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ifs wraith jeep brute

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some photos of my just completed wraith /exo fusion with a new bright wrangler unlimited body turned into a jeep brute.

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thanks for the comments. its alot like all the other ifs wraith except I kept the wraith rear just stretched it to match the jeep body. upper rollbar cut off to fit the body. exo front end attached to the wraith skid. I moved the rear wheels away from the gearbox and the front wheels in toward the gearbox to match the wheelbase of the body better. has a rc4wd AX2 2speed gearbox with torquemaster 27t, wraith shocks front and rear with exo rear springs in front, wraith rear axle widened to match track of exo front. futaba 3PL, tekin FxR, and savox servos for steering and shifting. 2.2 rok lox on rc4wd steel wheels. drives and handles great. the plastic chassis came together better then I thought. My initial thought was to use the plastic chassis as a template and then build a metal tuber frame to replace it but it came together alot better then I thought so I will probably keep it like this for awhile. here are some pics of the underside.
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Nice clean build. Great job on the conversion!

Do those Iroks rub with the wheels turned during compression?
 
Looks great! I just read about this conversion this morning. I love the jeep body to match!
 
no tire rubbing. i trimmed the fenders down just to the point where at every compression and steering angle nothing rubs. that was something very important to me.
 
Saw your rig when searching on google images, looks killer! Signed up and and subscribed! I'm really interested in doing something similar with my Wraith and wonder how the chassis looks with the body off?
 
I keep coming back to this rig. I love it. Great job. Get some action pics, or video and let us know how it performs.
 
This is an awesome rig! I am currently doing an exo/wraith conversion but noticed you have done some things differently like put the wraith skid plate on the bottom instead of on top of the exo chassis, could you put up some more pictures of how you put the chassis together?
 
Looks amazing!! I just did the same conversion but yours looks a lot better with the hard body. How did you widen the rear axle? I am using the same wheels but couldn't find any wider wheel hubs. Any info would be much appreciated
 
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