My "Bladerunner" Clod *Skid design*

[Unruely]

Well after an excruatingly long wait I finally got my Bladerunner back from being anodized (if you can call it complete). I am now in the middle of redoing it to make it presentable, it really looked bad when I got it back..Here is what it looked like last year before shipping it off:


Here are the pics of the chassis as it was returned to me:




I already had a body painted to go with the color scheme of the chassis, so I didnt want to strip all the anodizing off.


I used my dremel and a stainless steel wire brush to remove the anodizing from the flats of the cants. It worked great, but left the surface of the aluminum pitted.


I then wet sanded the surface smooth, starting with 220 grit and finishing off with 400 grit. It left it with the desired satin finish.

Because of the damage to the bottom chassis plate I am having a replacement built for it. I plan on painting the gearboxes to match in with the overall color scheme of the truck. I will soon be ordering a set of cordinating aluminum shocks. What the next step will be, I am unsure of at this time?? I will post a pic of the chassis as it is at this point later today. I have a second LandCruiser body I plan on getting painted for this truck also, but I am undecided on the design for it yet...Let me know what you think so far?, and if you have any suggestions?

Martin

[SR5Dave]

Man, you guys all make your junk soooo pretty :P Mine is ugly but its RUNNING!

[Unruely]

This baby will be running soon also, and I will be running it!! I have 2 other Clods to run at the moment while I finish this one, and I have another on the way..

Martin

[Unruely]

Here are some more pics of the chassis and body. I'm undecided which set of rims I will be using, or even tires. I have a set of stock clod tires, Giant Tracs, USA 1 tires, and some cut Clod tires... I am now waiting on a set of purple anodized shocks and a new bottom chassis plate. I will also be adding some custom touches to the gearboxes in the next week.







Any suggestions?
Martin

[SR5Dave]

Originally Posted by Unruely

Any suggestions?
Martin

Yeah; quit anodizing things, hurry up and finish; then GET IT :P Looks good man.. How does that anodizing hold up to rock rash? Or will this only spend time at the stadium? :P ;)

Looks good!

[Unruely]

Well seeing how I didnt anodize any of it, it has been stopped. Only time will tell how it will hold up. I am waiting on the shocks and new bottom plate then she will be run!!

Martin

[firstumustcrawl]

all i can say is damn your body puts mine to shame

[Unruely]

Well here is how the Bladerunner looks now. I have put on a new set of Integy piggyback shocks, and got one of the gearboxes painted to match the chassis. I'm still awaiting the arrival of the new bottom plate and the body posts, then I will need to hook up the electronics. This is as far as she will get for now, I will be out of the country for a few days this week. When I return next week, I hope to be able to get this baby finished!!





Martin

[skipstr71]

Dam I'd be scared to drive that thing. Its to F'n pretty. Looks really nice.

[firstumustcrawl]

id cry if i scratched that lol it look damn good !! im jealous lol

[skoolbus]

Man, that is really, really unique. Sweet job!!!
Hey, how do those places charge to anodize? By the job or surface area or what?

[Grizzly4x4]

Very nice work Martin, That Cruiser body is gonna look incredible on that chassis.

[Unruely]

I promised a killer set of skids for the Bladerunner.. Here is the first peek at them, or at least one of them.. After the first bit of cutting:


Then the final cutting, sanding and bending:


How it will look in place:


I now just need to fab the mounts for it, then I can get started on the one for the rear!.

Martin

[firstumustcrawl]

that things is so amazing now i need to do something extreme for my next project the battle is on lol great job and what paint did you ude on the tranny casses?? alclad?

[Unruely]

Something much more special!

Krylon

Martin

[firstumustcrawl]

after lookin at his beautiful trucks chassis i rememberd im friends with guys in the powder coating buisness do you think powder coat will hold up??

[Unruely]

The green Zilla 4 in the one pic is powder coated.

Martin

[WonderWheels]

Can you get a pic to show how the servo links to the actual hubs please?