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08-14-2008, 01:35 AM | #1 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Garden Grove
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| First try at a scale rig. FJ Cruiser
Here's what I ended up with. NIKKO FJ Axial axles Narrowed Axial trans Home made chassis Old Losi buggy shocks FX-R Speed control DXR-3 HPI stock car wheels Wrangler tires from ??? I want to get Prowler's Mip front CVD's narrowed RCP front knuckles and carriers RCP rear straight axles Narrowed I like the look, but I need a more realistic looking chassis and shocks. |
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08-14-2008, 03:19 AM | #2 |
RCC Addict Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: MS Coast
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I really like the track width of the axles. Did you take any pics while you were narrowing the axles? How did you do it?
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08-14-2008, 04:41 AM | #3 |
RCC Addict Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Long Island-Land of one batch of rocks in Sag Harbor and at least one fellow crawler
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Looks good so far. X2 on pics of narrowing the axles |
08-14-2008, 11:40 AM | #4 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Garden Grove
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| Narrowed Axial axles
Here are a few pics of how I did it. Cut and shape the housing.Make sure it is square becuuse it helps keep the carrier tight and in line. Use alum. knuckles so you can hog out the inside for a better fit.You can keep more material on the housing if you enlarge the inside of the carrier. Cut and grind the axles. You have to use the thicker axles like MIP for the front or RCP for the rear. The screws keep the outer bearing from moving to far inside the housing.You can cut and weld the small shafts, but the thicker ones end up like they came from the factory only shorter.
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08-14-2008, 11:43 AM | #5 |
Im Brandon Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Colfax, CA
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WOW that last picture looks SOOO real Nice work.
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08-14-2008, 11:55 AM | #6 |
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08-14-2008, 01:29 PM | #7 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Lumberton
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X3 that pic looks real!!!! Nice rig man!!
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08-14-2008, 02:16 PM | #8 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Flagstaff, AZ
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The tires practically make the truck. Where are they from? Great job on narrowing the axles!
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08-14-2008, 02:27 PM | #9 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: los angeles
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looks good man, nice and simple. btw, those tires are "flywheels" brand |
08-14-2008, 02:56 PM | #10 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Simi Vly
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Yep, got one of those flywheels as my spare. I was going to use a whole set on my 1.9 Bronco. But, way too small looking.. Looks good on yours man. |
08-14-2008, 04:49 PM | #11 |
Sinking with the ship Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: El Capitan...sole survivor and sinking fast
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Awesome job on narrowing the axials they came out great. Truck looks very realistic |
08-17-2008, 04:07 PM | #12 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Garden Grove
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| FJ tire update
I bought a set of prowler ties. They work very well. They might not look as good as the flywheels, but I would rather have a little fun crawling over my rocks in the back.
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08-17-2008, 04:56 PM | #13 |
Rock Stacker Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Mason, OH
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WOW, That is NICE. Where'd you get the scale MT/R's? I need five! *EDIT* saw the brand...googling Last edited by ThunderbirdJunkie; 08-17-2008 at 04:59 PM. |
07-13-2010, 04:41 PM | #14 |
Rock Stacker Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Dallas
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| Any company going to step up?
Hmmm. I get so frustrated looking at these great ideas and thinking why doesnt someone sell these! Many just make the same OEM tired parts in purple blue red. Why not be a real new to market company. I saw one guy with a 150K cad CNC insane, making replica parts of OEM axial etc..... WHY????? same effort to make WANTED PARTS!!!!!! NARROW AXLES!!!!! VOTE ME IN. |
07-13-2010, 05:31 PM | #15 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: San Gabriel, Crawlerfornia.
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Looks good bill.Keep up the good work.
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07-13-2010, 05:35 PM | #16 |
Rock Stacker Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Los angeles
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I agree on the axle mod...Awesome job!
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07-13-2010, 06:18 PM | #17 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: America
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great job i like it better with the prowlers
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08-17-2010, 07:39 AM | #18 |
Rock Stacker Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Houston, TX
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This is a help full thread, thanks! |
08-17-2010, 09:45 AM | #19 | |
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08-17-2010, 10:52 AM | #20 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Syracuse
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| I like the yellow |
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