Bumper bracket fabrication

[matrix243]

Here's my first shot at fabbing up bumper brackets. No laughing please. They're a little light duty and I haven't cleaned them up and painted them. It didn't take that long and didn't cost that much atleast. I'm still trying to get a look at what I want. I'd be ok with them if I could hide them a bit some how. Part of the problem is that the body is lifted so high for clearance. One option is to drop the body and do a suspension lift, which is cost a bit of $$.

Let me know what you think, and if you have any suggestions.

 

[matrix243]

I also didn't have to many options with the bumpers, so I went with the proline western bumpers.

I would still like to get the 3racing winch for the front. Mostly for cosmetics since the brackets wouldn't hold a pull.

 

[md7989]

Dude, lower that body and get some 1.9s...or trim the body to keep the 2.2s. There's nothing scale about that.

There's really no point in having the body that high. What look are you going after with it like that??? :shock::shock:

EDIT: BTW, there's plenty of options for bumpers for a SCX10, they just bolt to the frame, which I highly suggest you do in the near future. "thumbsup"

 

[mwscooters]

drop the body by 3inches(sits too high), and bolt the bumper to the frame cross member.

 

[toyotaexo88]

Wow.!!!! X2 on lowering the body

 

[matrix243]

2 things, I want the body wheelwells untrimmed, and keep the 2.2's.

Would a suspension lift be enough to bring the tires away from the frame? Either that or maybe some wheel offsets.

 

[rngrchad]

LOL :lmao:

 

[cogfounder]

You could get rid of the brackets and attach the bumpers right to the body,
or get some aluminum channel and make a sub frame that sits about on top
of the shock hoops and attach the bumpers and even body to that.
It looks like that would line up about where the bumpers are now.
Then make some butter tub wheel wells to hide the sub frame and all.


And you can lower the body a bit and still avoid tire rub
by adding to the shock bump stop length, (I see you have none on them)
but at the expense of a bit of flex travel.

You can still put the winch on the stock frame,
and keep/make it functional.
I think if you mounted it that high on the rig
it would just flip it over forward if the wheels bound up.

 

[mar618]

all i can say is WOW ,what some people do

 

[md7989]

I mean, why waste the $$$ on an SCX10 kit, 2.2s and rims, and a good looking body to rig it up like that?

It WILL NOT be functional AT ALL except for driving in a straight line on level ground...

Start over and do it right...

 

[0lllllll0]

Take it easy people. If the guy likes it like that who the heck are any of you to say anything about it.

To each there own.

 

[rngmStr]

gooodness gracious that thing is up their :shock: it's yours though, GOOD DEAL "thumbsup"

 

[matrix243]

You could get rid of the brackets and attach the bumpers right to the body,
or get some aluminum channel and make a sub frame that sits about on top
of the shock hoops and attach the bumpers and even body to that.
It looks like that would line up about where the bumpers are now.
Then make some butter tub wheel wells to hide the sub frame and all.


And you can lower the body a bit and still avoid tire rub
by adding to the shock bump stop length, (I see you have none on them)
but at the expense of a bit of flex travel.

You can still put the winch on the stock frame,
and keep/make it functional.
I think if you mounted it that high on the rig
it would just flip it over forward if the wheels bound up.

Thanks for the info. I thought about attaching to the body.

The frame would hide alot, but might be hard to keep stable, even though its not solid right now.

I might drop the body down again, and see what kind of clearance I get. I think its like maybe 1 inch before tire rub.

 

[rckjeep]

The body looks awesome, great paint job. 2.2's just don't fit that body at all, I ran that body for a while on 1.9's and loved it. Which I'm posting just to show you that it looks much better with 1.9's. Not to mention I bet it will go places yours can't come close to.

I'm betting you are new to RC and most likely a teenager, which is fine. I'm not trying to give you a hard time. We are just trying to help you have a fun & capable scaler. Hope this doesn't come off as rude but it looks retarded right now.

 

[matrix243]

Ok, I can only take so much. Teenager!!?

You know whats funny is that so many people on here think a lifted body automatically equates to high COG. I'm assuming thats what you think too. Do you know how much a lexan body weighs?

And how the hell does a low body get you better crawling ability.

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[matrix243]

bunch of asshats.

 

[matrix243]

I read countless threads about people asking for ways of fabricating brackets and all that comes back is, "figure it out yourself". Well thats what I"M DOING!!

AGAIN STATED, I'm still trying to get a look at what I want. Obviously the brackets are standing out too much.

 

[rngmStr]

RULES OF RCC - read them

1) You gotta be able to take some ribbing around here to survive.

 

[matrix243]

People on here don't even believe in 2.2's as scale. Well, that would be true if all 1:1 trucks had no oversized aftermarket tires.

 

[rngmStr]

your truck.................. you wanna run 2.2's? run em' you give a SH*t what other people think of your rig, your out............ unless your rollin' a shelf queen