meffie's Wraith

[meffie]

Added the CKRC Lowering kit. A few people had said you have to modify the front mounts a bit to get them to fit properly....You do, which sucks for a factory vehicle specific part, but I will say it was cake. Took a whole minute with the dremel "thumbsup"

 

[meffie]

XR10 Factory Shock's seem to fit the bill. Butter smooth and lot's of flex.

 

[darkmanx]

Looks good dude!

 

[meffie]

Looks good dude!

Thnx bro. Still a ways to go

 

[meffie]

VP CMS & Panhard Mounted! Anyone have an explanation why you can only 3 link the front after the panhard? I removed a link because it says too, but I didn't see any binding so I'm clueless as to the reason why.

 

[CarterFab]

a triangulated 4 link locates the axle side to side. with the pan hard now locating the axle that way, the 4 link is not needed.

 

[meffie]

a triangulated 4 link locates the axle side to side. with the pan hard now locating the axle that way, the 4 link is not needed.

Gotcha. Thanks Clay

 

[meffie]

Did some work today. My first time painting, so no making fun! It's actually red, but I think the placemats make it look like the paint is pink too

 

[CRAWLER-DAD]

Looks Great !!!! Cant wait to see it completed. and to see it in action"thumbsup"

 

[rc's suck]

Sorry for the bad luck. There is no collar to hold the pin in? I thought there was or is it an option?

Ran into my first assembly snag today. The rear axle driveshaft pin falls straight through the coupler. I'd post a video but it won't seem to let me. Anyone else had this issue?

As a side note I called up Scott @ Axial and they're sending me out replacements, so way to go Axial as always.

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[meffie]

Sorry for the bad luck. There is no collar to hold the pin in? I thought there was or is it an option?

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The collar is on the shaft side. My issue was with the couplers. Scowl replaced tho and its all good.


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[meffie]

Some more progress. Got the servo winch mounted, just need to take care of the spool. Also did a hinged hood.

Next I got the interior installed

And an overall view where I am.

 

[meffie]

The Crawler Gods are not in my favor on this damn Wraith. As if I didn't have enough issue's and delay's already.....

I wired the truck up last night, and I had no throttle out of the esc. No Voltage coming out at all. So I sent the ESC back to Tekin today. That's probably going to set me back 2 weeks. I'm pretty much dead in the water until I get it back.

 

[Mudeater67]

well that SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[meffie]

Yah. Oh well. I'm half tempted to just buy another one so I don't have to wait. I'm sure I'll use it eventually, lol

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[Mudeater67]

Don't feel bad. I smoked my motor be 4 i got 2 run it!

 

[meffie]

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[mtnyote]

Build looks good, sorry to hear the trouble you've had. I was wondering if the lowering kit clears the stock hood.

 

[meffie]

Build looks good, sorry to hear the trouble you've had. I was wondering if the lowering kit clears the stock hood.

With the stock mounting no, but since I did the hinged hood yes it does

 

[meffie]

Updated the build list. Still working on getting it done. Got a few more things to figure out and put together. Plus I still need my fxr back from Tekin. Double Knee Surgery didn't help with finish time either.