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10-08-2017, 02:49 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: South Africa
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|  Girlfriend’s Blackfoot.
With me playing with my old Tamiyas and looking into 4wd lately my girl subtly mentioned that she might also like a car. Dropped words like big wheels and better than yours, lol. I found two Blackfoot Extreme complete rollers soon afterwards and started building with the best looking parts between the two. I had to soak the plastic in dishwasher solution for a couple of days and then still had to scrub my ass off to get all the muck off them. Chassis came with sport tuned motors, teu101’s and 27mhz radios. Radios went in the bin and the rest also got a bit of love. How I got the lot:  Cleaned up and almost ready to roll:  Could not fit the original tires again, they’re horrible, so this happened:  Truck looks like this for now, just gonna add some pin stripes:  Waiting for some shock towers to get cut still. Fitting CVA’s on it. Then a bec and a radio and shes ready to hit the dirt! Hugo |
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10-08-2017, 03:43 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Feb 2017 Location: sw bristol....uk
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| Re: Girlfriend’s Blackfoot.
looks sweet dude  ..love the badlands... |
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10-09-2017, 09:27 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: Orange County, CA
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| Re: Girlfriend’s Blackfoot.
Nice! WT-01 chassis is actually pretty decent. The gearbox can handle brushless power. I've got a 10.5T brushless running in my VW Amarok WT-01.
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10-09-2017, 09:33 AM
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| Moderator   Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: PA
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| Re: Girlfriend’s Blackfoot.
Sweet! That looks like a really fun chassis.
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10-09-2017, 09:54 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: Orange County, CA
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10-09-2017, 12:31 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: South Africa
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| Re: Girlfriend’s Blackfoot.
And she lives. The body is seriously heavy. Poor CVA’s are struggling. Made an adaption till I find some springs to carry the weight. Laser guys did a brilliant job with my towers.               My Fighter Buggy RX borrowed its radio for now... Hugo |
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10-09-2017, 09:54 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Dec 2016 Location: san diego
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| Re: Girlfriend’s Blackfoot.
Thought this was some kinda... fetish thing. But... its not. Its uh... way cooler!!! My wife wanted to drift with me back in the day. Got her a used tc3 and she would go with me and do donuts and she had fun but she wasnt that into it. She hasnt tried offroad yet, but i think she would dig it more than drifting. My 9 year old son loves both haha Super cool your girl asked for a truck! And she got a cool one! I might still have my vintage blackfoot at my moms house somewhere... |
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10-10-2017, 12:24 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: South Africa
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| Re: Girlfriend’s Blackfoot.
Thanks! She wanted something big. That seems like it fits the spec thus far. Had it out on the field opposite my house tonight. Its solidly planted in a straight line. Huge body roll in corners. But thats the idea. It looks cool when running. The speed is also just fine as it is. Any faster could be dangerous.... Will snap some pics when we hit a trail again. And this gearbox is so quiet! My other Tamiyas are loud compared to this. Hugo |
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10-14-2017, 07:04 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: South Africa
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10-14-2017, 02:01 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Dec 2016 Location: san diego
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Nice! She is getting good at wheelies haha maybe too good on that last one! Lmao!
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10-14-2017, 02:42 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: South Africa
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| Re: Girlfriend’s Blackfoot.
Shes getting the hang of it. A couple of trips down the forest and she’ll be sorted. Hugo |
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10-28-2017, 01:17 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: South Africa
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| Re: Girlfriend’s Blackfoot.
Had the a run on a trail earlier today. BF got some Cliff Crawlers and CW01 Springs on the shocks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEZl...ature=youtu.be |
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10-29-2017, 01:21 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: South Africa
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| Re: Girlfriend’s Blackfoot.
Pics of the truck after cleaning it:          Hugo |
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12-21-2017, 11:21 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: South Africa
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| Re: Girlfriend’s Blackfoot.
Picked up a TGM-02 spring set today. Ride is stiffer and feels better when running it hard over rough surfaces.       Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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