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09-18-2005, 12:22 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: a place of settlement, activity, or residence.
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|  New tuber on the bench
My first tube chassis, so it's far from perfect. Let me know what you think, suggestions as always are welcome.
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09-18-2005, 12:29 PM
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| bendforthebone Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Jamul
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thats sooo cool!
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09-18-2005, 12:56 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Pleasant Grove
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I dig the halo style cage and the three link. That said, do you think the STINGER is big enough?  |
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09-18-2005, 01:31 PM
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Your stinger can NEVER be big enough, haha!!
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09-18-2005, 02:08 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Dude on my dirt bike in SoCal!!!
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that thing is freakin SWEEETTTTT... nice rear setup. what dampeners r u using??
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09-18-2005, 03:58 PM
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Tamiya dampers, off of the old rough rider chassis. I have spares and they looked fairly "scale", so I threw them on.
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09-18-2005, 05:05 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Texas!
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Dammmmmmmmmmmn! BEEFY! That thing looks sick man, I love it. |
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09-18-2005, 05:09 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Dude on my dirt bike in SoCal!!!
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u gonna stay with thoes rims and tires... i think moabs would look alot better
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09-18-2005, 06:15 PM
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| Im Brandon   Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Colfax, CA
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09-18-2005, 06:22 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: a place of settlement, activity, or residence.
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I like the swampers just for the scale appearance. There is a great "recipe" for softening up tires in the tire section if they need to be stickier. Nothing against the moabs, just like the look on this rig.
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09-18-2005, 06:29 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Dude on my dirt bike in SoCal!!!
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no they do look good on the rig... also i just ran my moabs for the first time and i am not really impressed... they were 2 soft and would fold under itself... i guess ill try it with foams...
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09-18-2005, 07:28 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2005 Location: Fort Wayne
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Wow that thing is just friggin sweet!
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09-18-2005, 08:01 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: In the mud pits
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when you get done with it can i BORROW IT FOREVER
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09-18-2005, 09:01 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: San Jose
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can you post a pic of the bender you are using.
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09-18-2005, 09:37 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: ORegon
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i think that tube chassis is sweet. very cool design. i would make the stinger a bit smaller though. i don't know if i like how it looks with it that long. Quote:
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09-18-2005, 10:24 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Land of the Free, because of the Brave
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| I dig it. 1/4" tubing is a nice change of pace with all the tubers being built out of 3/16" anymore. -WRM |
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09-19-2005, 12:33 AM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: May 2005 Location: Vancouver
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that is a very sweet rig!! the only thing i would personally change is that big ol boner bar,other than that it looks freakin bad a$$!!!!
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09-19-2005, 02:10 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Holts Summit
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| That is one sweet ride you are building. I would like to know why you run the springs seperate from the dampners? Is there an advantage? Or is it merely aesthetics? |
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09-20-2005, 02:53 AM
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Thanks for all the comments and compliments guys. I won't be able to jump on it again till this weekend, so I will post some more progress pics then. Still gotta get to the hobby shop and pick up a tranny, shafts, and some diamond-plate (the scale plastic) and find a way to make a fuel cell/receiver holder. I've seen a few 1:1 rigs with the coil springs set up this way and kinda liked the way ithey looked, still trying to figure out the upper mounts. I plan on doing a panhard bar set-up on the front with the steering servo mounted in the chassis. It probably won't be the best performer but for my first one i'm happy with it. Here's the picture of the bender I use, I got it from the MAC tool guy but I've seen the same one at various auto parts stores. You can use pretty much any bender though, although it helps to get a bender that is marked with angles. |
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09-22-2005, 03:30 PM
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Looks sweet! How much tubing did you use so far? Wayne |
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