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Pebble Pounder
Basically I want to turn a Basecamp into the Jeep JLU builder kit that is now discontinued.
The long of it. Earlier this year Horizon had a flash sale, and the Jeep JLU builder kit was on sale for like $250 I think. I used a different body but the truck is fantastic overall for a trail truck.
Fast forward to a week ago and I purchased the Basecamp builder kit for my daughter who is out of college and thought it would be fun to build her first crawler.
I went crazy with the option parts for her when ordering the kit...NOT realizing it was straight axle. Because I thought this was the same as the JEEP JLU kit minus the body and all the body accessories.
So she opens the kit at my house....where all the work benches and tools are....and when she starts assembling the axles, I realize then that this is a straight axle kit.
WHAT!?!? I wanted her to have the same 10.3 as what I built earlier this year but with her own body and wheels/tires.
Now looking into the AR45-Portal route....
1. Why is there not an option to purchase the ARR5-P axle assemblies?
2. Why doesn't Axial offer a portal kit option?
3. Will the SCX10 Pro axles fit with the Basecamp chassis and parts?
4.Could I rob the axles from my Vanquish Phoenix? I already see the axles from my VRD Carbon's are center pumpkin so they won't work.
Anyway this all happened when we opened the Basecamp kit last night and started on it. And I couldn't believe I just blazed past the fact the Basecamp was straight axle.
All the reviews and videos I watched when the 10.3 was released ALL talked about the portals, portals, portals. So here a few years later I order a 2nd 10.3 and it shows up straight axle.
Doh!!!!
The long of it. Earlier this year Horizon had a flash sale, and the Jeep JLU builder kit was on sale for like $250 I think. I used a different body but the truck is fantastic overall for a trail truck.
Fast forward to a week ago and I purchased the Basecamp builder kit for my daughter who is out of college and thought it would be fun to build her first crawler.
I went crazy with the option parts for her when ordering the kit...NOT realizing it was straight axle. Because I thought this was the same as the JEEP JLU kit minus the body and all the body accessories.
So she opens the kit at my house....where all the work benches and tools are....and when she starts assembling the axles, I realize then that this is a straight axle kit.
WHAT!?!? I wanted her to have the same 10.3 as what I built earlier this year but with her own body and wheels/tires.
Now looking into the AR45-Portal route....
1. Why is there not an option to purchase the ARR5-P axle assemblies?
2. Why doesn't Axial offer a portal kit option?
3. Will the SCX10 Pro axles fit with the Basecamp chassis and parts?
4.Could I rob the axles from my Vanquish Phoenix? I already see the axles from my VRD Carbon's are center pumpkin so they won't work.
Anyway this all happened when we opened the Basecamp kit last night and started on it. And I couldn't believe I just blazed past the fact the Basecamp was straight axle.
All the reviews and videos I watched when the 10.3 was released ALL talked about the portals, portals, portals. So here a few years later I order a 2nd 10.3 and it shows up straight axle.
Doh!!!!