Big Tex
Rock Crawler
well i got my crawler about 5mo ago and its was hard transitioning from savages and baja's to 1/10 scale crawlers but i think i got the gist of things now, im no where near done with my build i still need wheel weights and other crucial crawler necessities but im on my way.. here are the pics guys let me know what you think, im running a novak rooster esc with the matching novak 55t motor, and for now a traxxas am radio and receiver with a 5000mah 2s 40c lipo, a little much yes but run time is amazing lol this is wait i was shooting in the direction of with my build, the bigfoot silverado.
believe it or not seeing this on a v-dub rock buggy at my buddies hobby shop made me want to go scale, proline started it all lol
the day i got it, bought a used silverado body off a his savage flux, mounted it and was overly excited lol slapped a set of proline 6-shooter beadlocks on with a set of moabs i had laying around just for mock up,
p.s. the blue links was how i got it from a local guy that wasnt interested in crawling why blue i have no clue,
a quick dip in some alcohol solved the blue link problem and i bought an hpi wrangler runicon body for it, trimmed it and mounted for mock up, ill post paint pics later, i sanded down and painted some factory venom beadlox wheels flat black to match the trucks attitude better
got bored with the tread design of the factory ridgelines, and how non-traction like they were and i got bored and me+bored=creativity so heres what happened lol trimmed all the short lugs off, very very very time consuming but they work great now, the long lugs i left act ike little fingers its frkkn sweet,
i know you sharp guys have already noticed but i convinced my flux body donor buddy to sell my his front bumper off his savage, i bought it for $5 i know i know crazy but hey he has an integy bumper already, its amazing what you can get someone to get rid of by convincing someone how useless something is lol jk i work as a technician at a security surveillance store and i snagged a few safety cables off some old camera housings, their stainless steel and perfect scale tow cables, almost lol
next i removed the inner springs from the shocks, filled em with losi 60w purple comp shock oil, and preloaded them a bit to solve my torque twist problem and stiffen up the ride, yes i know its more of a monster-scaler now, but hey its scale my way guys i love it anyways lol
yes and i know you sharp guys are eyeing the bed already and i yes i got creative and borrowed an idea from a buddy of mine and i made a scale pile of logs out of a branch i cut into equal sorta of equal pieces with some wire cutters, i also got creative (again bored at work this time) with some foam i had laying around and i made myself a scale igloo ice chest, i also mounted a spare 1.9 off my buddy again, and again he had only 3 so i scored em for $10 lol he didnt want em anyways,
and finally if you sharp guys can eye in these last pics i bought a $2 pet dog from tractors supply to mount in the bed, i was going to get a bobcat or a pig but ahhhhh i think a dog looked better lol, i also bought a t-maxx rear tubular looking bumper, stripped it sanded it down and a laid 4 coats of krylon fusion for platics flat black and flush mounted it, i also bought a set of t-maxx stainless suspension links to mount as bed rails with a couple small #6 washers underneath to raise it a bit, these pics are at the rgv carfest last weekend i was displaying my crawler at my buddyies hobby shop vendor booth, i got to talk about scaling and rock crawlers fri-sun it was awesome, i loved having my truck on display for all the rgv (rio grand valley) to see and maybe spark some interst so they too can get into scaling too, enjoy guys
believe it or not seeing this on a v-dub rock buggy at my buddies hobby shop made me want to go scale, proline started it all lol
the day i got it, bought a used silverado body off a his savage flux, mounted it and was overly excited lol slapped a set of proline 6-shooter beadlocks on with a set of moabs i had laying around just for mock up,
p.s. the blue links was how i got it from a local guy that wasnt interested in crawling why blue i have no clue,
a quick dip in some alcohol solved the blue link problem and i bought an hpi wrangler runicon body for it, trimmed it and mounted for mock up, ill post paint pics later, i sanded down and painted some factory venom beadlox wheels flat black to match the trucks attitude better
got bored with the tread design of the factory ridgelines, and how non-traction like they were and i got bored and me+bored=creativity so heres what happened lol trimmed all the short lugs off, very very very time consuming but they work great now, the long lugs i left act ike little fingers its frkkn sweet,
i know you sharp guys have already noticed but i convinced my flux body donor buddy to sell my his front bumper off his savage, i bought it for $5 i know i know crazy but hey he has an integy bumper already, its amazing what you can get someone to get rid of by convincing someone how useless something is lol jk i work as a technician at a security surveillance store and i snagged a few safety cables off some old camera housings, their stainless steel and perfect scale tow cables, almost lol
next i removed the inner springs from the shocks, filled em with losi 60w purple comp shock oil, and preloaded them a bit to solve my torque twist problem and stiffen up the ride, yes i know its more of a monster-scaler now, but hey its scale my way guys i love it anyways lol
yes and i know you sharp guys are eyeing the bed already and i yes i got creative and borrowed an idea from a buddy of mine and i made a scale pile of logs out of a branch i cut into equal sorta of equal pieces with some wire cutters, i also got creative (again bored at work this time) with some foam i had laying around and i made myself a scale igloo ice chest, i also mounted a spare 1.9 off my buddy again, and again he had only 3 so i scored em for $10 lol he didnt want em anyways,
and finally if you sharp guys can eye in these last pics i bought a $2 pet dog from tractors supply to mount in the bed, i was going to get a bobcat or a pig but ahhhhh i think a dog looked better lol, i also bought a t-maxx rear tubular looking bumper, stripped it sanded it down and a laid 4 coats of krylon fusion for platics flat black and flush mounted it, i also bought a set of t-maxx stainless suspension links to mount as bed rails with a couple small #6 washers underneath to raise it a bit, these pics are at the rgv carfest last weekend i was displaying my crawler at my buddyies hobby shop vendor booth, i got to talk about scaling and rock crawlers fri-sun it was awesome, i loved having my truck on display for all the rgv (rio grand valley) to see and maybe spark some interst so they too can get into scaling too, enjoy guys
