heinie_21's RCMODELex ARB Hilux

[Mr.Joshua]

^^^delicious find heinie:lmao: those are going to look nice. Post up some Moab actions shots if you get a chance.

 

[heinie_21]

^^^delicious find heinie:lmao: those are going to look nice. Post up some Moab actions shots if you get a chance.

i think they would work great on most lexan/axial scalers. i had too much going on in the front of my rig with the motor/cms servo/tranny up front, that it just made it too much of a pain to use those dishes. but i do think they would work GREAT on most other builds.

I decided to do the ol' 0.30 styrene method instead.

oh yeah.. i also got tired of the rc4wd beadlocks. they sure look great, but they do not LOCK the bead in at all. just driving it in circles around my carpet is enough to start pulling the bead out of the ring. you can completely pull the tire off the wheel with all the hardware as tight as can be. it's rediculous. i think i will try and rig them up so that they will work for me eventually, but i'm going down to moab tomorrow, so i had to use something on hand. so i used some spare axial 1.9's with MThead delrin rings. they make the sidewalls bulge a lot. but they hold a bead.. so i dont care at the moment lol.

 

[heinie_21]

Hilux got a winch

Sent from my ADR6400L using Tapatalk

 

[chimney]

Good looking scaler "thumbsup" how does it handle?

 

[heinie_21]

handles like a fat pig! haha it's a very heavy rig. before i added wheels with about a pound of weight in them the whole rig already weighed 8+pounds. with a battery we might be pushing 10pounds lol! wow. the shell and roof rack make it more top-heavy any a normal hilux cab/bed combo. but i dont really care that it's top heavy. i might not be able to climb crazy amazing obstavles with this hilux, but that's not why i built it. i have a hilux truggy that can climb, so if i get bored with this ones capabilities i will just put it away and bring out the ol truggy! haha.
more winch pics!

 

[LoneRanger]

that new yota axle needs some scratches!


looking good!



L.R.

 

[Mr.Joshua]

Looking good man...inner fender wells make a HUGE difference.
Winch looks right at home too!

 

[heinie_21]

weighed it today. 10.2lbs!! What a fattie! I definitely need some better foams. Anybody know where to get foam for a 10lb rig? Lol.

Sent from my ADR6400L using Tapatalk
Sent from my ADR6400L using Tapatalk

 

[howsyouraspen]

From one Utah guy to another, great rig! Lovin the color and the shell.

Nicely done.

 

[heinie_21]

that new yota axle needs some scratches!
looking good!
L.R.

yes they do! and they now have some! pics to come

Looking good man...inner fender wells make a HUGE difference.
Winch looks right at home too!

thanks bro! its crazy what a difference they make

From one Utah guy to another, great rig! Lovin the color and the shell.

Nicely done.

thanks man! i appreciate it! you on utrcrc?

 

[heinie_21]

here's a sneak preview of our super fun weekend of playing cars!

lost more pics to come!

 

[chimney]

Looks like a fun time to me."thumbsup"

 

[heinie_21]

had some fun in Dubink Sand Dunes and Crystal Geyser by GreenRiver Utah.

VROOOOOM

this obstacle is some body damage just waiting to happen.

there's a nice SSCRAAAAAAAATCH in the new paint! good thing it was already dented

here you can see the fresh new scratch. besides some scratches on bumpers/sliders/diffs, this was the only real scratch. Some nice desert pinstripe-ing haha!

what a BLAST. i love driving this rig. Need a higher turn motor and some 1.9 class1 baja claws and i'm rockin!

 

[howsyouraspen]

Those shots are great! Looks so legit.I thought the one of u getting pulled up by the red Yoya was Dump Bump. I get on UTRCRC every now and then. I really need to come and meet up with some guys.

 

[heinie_21]

yeah man let's play cars! i was pretty stoked to see my rig on the BANNER of utrcrc. that got me (tan hilux) and my friend (red hilux) pretty excited haha.

 

[heinie_21]

oh and i realized something... you shouldn't get your license plates wet if you just printed them off your inkjet printer and laminated them with tape HAHA

 

[heinie_21]

Had some fun with it a while back at the location where utah holds its scale championships.

drivers view

 

[heinie_21]

this rig has undergone extensive changes

changed the rcmodelex chassis to a used TF2 chassis. the tf2 chassis was used and highly modified for a f350 body, so i've been trying to return it to it's hilux setup. that's been hard without any original manuals or experience with a tf2 haha.

i unfortunately had to sacrifice the modelex chassis when i cut off the ARB bumper.

it lost a lot of weight switching to an aluminum chassis instead of a steel chassis too.

i like it being leaf sprung. it also got rid of the horrible horrible horrible steering that i had on the other setup. it was my fault i had it setup poorly but leaf springs are fun.

also switched the tires up.

here's some pics of that process:

still need a rear bumper and sliders

broke that front shaft in like 5 minutes drive time lol it's a wrath shaft too now

leafs. om nom nom nom

new mickey thompson MTZ's. they're pretty much the same size as my mud country's but they're a better compound. the foams in them were WAAAY to soft tho and it really hurt the rigs performance in a c1 comp i did last week. i ended up using flat-iron memory foam AND rc4wd stock foams in each tire so they're kinda dual-stage foams, but mostly they're just packed tight with foam so they can support this 8+lb rig.

i also got SICK of the stupid rc4wd hardware on their steelies. I drilled out the holes for the hardware with a 1/8th bit and now use my standard hardware with nylock nuts! only 3 per wheel for now till i order some more hardware in the future. no more nuts loosening and beads slipping loose. yay!

no pic, but i also added a steering wheel. nothing fancy like an extra servo to turn the wheel. just for looks.

i just got some stock tf2 sliders in the mail! big thanks to TraceTheDog here on the forums for his generosity!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i will try to throw those on tonight or in the next few weeks. i'm not going to have a lot of time to work on this or my other rigs the next few weeks for work reasons.

 

[ek9808]

Wow. Interesting. How was it going from links to leafs?

 

[heinie_21]

this rig was intended to have leafs from the very beginning. i compromised on making it 4linked so that i could have the ARB bumper. long story..

so i'm glad it's finally leafed. it performs much more realistically now. it had too much flex with links and the worst bump steer i'd ever seen. so it has been good going from links to leafs.