Project:- ZXTruck

[TheB1GDude]

Nope it's not a spelling mistake :) I honestly did mean to type ZXTruck.... anyways I need to come up with some more imaginative but for now here is the story, I had a Nissan Titan with custom lift on a chassis with custom tires and the off road lift kit but no ESC, I recently did a trade with Spoon Tunner for a couple of Mini-Z boards and last night was bored enough to attempt to put on in the Titan! Amazingly it worked.... :o I know I was surprised to! So without further ado I present my ZXTruck:

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The ZXTruck current runs:

Mini-Z MR-02 ESC + Servo
4 x 100MAh AAA batteries
Custom body lift
RS Off Road Lift
Custom tires with Deep Dish Rims
GPM Springs
Losi Pro-Controller
Stage 1 motor with orange gear setup

I plan to do more to the truck, i.e. tidy up the wiring but this is basically a pre-cursor to another car I am working on so I needed to learn a new skill and this was my test bed.

Comments welcome on this some what stock but semi-pro truck :)

[nitemeer]

looks very nice right now :)

[TheB1GDude]

looks very nice right now :)

Splash of paint and some GPM knuckles and bearings and I should be sorted! :) Its also surprisingly fast for just a stage 1!!!

[XmodzICON82]

looks pretty sweet

[noturday]

awesome dude, great work, definitely tidy up the wires, and throw Bondo's bump-steer mod on there and you'll be good to go

[JDMDUDE]

is it strong to go over big rocks

[TheB1GDude]

awesome dude, great work, definitely tidy up the wires, and throw Bondo's bump-steer mod on there and you'll be good to go

I'll rip it all apart over the weekend and tidy it up and if I get a chance I will add Bondos mod to it! :)

is it strong to go over big rocks

The motor I put in makes it OK - no really crawler power though - trying to improve on that motor to get more crawling abilities so will keep you posted....

[65mustangrock]

nice truck! What r u thinkn for the paint? a nice ,bright yellow with black rims would be cool, I think

[TheB1GDude]

nice truck! What r u thinkn for the paint? a nice ,bright yellow with black rims would be cool, I think

Think I'm gonna try and go a little crazy with paint but not sure yet! Will keep you posted!!

[Dark Knight]

Think I'm gonna try and go a little crazy with paint but not sure yet! Will keep you posted!!

cant wait to see this :o

[XMODification]

Be sure to add a video of it soon too! I always wanted to see how a truck handles with the mini-z board compared to the evo board. Nice work btw - experimanting never hurts especially when you get great results :nod: :D .

[RedSXmodder]

Isn't the Z board so much smoother then the stock board, lol? Looks good. Time for some high torque motors ;)

[XMDrifter]

man, i wish i had the money to buy a z board to stick on mine

[Boost101]

Good job! Does the servo jitter? Is it smother?

[TheB1GDude]

OK updates on the truck! It finally made it to paint!

I tried to be a bit fancy with the paint and attempted to use a textured / effect paint, however it didn't come out as planed and what I ended up with was a fairly stock looking paint job.

Now personally I think the paint job is the best I've ever done unfortunately I have to admit though that my taping skills have gone down hill a bit! In part due to the new type of tape I was using! I'll need to do some touch ups with a bit of black paint but otherwise I am really happy with how this turned out!

But anyway enough chit chat and on with the photos, oh and at this point I should point out that I can't take an indoor photo to save my life! I'll have to hope for sun rather than rain so I can get outside and take some decent snaps!

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[spitfire]

dude that paint i perect!. id take some cleanerwax and shine it up a bit but great job!

[TheB1GDude]

dude that paint i perect!. id take some cleanerwax and shine it up a bit but great job!

Thanks I still have to clean it up a bit but the paint has a very rough edge to it so I'm still not 100% certain what I'm going to do.... but I'll keep everyone posted!

[Surgeon]

very nice, love the color.

[TactiKal]

I too am curious as to what if any noticable differences there were from swapping to the mini z board. Im diggin the paintjob also...nice work!!

[spitfire]

ive never used a miniz, but will using that board speed it up or just, i dont know im confused?

[amorton94]

looks awesome, i love it, if i had money i'd attempt to buy it

[XMDrifter]

the mini-z board is hobby grade, meaning unmatched smoothness and performance copupled with range, reliability, and the like
xmod boards are not hobby grade, so the fall way short of the mini-z boards.

btw, has anyone done a revell rpmz board swap before? the rpmz seem to be another copy of the mini-z mr-02, and are comparable to the iwaver and mini-z, just it's at 1/24th scale
the tx looks to be pretty good as far as i can tell, and the handling would be miniz-esque if i could get a diff and grippier tires on there

[TheB1GDude]

Updates:

Light bar
Running Boards

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[65mustangrock]

that thig is sweet b1g!! nice job!!

[scoter]

that truck is awsome. ever been offroad yet?

[TheB1GDude]

that truck is awsome. ever been offroad yet?

Hah nope haven't even left the house with it yet!! :) Will try to run it through the dirt this weekend and take some photos......

[BulletsRain]

That thing looks awesome! I really like the paint job on it. Can't wait to see it out in some dirt.:)

[venice empire77]

where did you get the rims and tires? i want some lol

[pwned12355]

man that things awsome cant wait to see it run in some dirt and get NASTAY (i no i spelled it NAS-TAY not nasty)
if u ever want to sell it pm me first!

[mm9295]

really nice truck, where did u get the tires and rims

[theoriganalRiD3R1967]

i know ppl 've said a hundered times, but...nice paint! i got a whole new respect for the titan after seeing it in that color...IMO it look twice as good if the KC were white on black rather than black on yellow,BTW what is bondo's mod everyones talking about?