Fallen's RC4WD Miller Motorsports #4421

[durok]

I'll never get over how cool that Bug body looks on there!

The new graphics and wheel color add some POP!

Hopefully since it's just the inset part of the wheel that's painted, it'll hold up just fine...

 

[ferp420]

I'll never get over how cool that Bug body looks on there!

i was just gonna say that

 

[Gula]

Cool truck! Still a poor iteration for it's designated purpose ...,....... Bummer that you're having all these issues with the axles! (Centered diamond ssd wraith axles!?!?!?!?!? "Just an idea")

 

[Fallen]

Thanks! I'm glad several of you pushed me towards the bug body. These stickers draw attention to the different colors of paint.

I had actually planned to swap these to AR60 internals with SSD housings. But that was a $500 project. And parts for the AR60s are getting difficult to find. If I am going to swap axles, I'll probably use Ryft axles on this truck.

But the stock axle housings on this truck have actually done surprisingly well. The hardware used to hold the housings together needed to be replaced. And the differentials have had several problems. But I think I'm slowly sorting those problems out, one by one.

 

[Wraith1985]

Very nice! Loving your paint scheme.

 

[Fallen]

Finally added an upper front light bar. It's the same bar that's on my Bronco, AE's version of the RPM 6 bucket light bar. It comes with LEDs for $18. The buckets are a tad small, but I didn't want to do an LED bar. Mostly because Erik Miller's full size truck uses light buckets when he does run a front lightbar.

The bar is designed to mount to these ears, which mount to some lexan panel. I didn't want to roof mount this bar. I figured it would stick up too high, look corny and be more susceptible to damage.



I used the backing plate for those ears to secure the lightbar to the roof bar / A pillar junction. That lowered the bar, which I'm generally about doing in life... I needed a small aluminum spacer to fill the gap left by the light bar. That spacer rests on the A pillar creating a hard stop for the lower travel limit of the lightbar.







I painted the light lenses yellow with Tamiya yellow clear. Then I used Elmer's glue to secure the lenses / guards to the light buckets. Tip for building this lightbar: attach the buckets to the lightbar BEFORE gluing the lenses / guards in place.









My differentials have been holding the Silly Putty, so it seems my longer ring gear hardware is doing it's job. This truck is patiently waiting for my son to finish his Optic.

My son's Optic is likely to have a similar light bar, just the 4 bucket version.