Radio Controlled Suzuki

[jfatboy]

well it has pin points u can fix on, but itll look jacked i think. ill get pics when it arrives

[Tramp]

spent a little more time on it today, I fitted the wing mirror, i was going to fit both but I'd not made them handed! do'h so i fitted one and altered the other,





then I set about the lights, I had some tube which i used for the front lights



but the back lights were more difficult, I wasn't sure what lights I'd want to put in, in the future. At the moment i just want plain red tail lights but I had to make the holder capable of taking all the ones I might need,

I started by gluing sheets of styrene together to give me a depth more than an led, I then trimed down the sheets to make them right (3cmx1cm)



I then drilled them for the x4 possible led's I could fit



painted them black..



and as we speak they are been glued in



Luke

[Tramp]

I wired the Led's and fitted a new spare wheel(RC4wd sell them singularly now) the new wheel fitting took around 10mins and I only had to drill the wheel centre out So it sat on the body post. I also had to shorten the body post (as the old spare was much wider) and make a new spacer to space the wheel from the body (I used a section of tube that was leftover from spacering my shock absorbers)

with the new spare wheel on, Its bob on, and I'm dead chuffed with the difference its made in appearance





And with the Led's on...





The front is missing sidelights (in the bumper) I'm tempted to make some up, but have been reluctant so far because the stickers that came with the kit are made up with orange (and look like an indicator)

and from underneath, you can see the wires running down the left hand side of the body




and I finally did a video



I'm sorry its not very exciting (and just in my back garden) I'd like to get down the woods with it one day, but we will see, generally its dark when I get in from work![/quote]

[ScottieJ]

Awesome, looks good now its finished. I really need to finish mine but I have too many 1:1 projects to play with at the mo

[Tramp]

I finally got out in the woods with the SJ and camera

I didn't get many pics but got a few videos (if they upload!)









It was ok in the mulch but struggled in the leaf litter, especially up hill, I can't help but think more agressive tyres would help... but they wouldn't look right


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I quickly worked out it ran much better on the paths & down hill!

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Click Here for Youtube Video



And before anyone says my missus already says I'm a geek!

[ianedwards]

thats cool

[Tramp]

Thanks, its nice to get it out on the woods, I do admit I was a bit gutted when I rolled it but its all part of the fun and the only damaged was a missing wingmirror! I think it might do better with some more agressive tyres but I don't want to spoil the looks, I'm also toying with the idea of adding some weights onto the chassis

[ianedwards]

Bit more weight might be a idea. I had a Subaru that used to bounce all over the place, added some lead weights, handling and grip was so much better. I know they are different models but the theory is the same.

Ian

[Edweird]

With things like RC cars, where you have the battery makes a big difference too. I saw one RC truck that had two battery mounting positions, and this is from a company, not custom. If you had it in one place it pulled wheelies, in the other it was a competent rock crawler.

[ScottieJ]

Looks good man, you should get some mini simex tyres lol

I weighted the wheels on mine, made a big difference, also got a lipo for it now, its a lot smaller and lighter and made a big difference to how capable it was, its all about where the weight is rather than how much there is in my opinion.

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You can just see the lipo on the side of the chassis in this pic.

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