LR3 (expanding the Rover family)

[pantablo]

I've posted a few pics of this already but its officially done, so to speak.

CC-01 chassis
60t motor
4:1 RC4WD gear reduction
hitec 645mg servo (will relocate to front with drag link as I did for the Rover Sport)
1.9 hummer wheels
RC4WD Mud Thrasher/BFG hybrid tires (same height as BFG's)
hilift roll bar lights on rack
Body painted OEM green
spare, tow rope and hilift jack in roof rack

Tonight's final pics:




flex shot (stock suspension; older shot with trail doc tires)

[scalerfreak]

awsome! i love the wat you set your battery up, you get rid of the electronics plate that screws onto the chassis and just put the battery upright, im gonna do that next time i charge my bettery lol

[pantablo]

I had to set it up that way because the motor/reduction unit sticks into the battery tray area.

This is what I mean, same condition on my other cc-01.

[bmuzz1]

Man I miss my CC-01 FJ. These things are a blast to wheel!

[slolx50]

Yo,

You think the stock 1.9 Thrashers would be to tall for this LR3 body? My ride height is going to be set up with the top edge of the wheel rim level with the bottom of the body.

[pantablo]

Originally Posted by slolx50

Yo,

You think the stock 1.9 Thrashers would be to tall for this LR3 body? My ride height is going to be set up with the top edge of the wheel rim level with the bottom of the body.

oh he11 yes. way too tall.

[slolx50]

Originally Posted by pantablo

oh he11 yes. way too tall.

Looks like i am going to have to wait for them to release the 1.55's then!

How are you liking the 1.9 steelies?

[slolx50]

Gotta get some of these now!



Maybe the full size Thrashers would fit under them?

[pantablo]

Originally Posted by slolx50

Looks like i am going to have to wait for them to release the 1.55's then!
How are you liking the 1.9 steelies?

dont know. havent run them yet. I only just got them and dont have tires for them yet, lol. I had one full size mud thrasher left and threw it on the steelie to check fit on rim and to check it on some of my bodies. the steelies might end up on my hilux crew cab. possibly on my rover classic if I reduce some tires for it.
wheels are very well made and werent difficult to mount tires up to, although the front and back doesnt close down completely when the tire is on (meaning the hub doesnt come fully through the center hole of the front peice).

Originally Posted by slolx50

Gotta get some of these [sdi fender flares] now!
Maybe the full size Thrashers would fit under them?

unlikely they would help. the flares would help if the wheel/tires stuck out from the body but I think the issue is the diameter of the tire is too big for the body. I'd either wait for the 1.55's (unless yours is a cc-01 chassis, in which case they wont fit over the steering knuckles) or reduce a set of tires for 1.9 like I did.

[RockEd out]

Pantablo, how do you lik the SDI Trail Docs? I have heard mixed reviews, but always like the looks of them.

[rquarte]

So how tall are the tires you reduced?

[pantablo]

Originally Posted by RockEd out

Pantablo, how do you lik the SDI Trail Docs? I have heard mixed reviews, but always like the looks of them.

you know, recently RC4WD has focused on making scale tires. now the choices are tremendous.
Before that, I would use nothing but trail docs. They are a very, very good tire and a nice scale look. I tried soft, super soft, etc but found no significant difference in terms of grip, although the softer it got the quicker they wore so I stayed with the regular softs.
Now, teh tires RC4WD has come out with are at least their equals in terms of grip and I think surpass them in scale looks. The only issue I have with the rc4wd tires is overall diameter. they are focusing on scale comp tires IMO and offer few choices as small as the trail doc.
On my rigs, anything bigger just doesnt look scale any more.
I mean, just look at this!


similar view, with rc4wd mud thrashers, which are 3/8" taller or so.


the tires rc4wd has that small (3.7" or so) are good alternatives. probably more scale than the trial docs and roughly same grip. I'm thinking specifically of rock creepers, although I think the trail docs perform better than those tires. I would love to do a side by side comparison of a ton of different tires, lol...

Originally Posted by rquarte

So how tall are the tires you reduced?

depends on which you are talking about. if you're talking about the hybrid tires I made (BFG sidewalls, mud thrasher or dirt grabber treads) they end up same size as a BFG, or about 3.4-3.5". I think this size looks perfect on many of the "1:10" scale bodies like my rover sports and LR3. Heck, they look good on a clod too:


other tires vary, depending on the starting diameter and if I'm reducing to 1.7 fo rmy brat steelie wheels or 1.5 for the kawada mini cooper tires. or, if I'm going from 2.2 to 1.9 like I did with the Imex Claw Dawgs (which end up 3.7" tall 1.9 tire).

its easy to estimate the final height of a given tire for a given reduction as follows:
assuming reducing a 2.2 to 1.9 for this example.

take the final wheel size and divide it by the starting wheel size
(1.9/2.2=0.8636).
that factor you now take and multiply the original height of a tire.
for example, if the 2.2 tire you're reducing is 5.5" tall,. then the reduced height will be 4.75" tall (5.5*0.8636=4.749)

you could do the same for 1.9 to 1.7, 2.2 to 1.7, 1.9 to 1.5, etc.