new bright tj build

[stanmondz]

i got a couple new bright tj bodies in a trade, i was just gonna flip em, but ended up finding a cc01 roller cheap and decided to build one. this start as a no direction build, i just started cutting the body and building a cage for it. so far its turning out ok

some 3/16th steel tube







interior just stuck in with a TSC tool box


my roller showed up, now for some trimming and modding to make everything fit right


some servo clearance


front of the chassis got to go


this is a mess

[stanmondz]

a few more pics
cut the tool box to sit down in the hole in the chassis and started on some filler panels around the bed area. not very good with styrene but paint covers ugly to a point
and got a set of rc4wd prowler xs tires on the way. plan to keep the mesh jeep wheels if i can





i think im gonna leave the body black with the faded spots on it

[scorpion ax-10]

Lookin good man.

going for a kind of stock look?
if not you should widen the track a little, that'd look mean.

[stanmondz]

Stock look on this one

[derb]

Looks awesome mate, the internal cage is very nice and the toolbox fits the theme perfectly.

[Koldham]

Originally Posted by stanmondz

looks like my dads CJ7 with no bumper lol. iv seen where folks flip the arms backwards or something like that so the shock is on the back side if the front suspension. might wanna try that.

[derb]

Yeh my CC01 looks like that too, but you have to sacrifice perfect looks for more clearance up front.

[Koldham]

with a nice looking tube bumper and a skid plate, the front of that truck will look awesome

[stanmondz]

Ill figure something out, that look ain't gonna work

[stanmondz]

built a bumper and skid this evening

[derb]

You do some really nice fabrication work man.

[stanmondz]

thanks man, just a amateur trying to learn to build

[Koldham]

looks good but whats up with those MASSIVE fender flares?

[stanmondz]

thats the crappy skinny stock tires.
got my prowlers today

[Koldham]

ahh. it looks so much better with the bigger tires. the stock ones were funny looking in those wheel wells, and the bumper/skid plate looks hella clean

[scorpion ax-10]

Agreed, really liking those new tires

[stanmondz]

got my spare tire mounted.
its rtr now, not very impressive,but cool anyway

[stanmondz]

a short little video with a couple oZs of weight in the front
019_zps99539e18.mp4 Video by stanmondz | Photobucket

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