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I figured Land Rover should have it's own build thread, well more of a mod thread really, but you know what I mean.
A while back I made some graphics for it.
I recently I reversed out the hood graphic, liked it better with a little more contrast
Today I decided to drop the low gearing transmission into it. It really made it's low end crawling much better, less jerky. Keep in mind this does cut the top speed of the truck in half, so be aware if you plan to use it as a trail truck the lower gears may be an option you want to avoid. It works great for my purposes though.
I didn't take pics of the whole process as it was a pretty simple swap. Only eight 1.5 mm hex screws had to be removed then replaced. First up was removing the battery tray (2 screws). Then unbolt the motor transmission combo. (4 screws)
Here is a pic of the standard gearbox and the low end gearbox. Of course they look the same. The next step was to swap the drive shafts from one box to the other. (2 screws).
Once the drive shafts have been swapped the the new gearbox you just drop it back in place making sure to get both the front and back driveshafts back in place. I wasn't paying attention and had the front pop out before I noticed it and had to unmount it and put it back in place. DOH!
Once this is done just reattach the battery tray and plug the motor back in and your golden.
It would have only taken about 10 minutes if I hadn't missed the disconnected drive shaft.
Anyhow, it's a really easy mod, if you want to improve your low end crawling speed and control.
I also added the light kit for the Land Rover. Another quick easy mod. Pretty much remove four 1.5mm hex screws, remove the existing inner light buckets, and insert the LED's. It really spruces the Rover up. Headlights are nice and bright, tail lights look good and the back up lights work great.
A while back I made some graphics for it.
I recently I reversed out the hood graphic, liked it better with a little more contrast
Today I decided to drop the low gearing transmission into it. It really made it's low end crawling much better, less jerky. Keep in mind this does cut the top speed of the truck in half, so be aware if you plan to use it as a trail truck the lower gears may be an option you want to avoid. It works great for my purposes though.
I didn't take pics of the whole process as it was a pretty simple swap. Only eight 1.5 mm hex screws had to be removed then replaced. First up was removing the battery tray (2 screws). Then unbolt the motor transmission combo. (4 screws)
Here is a pic of the standard gearbox and the low end gearbox. Of course they look the same. The next step was to swap the drive shafts from one box to the other. (2 screws).
Once the drive shafts have been swapped the the new gearbox you just drop it back in place making sure to get both the front and back driveshafts back in place. I wasn't paying attention and had the front pop out before I noticed it and had to unmount it and put it back in place. DOH!
Once this is done just reattach the battery tray and plug the motor back in and your golden.
It would have only taken about 10 minutes if I hadn't missed the disconnected drive shaft.
Anyhow, it's a really easy mod, if you want to improve your low end crawling speed and control.
I also added the light kit for the Land Rover. Another quick easy mod. Pretty much remove four 1.5mm hex screws, remove the existing inner light buckets, and insert the LED's. It really spruces the Rover up. Headlights are nice and bright, tail lights look good and the back up lights work great.
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