F-150 Trail Rig

[Sky]

Custom Brushguards, front and rear and roof rack rollcage setup. Handmade by me with 1/16" brass stock. I'm going to paint them black as soon as I get time. I'm also making front and rear skids from .025 aluminum sheeting. Adding scale KC lights to roof rack and front brush guard soon.

The chassis is a custom EVO truck chassis, painted black. I plan on using an HS-55 servo for a motor to get a realistic crawler speed. Mods so far include:

HS-55 conversion
Black Paint
RS AWD Kit
Locked Diffs
Bearings all the way around
RS Offroad kit (customized for best suspension travel)

I'm not going to lift the body very much more, I'm keeping it as close to scale as possible. Body lifts suck anyways!

Lemme know what you think! Comments/Criticism welcome!

~Sky~

[NON_SKID]

looks pretty cool, did you weld it yourself

[Sky]

I used a 900* soldering iron from work and scuffed each joint with sandpaper before tinning them. Once each joint was tinned, I just held the pieces together with pliers and a vice and put the iron on them until they flowed together. Pretty easy to do, but the brass gets super hot really fast so you have to be quick on each joint or you risk desoldering previous ones.

I'm thinking about maybe building some for anyone who wants them, but I'd need Hummer and Titan bodies donated for a week or so to get the shapes down. If anyone's interested, gimme a holla! Give me a couple more days tho, the front brushguard will include an aluminum skid also.

Thanks!

~Sky~

[Nissanshift350]

one question. why are u using a utility rack on a trail rig? dont get me wrong it looks like you did a good job but that just makes it look like it should be on a job site with ladders on top.... not very functional for a trail rig.

[DRFTKO]

Originally Posted by Nissanshift350

one question. why are u using a utility rack on a trail rig? dont get me wrong it looks like you did a good job but that just makes it look like it should be on a job site with ladders on top.... not very functional for a trail rig.

Im not really feeling the utiliy rack either, but the brushgaurd on the F-150 is awesome. Nice job on the brushgaurd

[jabari]

Very nice, I like it alot.

[Sky]

I'm cutting the rack down, I still want the roof rack and the bed rails, I'll post more pics at work if I have time. It looks just like the construction trucks down the street, haha

I'm starting on the skids today too, I'll keep you updated!

[Nissanshift350]

Originally Posted by Sky

It looks just like the construction trucks down the street, haha

my point exactly

[live4luck14]

kool

kawl

[Sky]

Alright, I cut the roof cage down, I think it looks better now. I can do almost anything with brass, options are infinite so I will most likely make another one later.

Painted them today, like it a lot better than raw brass.

Oops,

Forgot the pic And yes I know the rear guard is sagging, I won't glue them til the paint is dry.

Painted and chopped! Added front supports also. Adding KC lights next.

[DRFTKO]

Originally Posted by live4luck14

kool

kawl

Originally Posted by Sky

Alright, I cut the roof cage down, I think it looks better now. I can do almost anything with brass, options are infinite so I will most likely make another one later.

Painted them today, like it a lot better than raw brass.

Oops,

Forgot the pic And yes I know the rear guard is sagging, I won't glue them til the paint is dry.

Painted and chopped! Added front supports also. Adding KC lights next.

Please quit double posting guys and remeber not to use one word posts (spam). Read the rules please

[Sky]

I didn't do it on purpose, it was an honest mistake.

[kungpow420]

looks pretty good do you work with brass alot?

[Stampedekid]

dude, that is...sweet! cant wait to see it finished

[Sky]

Originally Posted by kungpow420

looks pretty good do you work with brass alot?

Actually this is the first time I've ever worked with brass like this. I got the idea from arch2b on MZR a few years back when he made roof racks for Overlands. I'm glad I decided to go for it, it's not that hard and totally changed my truck.

Originally Posted by xmodracer1

dude, that is...sweet! cant wait to see it finished

Thanks man! I've put about 5 hours of work into this project so far, painting the chassis and making the custom stuff.

[taiwanesekid05]

****... how'd u get that on there? (more like how did u do it... tutorial time ) gonna hook stuff on there?

[live4luck14]

its kool

[dontspamme]

It's pretty sick, Mabye you should just make a baja truck instead of a construcion truck haha

[xmodzracer]

hmm the baja truck idea sounds pretty good to me...but the roof rack looks tight and i love the brush guards

[Sky]

Nah, no baja for me, I have already proven that this truck can't handle a two cell lipo and be fast and driveable at the same time...It belongs geared down crawling over stuff.