I took the truck apart again to do some tweaking to the center of gravity and turned out i relocated the electronics except for the receiver, i left it in the rear because the box itself still looks like a gas tank.
In this post I have done the following.
-moved ESC up front where battery was.
-moved my 7 cell Battery sideways vs flat and up top underneath the hood of the jeep. Many thanks to many other RCC threads whom have done the same thing. Also mounted it with an aluminum plate and velcro for easy change out. also fits right up inside the interior without too many problems.
-removed weight from spare tire, added weight to all tires, giving the front tires 1.5 oz each and 1.75 oz in rear each. for an total addition of 6.5 oz sticky weights in tires.
-rotated tires
-lifted rear cargo area carpet and drilled 2 holes, also removed entire rear velcro system and clipped the body to the chassis, but not tightening the screws too much on the chassis, so that the whole body opens like a funny car (see pictures) I will later on incorporate an easy way to hold the body up for easy fieldwork repair (which in mind ive only had these integy drive shafts fall off)
-removed blue ground effects due to excessive power consumption
-fixed all front lights with special ata cable i found in my computer box (see pictures of front bumper) also turned fog lights blue
-in the process of everything off from the chassis, i moved the body over 1/2" or about 15mm closer to the chassis. which resulted no room for battery where it was mounted before and difficulty putting the body on. and not having enough room for the ESC where it was mounted.
-blue thread locked the remaining part of the integy driveshaft that ive had fall of about a dozen times.
-added wheel well walls vs adding an entire wheel well. using black cd case plastic. (adding more on todo list)
-15mm highlift
full droop? 3.5"
weight of truck on shocks lil less than 3"
shocks fully suppressed 2.2"
about 4.4" of articulation all tires on ground
-got a hobby box from the source and installed my ESC in it, its mostly a splash box, it has a drain hole, the ESC is water resistant, the water can not get inside the ESC, so if water gets inside the box it will drain out the holes. and mounted the ESC with Velcro
-Cleaned up the bumper mount, acting more like skiis, and now they wont cut the kids or whomever touches my truck lol
-moved entire front shock hoops forward about 15mm as well to fit the new battery placement. also stops the tires from rubbing on the shocks as well.
-painted the bottom of the interior black
-no more disconnecting wires to remove body to change battery or do maintenance, simply use a pair of plyers or screwdriver.
I liked how the center of gravity was before i did the hi-lift upgrade, but the hi lift upgrade gives the articulation so much more, so i think i may move it to the next hole up and try it until i find a sweet spot, may also get a hold of more sticky weights for the truck or fork out 15 bucks andbuy a roll of heavy fishing lead that you can cut to any size and form to your rims etc...
also future upgrades, may try to work in a heat sink on my motor, or a fan, simple small.
more undercarriage not sure.
still waiting on MIP driveshafts!
front wheel well walls and maybe wheel wells, not sure yet.
like a car has a stick to hold the hood up, i need one to hold my body, but still on the truck for field repairs
waiting on lester to order me some more metal rocksliders, rear bumper with tire fold out, winch anchor. and more stuff to come i hope
anyways enjoy the huge update!
. Rig looks great and looks like you have definitely gotten your moneys worth out of it use wise"thumbsup"
