crawler-king
Newbie
nice jeep. Where might i find these wheels and what size are they 1.9 or 2.2 thanks
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Evo inspired JK
- Thread starter dirk379
- Start date
SAL45
Quarry Creeper
Awesome build! I really like the cage work! Those wheels look siick too "thumbsup"
I drew them up and cut them out of some sheet metal i had lyin around, i cut the general shape out with these sheet metal shears i have, and then got them to the desired shape with the bench grinder. My initial prototypes i made out of styrene to get the proportions right.
Thanks mike! I would be doing the same. I kind of figured there wasn't much else to do to it, things a beauty. Let's see the new wheels! Oh... If you ever get sick of that front bumper, i'd be glad to take it off your hands 8)
nice jeep. Where might i find these wheels and what size are they 1.9 or 2.2 thanks
Those are 1.9's non beadlocks. I got them off ebay, $20.50 a pair so i couldn't resist. Go to ebay.com, search eagle 1.9, you will see them.
Thank you, hopefully a front bumper will be in the future. Just need to find the motivation to fire up the torch again.
Here are the pics of mine, like I said it was built so well there was no need for any improvements
Axials with Rouge elements Hubs
Axials with Rouge elements Hubs
Lobonyc
RCC Addict
That's a serious setup!
Love the roll cage and the rear shock setup!"thumbsup"
Love the roll cage and the rear shock setup!"thumbsup"
murdock
Rock Crawler
nice rig man, i just came across your thread. im working on a cantilever setup like that right now.
ill be following this one "thumbsup"
ill be following this one "thumbsup"
txrenegade
Pebble Pounder
I am in the process of a build similar to this. Could you post a pic of the link and shock mounts on the front axle? I want to get some of these T-Rex axles but want to be sure I can work it all out like I want to. Thank you sir.
murky123
Quarry Creeper
Can you show us how you mounted your roll cage to the body?
Is it stout? doesnt it break of when you roll over? I mean the joint where the cage meets the plastic body. is that not a weak spot ?
Is it stout? doesnt it break of when you roll over? I mean the joint where the cage meets the plastic body. is that not a weak spot ?
Minor updates
Thanks mike, now i feel stupid even posting mine after that thing!
I know a bazzilion people have these JK's and probably haven't seen this trick. I saw someone do a similar version, but this is what i did. if you snap the mirror off at the bottom of the neck, you can run a screw up threw it, and it will spin in during impact, rather than break.
Someone wanted a pic of the cantilever set up, it's since been changed a little bit. This is basically how it still is, just beefier and different push rods. I'll get current ones later.
The rear fender wells were fun, these were probably made 6 months ago lol. They are attached to the body.
However, i did manage to get sick of how it was, and decided to rebuild it. I have done a little work, and taken pictures of my progress, stay tuned.
This was my original concept for the rebuild.
It wasn't so much the direction i was going to take, but it gave me inspiration, and so i went with the idea.
The front bumper is a GCM rokcountry, luckily I ended up with something half decent after cutting it up. I also decided to lay the spare tire down, and change the suspension so it travels a little more, and more smoothly. I'l show the updates next time i take pictures. But i'm happy with how she drives.
The bumper lines aren't distinguished very well, i need to paint it flat black to get rid of the gloss delrin glare.
I also installed the rc4wd high clearance knuckles on the rex's, gave em' a pounding, so far so good.
Turn your head! On photobuckets side it shows it rotated, but here its not, i gave up.
That's it for now.
Thanks mike, now i feel stupid even posting mine after that thing!
I know a bazzilion people have these JK's and probably haven't seen this trick. I saw someone do a similar version, but this is what i did. if you snap the mirror off at the bottom of the neck, you can run a screw up threw it, and it will spin in during impact, rather than break.
Someone wanted a pic of the cantilever set up, it's since been changed a little bit. This is basically how it still is, just beefier and different push rods. I'll get current ones later.
The rear fender wells were fun, these were probably made 6 months ago lol. They are attached to the body.
However, i did manage to get sick of how it was, and decided to rebuild it. I have done a little work, and taken pictures of my progress, stay tuned.
This was my original concept for the rebuild.
It wasn't so much the direction i was going to take, but it gave me inspiration, and so i went with the idea.
The front bumper is a GCM rokcountry, luckily I ended up with something half decent after cutting it up. I also decided to lay the spare tire down, and change the suspension so it travels a little more, and more smoothly. I'l show the updates next time i take pictures. But i'm happy with how she drives.
The bumper lines aren't distinguished very well, i need to paint it flat black to get rid of the gloss delrin glare.
I also installed the rc4wd high clearance knuckles on the rex's, gave em' a pounding, so far so good.
Turn your head! On photobuckets side it shows it rotated, but here its not, i gave up.
That's it for now.
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slither302
Rock Crawler
nice work; rear canti is awesome"thumbsup"
ser3100
RCC Addict
Friggin dope and super clean! Keep the pics coming!
ser3100
RCC Addict
Just qent back and re read your post about the dual rates sticking. Go pick up a traxxas shock rebuild kit and swap out the stock white o rings for the traxxas blue ones and youll thank me later. I did that on both LJ's i built and i havent had a sticky shock even since i did this. Like i said, youll thank me later. Great job on the improvements although i did like you OG rear tire carrier. Something about tire carriers get me all the time.
Spizo43
Rock Stacker
Absolutely amazing! You did a great job on this build. The pumpkin looks sick! Post video...I wanna see how it crawls! "thumbsup"
papakev01
Quarry Creeper
That's one awesome Jeep you got there!!"thumbsup"
