what other bodies have you guys been running?

[ubernewb]

ah-ha! good eye.. totally failed to notice he was still using the straight mount.

[fr8cture]

I like his battery tray more than stock though paint it black and good to go. Found out today my lhs has the 66 chevy body in stock gonna grab that for mine.

[kalani]

Originally Posted by ubernewb

battery tray no longer fit? curious, as i shrunk my rig a few mm's smaller than yours and had zero issues with the battery tray being there. (shock mounts on shortest factory option, and 102mm revo rods/rod ends)

Sorry I meant I wanted to lower the CG of the battery and the regular stick wouldn't fit but I use shorty's on my drifter so

[binaryterror]

I'll post up better tonight - this was first test after some needed changes to the wheelbase. But this is the Proline G6 Dodge Ram Single cab. I'll also include the details of what I did and actual wheelbase I ended at.

[fr8cture]

I got the body mounted then after laying a coat of paint on the bed I noticed this...

[fr8cture]

Originally Posted by Natedog

Looks like a hole? :/

Yeah its like it split right there from being too thin. A bummer only one my LHS had I'll have to wait on proline.

[KMS]

Thin spot ,,patch it with shoe goop on inside ,,

[Tossedman]

Add some drywall tape to that goop. It'll make it stronger. Five bucks will get you enough to patch every truck body you'll ever own. FibaTape 150 ft. White Self-Adhesive Drywall Joint Tape FDW8247-U-FDW8247-U - The Home Depot

[steven318is]

shoo goo 100% works a treat and then rock armour on the outside and colour code it

[KMS]

From all the other 66 C 10 bodies added to the TRX-4 I have mounted mine a little higher ,,not by choice ,, It had something about the rear body post mounting part that comes in the parts bad ,The stock mount didn't line up I have since seen a vid where it can be turned and lines of with the raised box on top of the bed for shock towers my guess, So what am getting at is the rock sliders mounted in the stock location were 1/2' lower than body and I wanted to use the grove in the slider to hold the body,, Here's what I came up with .

[rag6]

Looks great with the sliders raised. When you said you had to mount it higher than the others I was thinking blahhhh. Then seen the pics and looks better than the others.

[Tossedman]

Here's mine with the body off of my SCX-10. Shortened the rear links and trimmed the frame rails a bit in the rear. Just first steps here, lots more to add.

[Tossedman]

Took the Bug out to the local Blackfoot RC Park here in Calgary. It's great with the TRX4 chassis under it. The shorter wheelbase allowed me to get around some of the tighter corners more easily and the lighter body meant it didn't roll nearly as easily as is did with the Defender body on it.

[kicker1]

What's the wheelbase on the bug body?

[Tossedman]

I've got the chassis set to bang on 315 mm which is about 12 3/8". That's about perfect for this body.

[metblack328i]

Just picked up a roller TRX4 and looking for body. Has anyone tried the Proline Dodge RAM 1500 body on? Another one I am considering is the proline hilux body.

Originally Posted by Tossedman

I've got the chassis set to bang on 315 mm which is about 12 3/8". That's about perfect for this body.

Could you please share what links did you use to shorten the wheelbase?

[Tossedman]

I used Axial links because I had them. 106mm for the upper rear and 98mm for the lower rear. I didn't change the front at all.

[Tossedman]

Oh, and I also shortened the rear drive shaft a bit.

[Sabre8]

Has somebody tried the cherokee hard body with 313 WB?

[Lenny718]

Has anyone tried the proline Jeep Rubicon body? Thinking of picking one up