Buggy build "Indecision"

Beerj · Oct 16, 2015

Lookin badass. Question though, are the upper misalignments on the shocks almost maxed out? I can't imagine they've got too much more room. You know I don't know anything about them, just wondering for the sake of knowing.

pholmann · Oct 16, 2015

No I think it's just the angle of the pic or the twist of the shock. I do have it set to where it has more potential movement if the bottom of the shock was to swing toward the chassis as opposed to swinging away if that makes any sense. I tried to envision the axle twist and how and where it would move to. When I get the rears how I want them I will heavy tack everything and pull it outside and use the forks and the tractor and pick up each corner one at a time whiles couple people watch for bind. If it passes that test I'll weld em all in fo permanent. Then I can move on to my interior or something else that needs done. I'm just excited that I don't have anything else sitting there that I have to fix first or hay to put up. I may actually get to have a little time working on MY stuff.

Beerj · Oct 16, 2015

That makes sense. Probably the angle of the pic.

85toyo · Oct 16, 2015

Lookin good

pholmann · Oct 16, 2015

Thanks man, Its going so freakin slow!!

Eddyj · Oct 16, 2015

Pics of the suspension test. When it happens. Please.

Looks good.

pholmann · Oct 16, 2015

Will do. I'm going to try to find some time Sunday to rework the rears. After that I'll double check all of my heavy tacks and drag it outside to check.

pholmann · Oct 19, 2015

I got my fuel cell back. I still have to polish it or have it polished (undecided). Also worked on my rear upper shock mounts. Still have to do some bracing but you get the idea.

5BrothersFabrication · Oct 19, 2015

What about a cooler and tools? I can see a dedicated bouncer not having them, but yours is a trail rig.

Beerj · Oct 19, 2015

Trailer?
Also, the back of the tank is gonna be a good spot for some sort of tramp stamp

pholmann · Oct 19, 2015

5BrothersFabrication said:
What about a cooler and tools? I can see a dedicated bouncer not having them, but yours is a trail rig.

Patience. You really think my drinkin ass is gonna forget about a damn cooler? Come dafuq on man!! Getting there man. I figured a place for the shocks is higher on the priority list.

tonybolton · Oct 20, 2015

Re:

Project Robin is coming along nicely!

kmcminn · Oct 20, 2015

Is the tank bent crooked?

pholmann · Oct 20, 2015

Yup. Intentionally. There is an imperfection on the rear that I had to work around so..... What does one do. I did stand back and look when I started building the fuel cell and decided if I made the fuel cell without the same imperfection it would draw more attention to the one in the chassis, so I decided to roll with it. In the rear where the shock hoops come back and connect at the rear, there is a 3/4 of an inch difference between left and right. So I just built the fuel cell with the same amount of ****up.

kmcminn · Oct 20, 2015

pholmann said:
Yup. Intentionally. There is an imperfection on the rear that I had to work around so..... What does one do.

Rock out I guess...

pholmann · Oct 20, 2015

It would have been a huge pain in the ass to try to correct the chassis. The only reason it is that noticeable is because the lines drawn on the tank where I bent it. I wiped them off and it made it far less noticeable. Plus I am thinking about covering the rear with some sheet metal and putting tail/brake lights there.

kmcminn · Oct 20, 2015

It is a rock crawler I wouldn't worry about it. First time you roll it, it's going to warp **** it anyways.

pholmann · Oct 20, 2015

My thoughts exactly. For my first ever fuel cell I didn't think I did too bad. Did you see the front link mounts? Thanks for pointing that out btw. Hopefully Ill get to take it outside and give it the ole flex test this week sometime.