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09-25-2005, 07:37 PM
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| Web Wheeling   Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Twin Cities
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|  TLT Bruiser, finally painted.
Well I finally painted everything up on my TLT Bruiser truck. All the electronics are installed, just need to make a battery mount now. Which will not be simple since I am trying to hide everything. I will either bend somthing up with some aluminum or I'll mold one with some fibreglass.      Enjoy :P |
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09-25-2005, 08:13 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Marina Del Rey
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oh my god, that thing is amazing. did you make that cage yourself? or did you buy it? simply amazing |
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09-25-2005, 08:22 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Mesa, arizona
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narely dude!
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09-25-2005, 08:23 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Crawlifornia Uber Alles
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great looking rig etype! btw, i fabbed some upper link/servo mount brackets like you have and they work great.
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09-25-2005, 08:35 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Dude on my dirt bike in SoCal!!!
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Holly $hit That Thing Is Sick.... Awsome Trail Truck.. Very Very Very Clean!!!! what r u using to house ur electronics.... is it water proof and what rims r thoes?? |
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09-25-2005, 08:46 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Westchester
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I gaped at that for quite a bit. Its very amazing. Electronics appear to be housed in a large project box. I played with the idea for electronics, but on most things you dont have the room to mount one. Very lovely, how is it constructed? C-channel? Cut square tubing? Give us some info, please?!?!? |
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09-25-2005, 08:48 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Canada
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That is an awesome ride! Very well done!! |
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09-25-2005, 08:50 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Salem
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very nice. i like the cage and how the tube on the bumper molds into the square piece. great work. whats the wb and will you run a body?
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09-25-2005, 09:12 PM
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| Web Wheeling Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Twin Cities
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Thanks guys :-P Everything you see on the truck I built. I started with the frame rails and built the side plates and skid plate first. The tranny lays down on the skid plate. On the axles I made a set of upper link mounts. I played with the links for a couple nights and finally mounted them. Then the shocks, which I changed a few times. After I had the rolling chassis set, I started on the cage. First it was just the cab and front piece. Then the rest was slowly added in as I figured out what I wanted to do with this truck. More recently I made the front shock mounts, the first ones were just aluminum. And then I finally sanded everything down and painted it, whichs is where it is now at. Now on to the other questions. The black box is a project box from radio shack. I picked up two different sizes and went with the larger one. The frame rails are from a Tamiya Bruiser. The rails and axles were actually from Toyofast. The truck has changed a lot since he had it though. He sold it to Highmark who then sold it to me. The wheel base is 11.5 inches. And I am still working on mounting the Bruiser front clip on to the cage. I want to do a very clean mount with it, so it still looks great without the front clip. |
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09-25-2005, 09:13 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Saginaw
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That rig is great, man. I love the chassis rails and tube frame combo - makes me want to re-think my chassis design. Good work, and nice pics, man.
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09-25-2005, 09:13 PM
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| Dirt Addict   Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Stumblin' thru the parking lot of an invisible 7-Eleven
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That's a slick little rig....looking forward to seeing the rest of the project. Jay |
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09-25-2005, 09:29 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Where it's wet
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09-25-2005, 11:02 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: somewhere on earth
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dang!! that thing is sooooo cool!!!!!!!!! bravo etype!! I like your rig..it's so clean lean mean thing!!
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09-26-2005, 01:33 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Medina, Ohio
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awsome truck! looks to good to good!
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09-26-2005, 01:52 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Holts Summit
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killer rig. Did you weld or braze it? powder coat or paint?
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09-26-2005, 03:32 PM
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| Web Wheeling Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Twin Cities
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Again thanks guys :-P It is all painted as mentioned in the title of the thread. And I brazed it. |
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09-26-2005, 03:40 PM
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| Adilynsdad too!   Join Date: May 2004 Location: G ville
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So are you ready to sell it to me yet?
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09-26-2005, 04:16 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Dude on my dirt bike in SoCal!!!
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hey what rims are thoes... and how bad is the bump steer???
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09-26-2005, 06:23 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: In the saddle...
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09-26-2005, 06:23 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: In the saddle...
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| http://www.rc-parts.com/ Good news though. The demand was high enough, that they will be back as of Dec. 2005. |
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