Mounting Hi-Lift jack to your rc body

[PoorManRC]

Originally Posted by Natedog

Can be difficult to find HiLift mounting spot where it won't get broken on rollovers, mounted mine to the hood. My 1:1 wheeler had plenty of scratches on it from rocks and brush, mounted my Hilift just inside the bed rail with brackets I welded together, but not practical on a Blazer like my Ascender.

Post #526, incorporated my hood pins into the Hi-Lift jack that I made from styrene.
Natedog's Vaterra ASCENDER

Nate, I'm glad I finally got to see your homemade Hi-Lift, built anyway, in the Ascender Thread. TBH, I didn't have high expectations for it - but DANG!! That looked GOOD!!
I'm wondering if I should try one myself.... and of COURSE, mount it on the Hood!! lol

Seriously, I'm glad I stumbled across this! I only got here, because I did a search for "Wraith spare Tire Mounts".

..... All I ended up finding anyway was a bunch of busted Photophucket non viewable pictures! Oh well, that's not my biggest problem....

[durok]

The Traxxas Hi-Lift jacks (molded in a single color, one piece of plastic) are available in red or black for $3 from several sites - and their fuel/water/whatever canisters are also super cheap - 2 per pack, $3.50 and available in red/white/blue/black/yellow... If you aged them a bit with a diluted paint wash they'd look great. Scale accessories are usually some of the most overpriced items in our hobby, and I appreciate Traxxas being inexpensive here.