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Re: My take on the TRX-4. Ford F-100 with Rear Cage!

Looks fantastic. Excellent tube work. Love the colors.

Re: My take on the TRX-4. Ford F-100 with Rear Cage!

Amazing work! I have a question, What is the reason for reversing the shock towers? Clearance or performance maybe. Also, Is this done front and rear? Thanks.

Re: My take on the TRX-4. Ford F-100 with Rear Cage!

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Originally Posted by cartronicshn (Post 5931807)

outstanding work, i love the detail and effort put into it.

Thank you. I do like the details "thumbsup"

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Originally Posted by mgputer (Post 5931859)

Looks fantastic. Excellent tube work. Love the colors.

Thank you very much "thumbsup"

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Originally Posted by JC3 (Post 5931863)

Amazing work! I have a question, What is the reason for reversing the shock towers? Clearance or performance maybe. Also, Is this done front and rear? Thanks.

Thanks. With regards to the shock towers; I didn't want to chop too much off the chassis rails, so i moved the rear axle back about 8mm so that the end of the chassis rails were level with the tires. This then meant that the rear shocks lay down a little. With the towers the normal way round the shocks fouled the rear of the tower a little. So, switching them gave more clearance there. That's all really. And i do like the rear shocks to lay down a little. "thumbsup"

Re: My take on the TRX-4. Ford F-100 with Rear Cage!

I managed to get it finished last night. Well, at least to a stage where I can use it. So, here are the final pics before it gets scratched up!

https://i.imgur.com/0VJyfIU.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/Qu0bguR.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/YZSYrWL.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/pCgBhXJ.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/gstuEUH.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/0LRXwo4.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/sN2gZQL.jpg

And, on it's maiden voyage. The rocks were a little damp, but I'm amazed how capable it is. Also, this is my first brushless set up in a crawler, and I'm very impressed. I was expecting the low speed to control to not be quite as smooth as the brushed set ups I'm used to, but it's amazing!

https://i.imgur.com/jV9aPyi.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/vEEZobz.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/mc4lVyB.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/zPrA2vC.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/c3wkDJY.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/9lQJGnz.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/KkdRJiA.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/b1dJAXx.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/kiClgz0.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/Z2mhQgj.jpg

That's all for now folks. Thanks for looking and I'll update this thread when/if I make any changes.

Re: My take on the TRX-4. Ford F-100 with Rear Cage!

Looks even better outside. I'm working on something similar currently with the proline 79 ford cab. I lack your level of skills though lol.

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