DT's WranglAR - Just another Jeep

[RiderZ]

Them Treps look good stuffed!

 

[Sh0rtBus]

You're a bad influence, man! Killer build so far and making me jealous. If money only grew on trees......

 

[DickyT]

Them Treps look good stuffed!

You're a bad influence, man! Killer build so far and making me jealous. If money only grew on trees......

Thanks guys! And I know the money feeling... I ran out of funds for this build and it is missing things I want on it. All in due time, and gives me a reason to add update pictures months down the line!

 

[DickyT]

I normally rather enjoy the art of shock building. These icon's remind me of working on 1:18 stuff though. I spent the past 20 minutes tracking down a tiny e-clip that went flying...

But they sure do look nice!


Rears resting to let the bubbles out:




Fronts all done:

 

[billj]

Nice work DT"thumbsup"

 

[Sh0rtBus]

Dem chocks o' urs....Days purdy, DT!

 

[DickyT]

Nice work DT"thumbsup"

Thanks Bill!

Dem chocks o' urs....Days purdy, DT!

Hahahahahahahaha :lmao: that made me laugh!

 

[DickyT]

I'm done with this for the night, and while it may not look like much got done, I got the shocks done, 12.3" WB, and got the panhard bar sorted!

12.3" center to center! "thumbsup"




And this dang thing, it took most of the night to get it working right. But the chassis is centered and does not sway when the shocks are compressed now.

 

[z50king]

That panhard is way too short. It should be as long as the drag link. It looks like your drag link will be much shorter because it's on ar60s

 

[DickyT]

That panhard is way too short. It should be as long as the drag link. It looks like your drag link will be much shorter because it's on ar60s

The length is fine, it is the panhard kit for AR60's. It took a little tweaking because I'm not mounting to a Wraith. You can't see how far the panhard goes in this picture because it tucks in behind the servo. More important than length is that the panhard and drag link are on roughly the same angle, which will be the case.

 

[Sh0rtBus]

WTF are you doing up so early, man? I've been working literally all night with zero sleep since I got up yesterday morning at 5:45 am. Stupid truck drivers that can't drive keep me awake! Job security, though.

 

[DickyT]

WTF are you doing up so early, man? I've been working literally all night with zero sleep since I got up yesterday morning at 5:45 am. Stupid truck drivers that can't drive keep me awake! Job security, though.

I woke up to tend to a crying 4 year old. Went back to sleep, now time to go to work,

 

[DickyT]

I forgot I had these! I do believe I will use them over the plastic ones. Not only will the move the sliders up against the body, the delrin blocks I have them on will make nice adjustable upper link mounts!

 

[RiderZ]

Still can't believe how nice the Treps look with the CI foams.I have two sets in the parts box.Might have to pick up some new foams.Nice job on your progress with this build.

 

[DickyT]

My WTF bumper showed up today! It will require some material removal from it to work with my hand bros CMS, but that's a small price to pay for a built to order bumper shape.

 

[DTB1]

Looking nice.

 

[DickyT]

I've taken quite a bit off both. I'm out of dremel bits, so hopefully it all fits together now!

 

[DickyT]

Well, that was a lot more cutting and grinding than I had planned tonight... But it all fits together now!

Thanks to BillJ for hooking me up with his buddy to have the bumper made.





Tight fit!

 

[DickyT]

Insomnia got the better of me for a bit... I put a little bend in the VP rear uppers and will mount it to the delrin blocks that my rock sliders will mount too.








Everything is really tight, but it rolls and cycles smoothly with no rubbing. Barely.

And this is how I leave it tonight as I try and get a couple hours sleep before a very long day of work tomorrow. Errr today...

 

[DickyT]

I got the holes I'll be making marked, and layed down the first coat of copper.



I did not miss body post hole markings. I will be using Velcro to hold the shell on.