting pics as I go. Hopefully I'll get to work on it more this weekend.     Last edited by bluonyx; 08-20-2007 at 05:43 PM. |
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06-29-2007, 07:34 AM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: May 2006 Location: HONDURAS...ROCK HEAVEN
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Awesome deal  ;) , to bad they jacked up the price , i think they are very nicely detailed bodies and a full interior to boot + a car alarm |
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06-29-2007, 02:15 PM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Hiding from Goodall
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Did it come with a starbucks cup with lip gloss on the rim? Hurry up and build it! |
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07-04-2007, 02:58 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Simi Valley, CA
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Well I got the body mounted and the center cut out to make room for the battery, and all the other electronics. I had to move the shocks and put a huge spacer on them at the moment. It turned out really really nice, but I'm going to have to cut the center out more to lower the body another inch. It just sits to high. Here's a few more pics and a small video:    Click here to watch 16-TXT-Jeep Lastly, should I mount the bumper it came with or leave it off? I can't decide.   |
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07-04-2007, 03:26 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Pasadena
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trim the bumper to fit, it really should be lowered though. you should ditch the TXT frame and build a new scale frame to fit within the plastic chassis of the jeep. that would be beautiful.
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08-06-2007, 12:51 PM
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| I joined the Band! Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: i cant remember
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the frame is to exposed lower it and that thin would be sweet  |
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08-06-2007, 05:24 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Simi Valley, CA
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WOW, I totally fogot about this thread. I've made a few mods since my last post. I'll post some pics later tonight.
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08-11-2007, 11:27 AM
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| Hell's Gnome Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: I'm mean because you're stupid.
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I'd love to see more pictures, my amazon.com eztec should be here this monday. |
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08-14-2007, 09:57 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2006 Location: HONDURAS...ROCK HEAVEN
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Where are the pics?
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08-16-2007, 09:00 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Akron
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yeh pics?! I have one of these sitting in my basement. Haven't even opened it yet. Those TXT axles look REALLY narrow under that big body and those big wheels!! |
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08-20-2007, 05:11 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Simi Valley, CA
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Sorry everyone. I found a new site to run my pede's at and haven't been doing that much crawling lately. In fact the truck got buried underneath a furniture pad in my garage and when I say it today, I remembered I should get more pics. I lowered the body even more and had to cut out even more on the interior, but I think it looks ok. I want to go lower but then it starts to rub on the inner fenderwells. I was also having a problem with the leaning and weight of the body itself, but I took care of that by using the original plastic bumper/shock mounting brackets. I put 90wt. oil in the t-maxx ms4 piggybacks and just enough preload. These worked perfect. I also set it up as 40/60 with the links to keep more weight in the front. The width is perfect, especially when you look down or behind it and all you see is these huge @ss tires sticking out. It runs great with the Crawlmaster and Mamba Max setup and a 11.1V 4000mah lipo from Holmes. I was using 7.4V 6000mah lipo from Maxamps but there wasn't enough punch, and I would stall out on little things. Now it crawls over pretty much everything, but I don't crawl over really big stuff because the body doesn't give like lexan. LMK what you think. So here they are:             Size comparison to stampede and G-made Stealth:    Last edited by bluonyx; 08-20-2007 at 05:14 PM. |
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08-20-2007, 05:30 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Simi Valley, CA
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Few more pics:   Last edited by bluonyx; 08-20-2007 at 05:32 PM. |
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08-20-2007, 06:00 PM
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| Hell's Gnome Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: I'm mean because you're stupid.
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Thats more like it. Thanks! |
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08-20-2007, 06:23 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2006 Location: HONDURAS...ROCK HEAVEN
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Nice job , i gave mine to my kid, he's just turned three, he's having a blast with all the sounds and lights that came with it.
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08-20-2007, 07:47 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Akron
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Looks good! Got any flex shots? I'm curious to see how much flex you have until there is rubbing. Mines still sitting in the box under my workbench. To many darn projects! |
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08-22-2007, 06:35 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Boston
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I like that I can finally see someone else's take on one of these trucks.. The tires make it look funny. No offense.. But it would look alot better with tires that weren't so wide.  Also, it looks a TON better with 'tinted' windows.. Great build! |
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10-07-2007, 02:58 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: denmark
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does anyone have a extra jeep body that i can buy because i cant order dem anywhere
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10-08-2007, 09:01 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2006 Location: HONDURAS...ROCK HEAVEN
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You can still get them at Amazon, although they are $99.99 now. http://www.amazon.com/Eztec-Jeep-Gra...1855601&sr=1-7 |
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10-08-2007, 10:08 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Simi Valley, CA
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Now I feel bad and will probably get flamed for throwing the body away when I sold my TXT. The guy didn't want it and it was so darn big. i just tossed it in the trash a few weeks ago.
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10-08-2007, 10:20 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2006 Location: HONDURAS...ROCK HEAVEN
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You suck!! J/K man , i totally understand about the body, i never got to do anything with mine so i gave it to my kid, the darn thing is just enormous.
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