06-09-2014, 03:57 PM | #1 |
Newbie Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Foley
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| Wheel wells, homemade
Hey I was curious if anyone could post thier homemade wheel wells. Ive seen people make these from old plastic bottles an am just curious how its done. Screwd to the frame etc etc Thanks! |
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06-09-2014, 04:36 PM | #2 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Castle Rock, WA
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| Re: Wheel wells, homemade
I rob Tupperware or save plastic stuff from packaging. Usually one screw through shock mount area and a hole or two into frame. Sammy build. Szczerba's Samurai |
06-09-2014, 06:49 PM | #3 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Streamwood, IL
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I made mine out of cool whip containers, and like Sczcerba said, a couple screws.
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06-10-2014, 12:49 AM | #4 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Wrightstown
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06-10-2014, 10:14 AM | #5 |
Rock Stacker Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: yakima
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06-10-2014, 11:34 AM | #6 |
Pebble Pounder Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: lowell
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I'm using tv dinner trays.
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11-07-2014, 08:09 PM | #7 |
Newbie Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: colebrook
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That's a good idea will have to do that ! How much cleaner does it keep the esc and stuff ?
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11-07-2014, 08:16 PM | #8 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Wrightstown
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It does help keep things a little cleaner.
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11-07-2014, 08:53 PM | #9 |
Newbie Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: colebrook
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Have to look at doing this on my builds adds looks but still functions
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11-08-2014, 06:04 PM | #10 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Streamwood, IL
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It helps a lot, especially if you can get them to rub on the inside of the body, just understand that unlike a 1:1 it's not attached to the fenders, and if you go driving through water it's all going to get wet anyways, but for mud or dust, it keeps it fairly clean.
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11-08-2014, 06:51 PM | #11 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Anchorage, Alaska
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for my Honcho body... Note: all painted surfaces were applied onto the interior surfaces. I used the common flexible, thin walled deli cups sold for packing potato salad and such. I prefer the highly flexible cups that conform well to the body's wheel wells. Mine are simply secured in place using the single stud holding the upper shock eye to the hoop/mount. Has held up fine and stays positioned... sooo... good enough. I first painted mine using Tamiya RC paint... it didn't hold up very well... Though the plastic liners were washed and treated for any surfaces oils... I think I needed to also lightly sand, to ensure a proper adhesion. Round II... after peeling off the failing silver rc paint... I sanded the liner's upper surfaces lightly... cleaned and painted them black using plastic dip in a rattle can. The PD has held up perfectly and flexes well Last edited by TacoCrawler; 11-08-2014 at 07:09 PM. |
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