Buddy Boys Birthday Project

[Dark Wolf]

Ever since I got the IR60 body for my Ascent 18, my Grandson has been all over it. So I decided to turn my trail truck into a birthday present for him.

The truck is mostly stock, with the exception of stainless steel drive shafts, stainless steel suspension links, aluminum transmission housing, 59mm Injora shocks inverted with 50 wt. oil, stock 13:1 steel gears, budget wheels/tires, and Injora 180 motor.

I ordered him the pearl white IR60 body, IR40 aluminum body mounts, remote on/off module for the headlights, 5mm led bulbs, and 22 gauge wire.

As some of you have seen, I am not much of a photographer. As you will soon see, there is not a solderer (is that a real word?) in the country that is in danger of being put out of work because of me.

I spent a few hours this morning shuffling electronics around and butchering the wiring. He he.

I moved the esc to the top of the motor, front tray will hold the battery. One of the things I always disliked about the stock headlights was the length of the wiring, you had juuust enough wire to get there and it acted like a popup book. So I made the headlights harness to split right after the esc, run down each side of the chassis to the rear hinge, and along the inside of the body to the headlights.

Sure have learned a lot! It's ok to laugh, I sure have!

DW

 

[Dark Wolf]

Danggit, meant to post a pic of the truck with only the body changed.

Sorry,
DW

 

[CertifiedMike]

Ever since I got the IR60 body for my Ascent 18, my Grandson has been all over it. So I decided to turn my trail truck into a birthday present for him.

The truck is mostly stock, with the exception of stainless steel drive shafts, stainless steel suspension links, aluminum transmission housing, 59mm Injora shocks inverted with 50 wt. oil, stock 13:1 steel gears, budget wheels/tires, and Injora 180 motor.

I ordered him the pearl white IR60 body, IR40 aluminum body mounts, remote on/off module for the headlights, 5mm led bulbs, and 22 gauge wire.

As some of you have seen, I am not much of a photographer. As you will soon see, there is not a solderer (is that a real word?) in the country that is in danger of being put out of work because of me.

I spent a few hours this morning shuffling electronics around and butchering the wiring. He he.

I moved the esc to the top of the motor, front tray will hold the battery. One of the things I always disliked about the stock headlights was the length of the wiring, you had juuust enough wire to get there and it acted like a popup book. So I made the headlights harness to split right after the esc, run down each side of the chassis to the rear hinge, and along the inside of the body to the headlights.

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Sure have learned a lot! It's ok to laugh, I sure have!

DW

I think considering how tiny everything is, you did a fantastic job getting it all to "go", fit, work!!!
My giant hands just don't work well with micro hardware and such.
I really like your build!!! I think your pics are great too!

 

[Dark Wolf]

You are too kind, thanks! I just gotta remember tinker BEFORE coffee.

DW

 

[CertifiedMike]

You are too kind, thanks! I just gotta remember tinker BEFORE coffee.

DW

Or rubber-mount your hobby room.

 

[Joe crawler]

Thank you for your service!! Nice build

 

[9x19]

Danggit, meant to post a pic of the truck with only the body changed.

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Sorry,
DW

Nicely done, Grandpa!

 

[Dark Wolf]

Thank you guys, I sure appreciate it.

DW

 

[Doom!]

It takes a few to get the hang of it. He's gonna love it!

 

[Tunedfrog]

Awesome thing to do for your grandson @Dark Wolf , great looking truck.

 

[majin]

thats a super cooll gift! bet he never gets rid of it cause thats the truck grampa built for me! thats hella cool

 

[Dark Wolf]

Thank you all for the kind words.

Got a bit more done this morning. Got the headlight wiring finished up, and the remote switch works like it is supposed to. Got battery mounted to the front tray.

On my truck I removed part of the grill to get the front body latch to catch. I wanted Buddy Boys truck to look a little cleaner, so I removed some material from the front bumper/latch.

Ended up working alright so far.

The main thing I don't like is the body angles a little bit uphill compared to the sliders. I think I will try adjusting the skid plate up one hole in front.

Mostly pleased with how it is coming along. Also curious about the new 800mah batteries that I ordered. Heading to a buddies house in a couple of hours, so will see how they perform.

DW