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Old 11-27-2006, 09:34 PM   #1
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Well I always want a crawler, But dont know where to start or anything. I had a cheap rc truck. that I KIND of fix up, But never great. and after it hit water there it went. So know I want to built one. could anyone lead me in a go dic. to how to built one and what should I do. I want to built a fj40 linked. But I know it would cost alot. Maybe a toy. with springs well be fun.


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Old 11-27-2006, 09:39 PM   #2
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could anyone lead me in a go dic.
There are plenty around here that would lead you on such a venture.



Check out the "TLT" forum. The Tamiya TLT is a great base truck to start from, and from there, you can end up building a nice scale truck with the FJ40 body.
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Old 11-28-2006, 12:02 AM   #3
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There are plenty around here that would lead you on such a venture.



Check out the "TLT" forum. The Tamiya TLT is a great base truck to start from, and from there, you can end up building a nice scale truck with the FJ40 body.

Thanks for fast reply. Anyone else ?????
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Old 11-28-2006, 01:27 AM   #4
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What is your budget? If you make your own chassis, links, and mounts; you could make a nice TLT for around $200. A new TLT kit is $70 from ultimatehobbies.com and there is a used Stampede here for $100 with a lot of useful parts for the build. The only other things you would need is to make a chassis,servo and link mounts, then hook up some traxxas slider shafts and your crawling. Check out the stickies to see how to make your own links and misc parts.

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Old 11-28-2006, 01:26 PM   #5
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What is your budget? If you make your own chassis, links, and mounts; you could make a nice TLT for around $200.
haha... sure. look in the TLT forum... there is a thread with how much everyone has spent on thier tlt; very enlightening. If i had nothing to start with... a reasonable budget would be around 350$. Now you can break that down and say "find this used for XXX$" or "make your own for XXX$" and maybe get away a bit cheaper, but be realistic.

All that being said; welcome to the forum, if you have any questions to hesitate to search (then ask).

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Old 11-28-2006, 07:01 PM   #6
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Yes. As far as like batterys and controls and tires i could get for cheap. But for axles and frame and bodys idk what and where to get.


I was looing arould here really like this 2 rigs





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Old 11-28-2006, 07:30 PM   #7
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if you are thinking of an fj-40 you are going to atleast spend 90 for just the body. im building a scale tlt rig and its not cheap! maybe a nylint?
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Old 11-28-2006, 07:43 PM   #8
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ya I know what you talking about. I seen them and cost alot. I think I rather built a truck right now like the black one.


anyone have like specs on theres
So I could start looking for parts or what to get
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Old 11-28-2006, 07:47 PM   #9
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are you serious? that truck is going to cost you WAY more! that truck has so much custom work i wouldnt even know where to start! the axles on that truck alone go for over 100 bucks....good luck!
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The second one is a custom Tamiya Bruiser/Mountaineer.........................the base of that rig would cost you $600+ from the get go. Don't want to really think how much is in it as it stands!
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Well that was just example. Dont really want to have buggy springs. or custom axles right now. just something that wheels nive and upgrade a bit by bit
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Dont really want to have buggy springs. or custom axles right now. just something that wheels nive and upgrade a bit by bit
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The Tamiya TLT is a great base truck to start from, and from there, you can end up building a nice scale truck with the FJ40 body.
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Old 11-28-2006, 09:18 PM   #13
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there are ready made rock crawler trucks at rcpcrawler.com they go for $185.99 plus shipping. here is the link: http://rcpcrawlers.com/truck_kits.html
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