Picked up a "spare" enduro to let the kid play with and to do experiments on so I could at least have one truck ready to go anytime the mood struck for some trailing. It was a kit build with a few mods, axial taco body with an unknown to me bolt on rear cage, some generic wheels/tires. When I got it the truck was pretty hacked. The front bumper was held on with two screws and tie-wraps. The PO built a decent interior and hacked some inner fenders on it. It was a nice 50 foot'r but up close it was obvious.
Pulled the truck apart, replaced screws, made the front bumper fit and doctored up a few things. It was running but the front bumper killed me. I think it's an RC4WD bumper that stuck out a mile and was way too low. I think it was for the scx10 originally. I liked the style for the truck and it matched the taco body well but the way it sat was just wrong.
Enter a few Lowes gift cards from work.... I've wanted to get a small welder for RC stuff for a long time. Ended up with a Lincoln handy welder. Little 120v wire feed that's good for taking bumpers together. It's not going to put new brackets on a 9" for the jeep but it's little and was $100 after gift cards.
After a few measurements and some scrounging in my parts I found an old OG scx frame that would give it's butt for a new nose on the taco. I made a small mount for the panhard as well. I may end up making another one for my first enduro but I'll using thicker gauge metal. I havn't had a chance to take the truck out but I'm hppy with the look and the bench geometry. Have to wait for a 32*+ day for a real run.
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Pulled the truck apart, replaced screws, made the front bumper fit and doctored up a few things. It was running but the front bumper killed me. I think it's an RC4WD bumper that stuck out a mile and was way too low. I think it was for the scx10 originally. I liked the style for the truck and it matched the taco body well but the way it sat was just wrong.
Enter a few Lowes gift cards from work.... I've wanted to get a small welder for RC stuff for a long time. Ended up with a Lincoln handy welder. Little 120v wire feed that's good for taking bumpers together. It's not going to put new brackets on a 9" for the jeep but it's little and was $100 after gift cards.
After a few measurements and some scrounging in my parts I found an old OG scx frame that would give it's butt for a new nose on the taco. I made a small mount for the panhard as well. I may end up making another one for my first enduro but I'll using thicker gauge metal. I havn't had a chance to take the truck out but I'm hppy with the look and the bench geometry. Have to wait for a 32*+ day for a real run.
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