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02-20-2019, 09:17 AM | #1 |
Newbie Join Date: Feb 2019 Location: Great Falls
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| Gen 8 aftermarket bodies?
Hey guys, just curious if anybody has experimented and found any bodies other than the stock Scout that will fit without modifying the fenders? Specifically interested in any of the available Jeep Cherokee bodies so I can fashion it after my 1:1.. Thanks in advance! |
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02-20-2019, 09:25 AM | #2 | |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Land of burning couches
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02-20-2019, 09:28 AM | #3 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Raleigh-ish vicinity
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I could drop an Axial Cherokee on my Gen 8 later today and see how it fits. That one is the only version that I believe will be wide enough to fit over the inner fenders (even if you don't use the part that attaches to the body).
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02-20-2019, 10:42 AM | #4 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Boulder
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I'm eagerly awaiting the results of this test. I like the Scout body and all, but there might come a day when I want to put an Axial Cherokee on it and shorten the wheelbase.
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02-20-2019, 12:41 PM | #5 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Merrill, WI
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I took my TRX4 bronco body and set it on there. Fits perfect. I set on my HPI 79 f150 body and that fit over the wheel wells but was a little short at 12" wb. I don't think it should be much of an issue. If needed you can trim the wheel wells a little bit. Replacements are cheap. It pretty much comes down to how much work you want to do to the body or chassis to make it work. If you want a bolt on body that really cuts down the options of available bodies. Any of the bodies designed for the trx4 should work great. |
02-20-2019, 06:25 PM | #6 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: california under the rock im crawling on
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Blasphemy pure blasphemy how could you posably want to put a heep body on the gen8 lol
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02-20-2019, 06:59 PM | #7 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Hickory,NC
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To me the Scout body seemed a lil top heavy in some circumstances. Proline '66 Chevy C10. Fit right on I didn't even change the wheel base. Rear shock tower is a lil off but I made a cover for it. https://www.prolineracing.com/images/3483_t.jpg Last edited by cul8tr; 02-20-2019 at 07:03 PM. |
02-20-2019, 07:10 PM | #8 | |
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02-20-2019, 07:16 PM | #9 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: california under the rock im crawling on
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I own a scout 2 1:1 and it dosent look pretty so the more beat my body gets the more ill like it i might patina it from the start cause its a known fact that scouts came prerusted from the factory I might be a bit biast but the scouts are the coolest rigs ever made so i cant see why anyone would not want to run the scout body |
02-21-2019, 05:10 AM | #10 | |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Merrill, WI
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02-21-2019, 07:33 PM | #11 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Raleigh-ish vicinity
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Sorry, forgot to post this yesterday. Axial Cherokee fits the Gen 8 really good. |
02-22-2019, 06:28 AM | #12 |
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02-22-2019, 06:43 AM | #13 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Boulder
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Yup, that does look good. Is this still the out-of-box wheelbase?
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02-22-2019, 06:45 AM | #14 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Raleigh-ish vicinity
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07-25-2019, 05:39 PM | #15 | |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Hickory,NC
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07-31-2019, 04:59 PM | #16 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Merrill, WI
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Carisma F-150. Fits the stock wheel base. Only issue is it's a touch narrow for the Gen 8 but still looks pretty good. Sent from my Vivo XI+ using Tapatalk |
08-05-2019, 05:44 PM | #17 |
Newbie Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: McChord AFB
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Check Asiatees.com and look for anything from 312mm to 336mm wheelbase. I bought the Rover hard body from Team Raffee and am waiting for it to arrive.
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12-04-2019, 01:14 PM | #18 |
Newbie Join Date: Dec 2019 Location: By Disney
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| Re: Gen 8 aftermarket bodies? Any update on this? Would like to know how it fit? Also anyone tried to put the Range Rover hard body on the gen8 yet?
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12-09-2019, 11:28 AM | #19 | |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: North to Alaska - go north, the rush is on....
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It would be awhile before I ponied up the $100 for the body kit, but she sure does look good Where did you get the fender flares? Last edited by AK KRAWLER; 12-09-2019 at 11:35 AM. | |
12-09-2019, 11:50 AM | #20 | |
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