That is a cool spot! It looks like the spot I sometimes go here that is under a parking garage. No LR body this time?

I have video from my parking garage spot and elsewhere but I still can't get my laptop to recognize my camera...And their both Sony, go figure.

No LR yet...waiting for my Airbrush gun to show up. Got the paint so I am getting close.HA! :lol:

New stuff added!

Tamiya bent links, as beautiful as I've heard. These things are little works of art.

I almost don't want to run them :) Clearance is sick though!

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...r/DSC_1250.jpg

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...r/DSC_1236.jpg

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...r/DSC_1237.jpg

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...r/DSC_1238.jpg

Also, now a fully lighted roof rack! Forget about low CG now! This lid feels as heavy as a hard body :lol: But it looks so good!

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...r/DSC_1252.jpg

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...r/DSC_1239.jpg

A few more out at the rock at Mohegan Park

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...r/DSC_1240.jpg

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Thank Eric (Lunchboxer) over on rcu for the quick parts connection!

You are digging those bent links aren't you? THat looks real good Nick! I am trying to work out my suspension now that I put the new Tamiya shafts in. I will post pictures tomorrow. "thumbsup"

Yeah they are cool. I enjoy the new lights even more. Freakin wicked light at night!

The bent links do look good. Are they the same front and rear? I just have the fronts at the moment.

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2.../trialrun4.jpg

The fronts are more bent than the rear.

Yes, almost a 90 degree bend at the fronts so they can clear the spring perch. That was an issue with my 3Racing links. If I mounted them the way they are supposed to be, they hit the spring perch and always twisted to the side.

I saw you redo the cantilevers. You think it's still a better config huh?

DT

Yes I went back to cants. It seems to work the way I want with the cantilever installed. Its especially good now using the ziptie trick around the cantilever arms. It seems thats really all it took to have a good tight suspension and no wobbly body.

The zip tie trick really does make a big improvement. You will find your rigs tipping point to be much more predicable. I do find that without the cantilever setup that I have more travel (at least with my shocks).

Lights "look so good" only when you are not looking at the mess of wires inside of the cab...Have any plans of cleaning that up? Love the cruiser though for sure. Maybe just tint the crap out of the windows?

JB

Ha, yeah, they can't be seen from the normal angle you usually see the truck, like when driving it. But trying to take the low angle pics its all you can see. I thought about the tint spray, but this body is getting old and beat, I'll just leave it as is. I see a Bronco body in my future as a replacement.

To route the wires on my rally car I routed the wires along the painted areas and held them in place with Shoo Goo. But you have a lot more wires to hide - how about pulling all of the excess wire up into your roof rack and hiding it in something like a cooler.

yeah, right now I've got them just bundled and stuck to the underside of the roof with those stick on wire guides Tamiya gives you. There's just sooooo much wire I could have put the light control unit in a trailer and still have enough wire to reach the truck:lol: I could get a cooler to hold them on the roof, it would be a pretty big scale cooler or two small ones then send the wires down through the base of the coolers to the control.

I got the wires super neat up on top black ziptied to the light bar and then under the roof I guess it could have been worse:)

Lights on a foggy grey day

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...9/DSC_1587.jpg

looks great!

Added more weight to the wheels this weekend. Now its got 9oz in each front and 6oz in each rear. It definitely helps offset all the crap on the roof, starting to be a bear to carry though!:mrgreen:

How are those shocks doin for you and waht size are they? Can I get a pic of the cantilevers ziptied? THX in advance

The shocks are 104mm and they are working great. I'll have to get a up close shot of the ziptied cantilevers. There is some pics in the forum though from other guys who have done it. Here is the original thread with pics

Also page 8 on EeePee's CR-01 thread has pics.