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860Crawler · 04-25-2009, 07:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jeephead

Testing out a new location with my bent links:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cegA_17NqUU
Let me know what you think. Hard to crawl and film at same time. HA!

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.

Jeephead · 04-26-2009, 07:08 AM

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

860Crawler · 05-02-2009, 04:16 PM

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!

Also, now a fully lighted roof rack! Forget about low CG now! This lid feels as heavy as a hard body

But it looks so good!

A few more out at the rock at Mohegan Park

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

Jeephead · 05-02-2009, 07:21 PM

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.

860Crawler · 05-04-2009, 10:04 AM

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

lewy · 05-05-2009, 03:17 AM

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

Jeephead · 05-05-2009, 04:28 AM

The fronts are more bent than the rear.

860Crawler · 05-05-2009, 02:38 PM

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.

MonsterDDT · 05-05-2009, 04:48 PM

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

DT

860Crawler · 05-06-2009, 02:26 PM

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.

FreshMeat · 05-06-2009, 04:37 PM

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).

CruiserHead · 05-06-2009, 05:43 PM

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

860Crawler · 05-07-2009, 07:35 AM

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.

FreshMeat · 05-07-2009, 09:38 AM

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.

860Crawler · 05-07-2009, 02:59 PM

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

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

860Crawler · 05-22-2009, 12:23 PM

Lights on a foggy grey day

RCKSQRL · 05-26-2009, 12:54 PM

looks great!

860Crawler · 05-31-2009, 07:31 PM

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!

ElOriginal · 06-13-2009, 11:18 AM

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

860Crawler · 06-15-2009, 08:13 AM

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.

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04-26-2009, 07:08 AM	#102
Jeephead Quarry Creeper Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: South Glens Falls Posts: 214	No LR yet...waiting for my Airbrush gun to show up. Got the paint so I am getting close.HA!

05-02-2009, 04:16 PM	#103
860Crawler RCC Addict Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 1,048	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! Also, now a fully lighted roof rack! Forget about low CG now! This lid feels as heavy as a hard body But it looks so good! A few more out at the rock at Mohegan Park Thank Eric (Lunchboxer) over on rcu for the quick parts connection!

05-02-2009, 07:21 PM	#104
Jeephead Quarry Creeper Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: South Glens Falls Posts: 214	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.

05-04-2009, 10:04 AM	#105
860Crawler RCC Addict Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 1,048	Yeah they are cool. I enjoy the new lights even more. Freakin wicked light at night!

05-05-2009, 03:17 AM	#106
lewy Rock Stacker Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Australia Posts: 49	The bent links do look good. Are they the same front and rear? I just have the fronts at the moment.

05-05-2009, 04:28 AM	#107
Jeephead Quarry Creeper Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: South Glens Falls Posts: 214	The fronts are more bent than the rear.

05-05-2009, 02:38 PM	#108
860Crawler RCC Addict Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 1,048	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.

05-05-2009, 04:48 PM	#109
MonsterDDT Rock Stacker Join Date: May 2008 Location: Cupertino Posts: 88	I saw you redo the cantilevers. You think it's still a better config huh? DT

05-06-2009, 02:26 PM	#110
860Crawler RCC Addict Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 1,048	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.

05-06-2009, 04:37 PM	#111
FreshMeat Rock Stacker Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Eagle Mountain Posts: 50	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).

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05-06-2009, 05:43 PM	#112
CruiserHead Quarry Creeper Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Orangevale Posts: 223	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

05-07-2009, 07:35 AM	#113
860Crawler RCC Addict Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 1,048	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.

05-07-2009, 09:38 AM	#114
FreshMeat Rock Stacker Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Eagle Mountain Posts: 50	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.

05-07-2009, 02:59 PM	#115
860Crawler RCC Addict Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 1,048	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 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

05-22-2009, 12:23 PM	#116
860Crawler RCC Addict Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 1,048	Lights on a foggy grey day

05-26-2009, 12:54 PM	#117
RCKSQRL Rock Stacker Join Date: May 2009 Location: Boise Posts: 55	looks great!

05-31-2009, 07:31 PM	#118
860Crawler RCC Addict Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 1,048	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!

06-13-2009, 11:18 AM	#119
ElOriginal Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Bay Area Posts: 107	How are those shocks doin for you and waht size are they? Can I get a pic of the cantilevers ziptied? THX in advance

06-15-2009, 08:13 AM	#120
860Crawler RCC Addict Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 1,048	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.

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