I like the Gatekeeper kit price so much that I couldn't pass it up. So this is my Gatecto.
I wasn't going to do a thread for this truck but I did a couple changes that might help someone on here. "thumbsup"
I didn't document the actual build "cause" there are so many great ones in this section already. ;-) So no pics of me putting it together.
Here is what I have right now.
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Associated has always made such great shocks, but I see a few guys on here buying the HR bleeder caps for the kit shocks. Well if you know me, you know I'm cheep. And if I can mod it or make it I will.
I've had these in my drill box for quite some time and thought the worst I could do was mess up a plastic shock cap.
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So I screwed the caps onto a old associated buggy shock and used a small hobby vise to hold it and drilled and tapped away.
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The one thing in doing this is to drill your hole about 5mm up on the flat part of the cap mount and at a 90 degree angle to the flat spot. This should give you plenty of material to drill into. Main thing is to make sure your hole ends in the inside of the cap.
I wasn't going to do a thread for this truck but I did a couple changes that might help someone on here. "thumbsup"
I didn't document the actual build "cause" there are so many great ones in this section already. ;-) So no pics of me putting it together.
Here is what I have right now.
Associated has always made such great shocks, but I see a few guys on here buying the HR bleeder caps for the kit shocks. Well if you know me, you know I'm cheep. And if I can mod it or make it I will.
I've had these in my drill box for quite some time and thought the worst I could do was mess up a plastic shock cap.
So I screwed the caps onto a old associated buggy shock and used a small hobby vise to hold it and drilled and tapped away.
The one thing in doing this is to drill your hole about 5mm up on the flat part of the cap mount and at a 90 degree angle to the flat spot. This should give you plenty of material to drill into. Main thing is to make sure your hole ends in the inside of the cap.
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