JK Buggy Build

[bbaxter51]

Well, a scaled down version anyway. I just finished up a bobbed bronco on portals with 4ws a couple months ago, so now I'm taking a stab at a full tube buggy on my own. This is a budget build without being dumb about spending what very limited cash I have on this. Most parts will be bartered for. I'm hoping to get this buggy done for a modest $150 or less.

I've got a shop filled with tools many of you clowns only dream of...(sarcasm) Fab tools at my disposal are as follows:
1. Bench vice held on the bench with C clamps.
2. horizontal / vertical band saw
3. dead blow hammer
4. 4" angle grinder with 1 worn flap disc and 1 new cutoff wheel.
5. my 110v welder with gas because I'm fancy like that.
6. maybe some random pliers.

Blingin' parts list with cash spent.

Baxter Speed Shop custom 3/16" chassis - tube was $10.65 at Lowes
RC4WD R2 HD Transmission - $30.00 shipped bought on rccrawler forum
Axial AE-3 ESC - $15.00 shipped bought on rccrawler forum
Tires - Axial Wraith take off's. - Free
Transmitter / receiver - only rx needed - $10.00
T-rex axles (scale dana60's) with 4 link brackets - greencherokee hooked me up!!
Link bars - Free (lots of leftover material from previous builds)
Motor - Axial 27t - free
shocks - ???
Drive Shafts - Some metal ones from greencherokee that came with the axles.
JK Front clip - No idea how to pull that one off yet..

Currently at $125 spent - time to get thrifty.

 

[bbaxter51]

Anyway, it will be modeled after Cole Shirley's, Jim's Garage rig. Love that rig.

A few of the other ponies in the stable.

 

[bbaxter51]

Bent some more tube tonight and fired up the welder.

Here at the Baxter Speed Shop we like repeatable bends.

Just like the full size ones, the A to C pillar tube with the compound bends and radius' are a complete pain to make symmetrical. We did it, but had to call it quits before I got it tacked up.

 

[bbaxter51]

I haven't touched this in a while due to a brand new baby and family in town, but tonight things settled down and I headed back in the garage for an hour and got this far before I ran out of material.

 

[bbaxter51]

My scale Dana 60 axles came in too and the guy (greencherokee) sent me a nice set of metal drive shafts for free. Those are ~$40 so I was pretty happy about that. I also scored a 27t motor for free. It's a little faster than I want but the price is right so I bought a low tooth pinion gear for the motor.

I managed to weld in the windshield spreader bars cockeyed, so I'll be cutting those back out and re-doing it.

 

[hscrugby]

Nice. Looking good so far.
For shocks, are you going for the tiny scale style? If not, I have some rc4wd "spark shocks" I just got from RCC, I'd let go for less than I paid.
The guy's measuring skills were apparently very different from mine, and they are too short for my wreckluse.
It also might be something I'm doing wrong, but once I added shock oil, I couldn't get them to compress all the way, so the travel seemed limited. But the reviews of them seem good? So it might just be I suck. If you're interested, let me know, and I'll get you pictures and the exact measurements, eye to eye.

 

[HAPPY]

Looks cool man. Glad to see those axles getting used. They sat on my shelf over a year waiting an a Cherokee build that I gave up on. Can't wait to see this thing finished!

 

[bbaxter51]

Got a little more toob work done tonight. These seem to go together a little faster than the full size; I like that.

 

[bbaxter51]

Mocked up the drive line to get wheel base lengths and see how/if everything fits. So far so good. I had to swap wheels and tires with my wraith for the TSL's and Proline beadlocks due to the shitty offset of the stockers I was running. Oh well, they fit the look far better anyway.

 

[bbaxter51]

Nice. Looking good so far.
For shocks, are you going for the tiny scale style? If not, I have some rc4wd "spark shocks" I just got from RCC, I'd let go for less than I paid.
The guy's measuring skills were apparently very different from mine, and they are too short for my wreckluse.
It also might be something I'm doing wrong, but once I added shock oil, I couldn't get them to compress all the way, so the travel seemed limited. But the reviews of them seem good? So it might just be I suck. If you're interested, let me know, and I'll get you pictures and the exact measurements, eye to eye.

For shocks I'm going with what's cheapest. GotLime? hooked me up with a set of stock SCX10 shocks for free so I'm going to run those. Once I get done paying hospital bills for my shiny new daughter the fund for toys will flow a little better for stuff like new shocks.

 

[01tj]

Any updates?