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08-25-2016, 05:58 PM | #202 |
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Overall length and length from the cab end to the rear body mounts will be enough. Just want to see if I swap it for the Axial cage on a built body if it will still be close enough to WB4 so that I don't have to mess with it.
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08-25-2016, 07:45 PM | #203 | |
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Hope that helps you out. Ernie, Perspective is off on the photo, but the measurements are correct. | |
08-25-2016, 07:51 PM | #204 |
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08-25-2016, 09:37 PM | #205 |
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08-26-2016, 02:40 PM | #206 |
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08-30-2016, 10:58 AM | #207 |
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08-30-2016, 11:44 AM | #208 | |
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| Re: New Ascender Version Coming? Quote: Since the K10 RTR doesn't have slider mounts The new sliders I'm going to try and build will bolt up to the frame. So thought I might try and lower my body and cage a little, but now I think I, leaving it stock. It just looks the way 1:1 would look with this body and bed. Having said that, my body bottom sits almost even with the top of the frame. So I think the sliders will have just a little kick up at the body. Sound OK ? Ernie, | |
08-30-2016, 12:13 PM | #209 |
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Thanks, I'm anxious to finish it and get it on the rocks too! I thought about lowering the bed and cab too, but maybe on my second K10 body, going to run it at 'stock' height on this build. Good slider idea, sounds great! |
08-31-2016, 11:19 AM | #210 |
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Driveshaft comparison, the female driveshaft pieces come in two lengths and the male in two maybe three lengths. My front axle needed the shorter male shaft swapped in so that it wasn't bottoming out when I hooked up the suspension links. The Blazer already had the shorter female shaft up front. Rear runs long shafts, because I'm doing like Yeti.stealth did and trying the hybrid WB2 chassis with WB2 front links and WB4 rear links. "thumbup" I painted the area behind the see through grill black, cut out just the radiator part of the included sticker and applied to the body before attaching the grill. Front bumper has all the spacers removed and shorter screws used. Bumper still needs to come back 3/8" - 1/2", hope Horizon Hobby is coming out with some shorter bumper mounts. I'll be cutting them shorter to draw the bumper in closer to the body, but they could use more meat for the screws depending how short they end up. Bumper also needs to lose about 1/4" off each end to narrow it up total of about 1/2", a different bumper or two would be nice options to see. I'll cut mine up for now. I scraped the chrome off the Chevy grill emblem and painted it red, applied the headlight stickers too, great looking body wish Vaterra had gone the extra step and molded headlight LED buckets instead of solid plastic and stickers. Need to get another pic. I'll have to fab some headlights buckets and all I guess, then re-attach the grill somehow with tiny screws and ShoeGoo or something. All stickered up, the smaller Codyboy Design stickers fit perfectly on the fenders and match the color scheme very nicely. Of course I'll build another Hi-Lift jack hood pin for the K10. I'm in the process of installing Gunnar Pins in all the driveshafts and CVDs. EDIT: The stock plastic sliders gotta go, they hang down about 1/2" too low. The new body/cage is mounted with 4.5 holes showing in the front body post mounts, this is perfect to keep it level with the rear bed/cage. Last edited by Natedog; 08-31-2016 at 11:56 AM. |
08-31-2016, 12:13 PM | #211 |
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looking good! kinda stinks how the mounting screws for the grill are in the road of the headlight buckets, really thinking of how to mount up some lights an still look good, tail lights are pc of cake on rear of cage, but in front that's a different story
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09-01-2016, 05:15 PM | #212 |
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Here's what it's all about to me! A father and son enjoying the outdoors with their Vaterra Ascender at our local crawl spot. |
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09-15-2016, 08:54 PM | #215 |
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Oh yeah! That place is pretty cool. The humpback whales are migrating north right now and they sometimes come very close to the point in the background, we saw several pods pass by that morning. The styrene sliders are holding up fine, surprisingly.It has taken a few big tumbles and has been getting a lot of use. My boy really needs his own rig and I swear I have not influenced him in any way, but he only wants the Vaterra Bronco RTR. I have shown him pics and YouTube clips of others but he always says "no, I want the blue Bronco!" The Codyboy axles and Jconcepts scorpios are great, still fooling around with foams and the only new thing is a set of black eBay China beadlocks to put the scorpios on, the China wheels are 1 inch wide and have slw style hubs. The hubs are the .350 offset and a little too wide and it makes the front tyres rub a bit more on the front edge while steering. I will try the .225 offset hubs and I think they will be good then. They might not rub much on a stock K10 that hasn't got Natedog spec shocks! Put my old well worn Vaterra TSL's back on the SSD wheels and look forward to swapping back and forth as it suits me now the scorpios have their own wheels. There a soft compound and I don't think they will last long, unlike the Vaterra tyres. I think I will keep them reserved for comp tyres and the TSL's will be our basher tyres. Last edited by Yeti.stealth; 09-15-2016 at 08:59 PM. |
09-16-2016, 03:45 PM | #216 |
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Cool, nice to see the whales migrating too. Good to hear on the styrene sliders, figured they might flex a bit and do quite well as long as they don't flex too much like stockers. Nice that your son is liking the Bronco Ascender, best to each have your own truck and play follow the leader, switching off occasionally. When's his arrive and start the modifications? Codyboy parts are good stuff, his original sliders are still working great on my first Blazer RTR! I've heard great things about those wheels, .225 hubs prolly good, if not LockedUpRC sells .185 hubs and then there are the Shifts variable offset hubs that utilize pin drive instead of separate hexes. Probably lol. Nice, SSD D-Hole wheels look great on here, having two or more sets of beadlocks with different tires and/or wheels to swap out is great for different conditions and to just change the look of the truck. I use the Vaterra TSLs for comps, soak them in hot water and Simple Green for couple days and they are good...might not be quite as good as some tires, but they have pulled some amazing lines on mine. |
09-18-2016, 09:52 PM | #217 |
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Another tough day for the K10! We crawled in the rain and mud and rocks, had fun, no grip for anyone and it didn't seem to matter what tyres you had. Lotsa fun though! |
09-18-2016, 10:04 PM | #218 |
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Slippery climb
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09-18-2016, 10:07 PM | #219 |
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09-18-2016, 10:11 PM | #220 |
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Sorry guys, I just cannot get multiple pics in 1 post using my phone, figured out how to resize em but! |
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