I thought I would make a thread on this hard body as it is relatively cheap on Amazon at less than $70 with the hard body cab and cage. It went together easily with no issue. With no interior it is really easy to fit up and plenty of space for electronics. There is space to mount the battery under the back cage too. I have plans to make my own body mounts as I thought the included mounts pretty chintzy, but I threw them on temporarily and they held up to some hard rolls and falls on the first 2 trail runs. Both side mirrors have ripped off so I might not glue them back on.
Original paint and fitup to the chassis.
The one thing I didn't like about the body was the lack of panel under the B pillar. I was originally going to make a whole back cab closing in the back from polystyrene but I decided to take the easy way out and just made a 3D printed body panel spacer to replace the plastic spacers that came with the body and not bother filling in the back of the cab (yet).
With spacer:
I uploaded my body spacer to thingiverse if anyone wants to download and use it.
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4183880
The windshield wipers and fenders are made from rubber. I haven't bothered with any glue on the wipers and they have stayed on through 2x 2 hour trail runs. Side mirrors as I said both broken off through the handles have stayed on fine.
The wheel wells will fit a 4.75" tire You don't have to worry about fitting a tire in a rear wheel well to that makes this body really easy to fit up.
Maybe later I will take some pictures with the filler panel weathered and show the back half with some weathered scale accessories installed. I mainly wanted to share my SLT file in case anyone wants to use this body as IMHO it makes the body look and order of magnitude better.
Original paint and fitup to the chassis.
The one thing I didn't like about the body was the lack of panel under the B pillar. I was originally going to make a whole back cab closing in the back from polystyrene but I decided to take the easy way out and just made a 3D printed body panel spacer to replace the plastic spacers that came with the body and not bother filling in the back of the cab (yet).
With spacer:
I uploaded my body spacer to thingiverse if anyone wants to download and use it.
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4183880
The windshield wipers and fenders are made from rubber. I haven't bothered with any glue on the wipers and they have stayed on through 2x 2 hour trail runs. Side mirrors as I said both broken off through the handles have stayed on fine.
The wheel wells will fit a 4.75" tire You don't have to worry about fitting a tire in a rear wheel well to that makes this body really easy to fit up.
Maybe later I will take some pictures with the filler panel weathered and show the back half with some weathered scale accessories installed. I mainly wanted to share my SLT file in case anyone wants to use this body as IMHO it makes the body look and order of magnitude better.
