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05-28-2009, 09:38 AM
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| '08 2.2 National Champ   Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UTRCRC
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|  Kid's Jeep for UTRCRC Scale Adventure Well my boy had been asking to come to comps more so I wanted to get him something for the next two UTRCRC Scale Adventures. http://utrcrc.freeforums.org/utrcrc-...e-ii-t158.html http://utrcrc.freeforums.org/utrcrc-...-iii-t154.html It's a pretty straight forward build. Full bearings and changed the rear springs to Associated Buggy fronts, second to softest. I'm running a 3s Thunder Power 1800 battery in it and with a 70t handwound motor it feels like the perfect combination of speed and crawling, especially after I downloaded the new FXR upgrade the startup is super smooth. I had to trim the rear fenders a bit but afterward the RC4WD Dirt Grabbers on Proline beadlocks fit perfectly and tuck awesome!    |
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05-28-2009, 10:00 AM
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| '08 2.2 National Champ Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UTRCRC
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| I forgot to say that I narrowed the front bumper. When I narrowed it I ended up cutting out the stock front body mount screws to I took some spacers to make up the gap and just drilled through and bolted the body mount piece back in. I used Pro Weld to weld the styrene back together. It's far more capable and better looking now    |
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05-28-2009, 12:31 PM
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| Gold Star Baby!   Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: I was raised on the dairy, biotch
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| Mann your kid is lucky. Thats got to be the simplest, but coolest cc01 jeeps out there. |
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05-28-2009, 02:49 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Temple
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| nice! i love the black on black |
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05-28-2009, 10:27 PM
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| '08 2.2 National Champ Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UTRCRC
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05-28-2009, 10:31 PM
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| I am a Liar!  Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: santa monica
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| very nicely done. looks great. love those tires. |
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05-28-2009, 10:33 PM
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| '08 2.2 National Champ Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UTRCRC
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05-29-2009, 12:01 AM
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| I am a Liar! Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: santa monica
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| I couldnt agree more. I made up a set of the Dirt Grabbers with the BFG sidewall like I did the Thrashers and they're awesome. Look very scale too and are the same size as the BFG.   |
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05-31-2009, 11:03 PM
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| '08 2.2 National Champ Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UTRCRC
Posts: 5,556
| So Danik beat this thing to death yesterday. He was kind of egged on by everyone laughing too  I have to say, the tires really work quite well. They were holding right there with Losi Bashers and RC4WD Mud Thrashers with no problem. I'm very impressed with them. |
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08-21-2009, 10:47 PM
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| '08 2.2 National Champ Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UTRCRC
Posts: 5,556
| Well the boy's given this thing a good beating and it could use some love I picked up some RC4WD 1.55 wheels and Rock Crusher tires and needed something to put them on so this was it |
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08-21-2009, 11:06 PM
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| '08 2.2 National Champ Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UTRCRC
Posts: 5,556
| The wheels didn't just bolt right up, in case anyone is wondering. I had to grind a bit on the rear axles so they wouldn't bind on the wheels and I used traxxas shims to take up the extra gap between the wheels and the axle nut. |
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08-22-2009, 07:04 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Amherst, OH
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| Those wheels look good on that jeep. Thanks for mentioning what needs to be done to make them fit |
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08-22-2009, 07:59 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Dasmarinas City, Cavite Philippines
Posts: 393
| They do look good, but if RC4WD can't get them right, then I won't spend a dime of my money on them. No reason for us to hack up our trucks for their lack of R&D! |
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08-22-2009, 08:47 AM
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| '08 2.2 National Champ Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UTRCRC
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08-22-2009, 09:11 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Dasmarinas City, Cavite Philippines
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| The review I read mentioned all sorts of problems with these wheels. Hub hole being too big, not enuff room around the lugs for a proper nut, wheel will not center on MRC axles, Pin slot is too large to be used on MRC axles and locks up the axle due to it botteming out on the casing. All in All, they made a great looking wheel that is usless without some sort of modifications on our part, $40+ shipping is too much for me to have to spend money on that isn't a direct bolt on. They do look good and I am not dissing your truck at all, I am just saying that I or anyone else should not have to make our needs fit a product, that product should be made to fit our needs. Very piss poor R&D was used to create this product, they should have used out of house testers before it was ever put into mass production and made to fit the needs of all the major branded trucks that we use, without the need of self made means to make it work per application. Here is the review. RC4wd 1.55 wheel review |
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08-22-2009, 09:19 AM
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| '08 2.2 National Champ Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UTRCRC
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08-22-2009, 09:29 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Dasmarinas City, Cavite Philippines
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| I hope they do too, they are a great looking wheel and they offer some of the great performing tires in the smaller diameters that will fit our needs for trucks like the Wrangler and Pajero without any body mods required. They do look superb on there, no doubt! A million times better then the ugly prolines you had on it in the beginning. |
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08-22-2009, 10:01 AM
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| RCC Addict  Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: St. Albans, WV
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| I just wish everything they did wasnt 6 lug.... Give us some 5 or 8 lug options. |
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08-22-2009, 10:53 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Dasmarinas City, Cavite Philippines
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08-24-2009, 11:45 AM
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| Newbie Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: crawlen town,USA
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| like the way your jeep looks with those wheels |
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