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Old 04-18-2010, 11:02 PM   #1
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Default Well I built another body

Its kinda heavy , alot of the weight is forward we'll see. All aluminum Diamond plate . Cutting board skid , Axial upper links. Shocks are not mounted yet gonna be at 2.75'' to 3.00'' . Gonna take a few oz off when I find my hole saw. Let me know what cha think.
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Old 04-19-2010, 10:18 AM   #2
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thats a pretty cool body i had a similar idea. good idea for a batt tray too. how did it affect the center of gravity for it mounting that batt there?
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Old 04-19-2010, 10:34 AM   #3
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its very forward heavy , I just got it done about 1/2 hour ago and my tx has dead batterys but I will take a video before I go to work .
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Old 04-20-2010, 10:59 AM   #4
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Hells Yea I like that beast.. I just found some chassis drawings fr. some old azz crawler gonna try to cut um out to day!
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Old 04-20-2010, 01:39 PM   #5
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took some vid today my camera sucks http://www.youtube.com/v/9pt5mEzmOIw...</param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true">http://www.youtube.com/v/9pt5mEzmOIw&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344">
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Old 04-20-2010, 02:28 PM   #6
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links dont work dude lol...
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Old 04-20-2010, 02:29 PM   #7
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HOLY FXCKIN SHIT BATMAN! lol that thing could take a 45mag to the head and not move!

just a suggestion/comment you might have a bit of interfearance with you reciver....
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Old 04-20-2010, 10:02 PM   #8
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just type camobob88 in the youtube search bar. Twizted my antenna actually broke on a rollover a few seconds before I just started filming so I tucked it under the body and my radio antenna was down becaus it was hanging up in the trees.
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Old 04-21-2010, 07:04 AM   #9
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evxmC...eature=channel
there should be 2 onepiece body vids that are new
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Old 04-21-2010, 08:38 AM   #10
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dude that thing should be used in the military as one of there unmaned vehicles lol. looks bad ass bud.
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Old 04-21-2010, 07:30 PM   #11
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i put it on a teeter with 5 lbs and it tipped but didnt tip with 7.5 pounds so it weighs lees than that probably gonna take it to the grocery store and weight it .
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Old 04-21-2010, 07:39 PM   #12
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i put it on a teeter with 5 lbs and it tipped but didnt tip with 7.5 pounds so it weighs lees than that probably gonna take it to the grocery store and weight it .
thats one way to do it i suppose
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Old 04-21-2010, 07:57 PM   #13
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not a park teeter just a board and a triangle block in the middle
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Old 04-21-2010, 07:58 PM   #14
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still funny as h3ll lol.
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Old 04-21-2010, 08:13 PM   #15
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acess to tig welder , plasma cutter , drill press , whatever you can fit in your hand as a tool but no scale .
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Old 04-21-2010, 08:49 PM   #16
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acess to tig welder , plasma cutter , drill press , whatever you can fit in your hand as a tool but no scale .
hey man i feel ya i would be in the same boat if i was trying to weigh something got every other tool under the sun... no scale. what ever works lol.
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