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Originally Posted by FloydfanYodaman

i thought it might be a PIA...could you just mask off whats you want and give it some paint? cheesey?...i wont tell ....for me that green and silver pulls my eye away from the fact of how good the shocks/springs compliment the body color ...and vice versa...not being critic by any means

will check out that sight TNX...thing is i kinda want/need 2...so i can get the wife to mess around too...or that my gameplan...living against a lava field we have no shortage of crawling spots/courses

seems like your thread wants us both to double post LOL...its got a mind of its own

lol i'm just going to take them apart again, after masking thoose window seals i learned masking is a major PITA. but yea if your looking to buy 2 i defiently look used at RC Tech, just post up a WTB thread and tell them your budget and what for looking for and any trades are a bonus

Originally Posted by mycrors4

+1 on the green rings, they gotta go LOL
loving the paintjob so far.. only i could fund a new body for mine =/

lol yea, one of these days xD thanks, lol yea had my first scale GTG and body not looking too good. of well time to rust up some scratches! but yea not cheap, i spent like $90-100 on the body not including paint, useing dupi-color pants i spent like $15-20

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G6 comp at Colberz

huge update to come lots of cool new stuff

[FloydfanYodaman]

nice group shot...although all the dudes...esp Capt Sweatpants...hanging aroung staring at their rigs is kinda creepy...yet i still want to join your ranks LOL

maybe after taxes or something i can make something happen...

guy in the white jeep didnt mind your yoda all up in his trucks bidness?

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Originally Posted by FloydfanYodaman

nice group shot...although all the dudes...esp Capt Sweatpants...hanging aroung staring at their rigs is kinda creepy...yet i still want to join your ranks LOL

maybe after taxes or something i can make something happen...

guy in the white jeep didnt mind your yoda all up in his trucks bidness?

lol yea.... everyone was talking and taking pics

but yea definitely not the cheapest but when you look at the most fun for your money compared to a SCT or Buggy its half the price and like 1/100 the broken parts lol.... but once you spend the big bucks for nice electronics the rest is only limited by your imagination and your building skill

lol not sure about his thoughts, put him and everyone else were amazed by the flex

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looks like a good time, i think u need some bigger tires, urs look really small compared to everyone elses,

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Originally Posted by [email protected]

looks like a good time, i think u need some bigger tires, urs look really small compared to everyone elses,

like i said, next update = HUGH

[FloydfanYodaman]

Originally Posted by winner

like i said, next update = HUGH

like Hugh Heffner huge or like Hugh Jackman huge...just trying to prepare myself

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Originally Posted by FloydfanYodaman

like Hugh Heffner huge or like Hugh Jackman huge...just trying to prepare myself

LOL...... i need to stop posting when im half awake HUGE

[xmodsNSX94]

appears to me that its a meeting of bad parking?
looking good though, cant wait for your 'HUGE' update!

NSX

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sorry, i will wait and see this HUGE update then

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Hello. My name is Rob and i have a BOX!

[Dr. Kustom]

Hi Rob, so what's in the box?

[mycrors4]

me thinks i know what's in the box

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let's play a game of U Spy, what do you spy new?

YouTube Video

[Lucky7]

New rims, possibly new tires. The front fender is black now. Something is in the bed but I cannot make it out.

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Originally Posted by Lucky7

New rims, possibly new tires. The front fender is black now. Something is in the bed but I cannot make it out.

very good guess,

ok going to try to update this in two parts. this is part 1 part 2 will be posted by 10pm EST

ok so what was in my box... well this is a mind twist... 2.2 RC4WD Rock Stompers and to go with Junfac 2.2 GT beadlocks


got them bolted up....

took me all of 5 minutes after putting them on to decide they HAD to go, so same day as receiving they were for sale.

when i started looking for new rims/tires after the 2.2 i decided on 1.55, even better a local guy had a set of 1.55 RC4WD steelies with 1.55 RC4WD Mudslingers and a spare. i knew he had a 2.2 rig so i threw out a trade offer willing to ad to my side but he took a straight trade! i quickly dumped those 128mm shocks and went back to the 80mm ones that came with it.

i liked the result....



even got to put that spare to use


some people kept asking why i did 1.55, well simple. it looks more scale, and it makes you a better driver. and at the last meet at stone mountain i was there with this 1.55 rig and everyone else had Wraiths (3 guys with wraiths and me, i hung with them just fine )

some of you will remember the G6 i went to, well when i was there a guy saw that i didnt have a front bumper so he offered me one on a one off custom that i could not refuse! all it needed was a little cleaning up and a new coat if paint.

mounted up

mite have to remove the stock bumper =/

also spend awhile looking for a servo relocation kit that would let me keep my battery wayy up front an as low as possible. couldnt find one, so i did some custom fabrication


works great!

and you guys were probably wondering why it was such a big deal to get the battery up front and down low... those tiny 1300mAH dont weigh anything right? well, dumped those for this

yup, that right there is a gens ace 5000mAH 40C 3s. and trust me.... its heavy. but now some of are are probably thinking "Heh look at this Newb, i bet tomorrow he's going to post saying he blew his Rooster ESC because its only rated for 2s, well for that, you'll just have to wait for Part 2..

after the trip to stone mountain Sam (my non existent driver) decided the front fender was too beat up, so he did some shopping and found an OEM replica for a decent price, Sam decided it didnt need paint right now so it stayed the factory protective coating color... flat black


lastly...
this guy was offering to build parts for some parts he needed, i just happened to have some stuff i really didnt need so i gave it a shot..... i wasnt too impressed. i got him to make me some Rock Sliders like the ones are RC4WD for Hilux. the measurements were off and the welds were very messy, spend a day cleaning up one of them and it still was messy, but oh well, it will work for now.


but anywho... got them mounted up and decided they would make great spots to put the ESC and Receiver so i made some plates:

then added some Velcro and was set


hmm.... so what is that off on the other side? new ESC? you'll just have to wait.... part 2 will cover internals

[mycrors4]

i know what the esc is

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Hand still numb.... GAH!

well here it goes...

ESC, thought long and hard on this one, when i realized i needed new batteries i decided to go up to 3S then i decided i wanted an affordable ESC that i could use in pretty much every RC, looked at the Tekin FXR but the specs for the price are just sad tbh, and i dont like how people like Medic blow it up to be something huge, so i decided to choose a small business run by 1 guy in a basement with great rep and prices.

so i bought a Holmes Hobbies Torquemaster BR XL sport combo. for $9 added to the price of the ESC you get a sport motor with your choice of turns, i chose 35T

but funny story with the motor, after a few runs the com... well.... exploded...

i contacted John (owner of HH) and he offered to send me a new one but i told him all i really needed was the Armature and a set of brushes. so all is good

also the drive shafts started breaking at the hoops so i replaced with some t-maxx ones i had laying around, but the plastic out puts kept sliding off so i ordered a set of Junfac ones

they work great! you just gotta lube them up every once and awhile or else they will bind under pressure


that's it for now, the chassis is pretty much bulletproof as of now. from here on out its really just cosmetics i want. i really want some Tamiya TLT Axles because they are narrower. besides that i want an interior kit to mod to my liking and a drop bed and cover shell. maybe even a set of Dinky links if they ever come back in stock

till then... pics. outside pics to come