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i could do a 6X6 instead of 8X8, it would lower the cost quite a bit

the steel dogbones came
they look great and feel strong

I was thinking of getting this thing (not the car, the red bits)
It might make the suspension work like solid axle
I would like to turn it into a trophy truck
www.hobbyking.c...2pcs_.html

Not sure how it would work exactly but I like it nonetheless.

Might be good to increase my Hummer's ground clearance too.

one wheel goes up and it pushes the other down, like an opposite of a sway bar
the springs aren't attached to the chassis so it will roll, so it needs a sway bar

i got bored and attacked it with a paint pen thing




i just painted the driver's visors

bad news:



these are a really bad design
its in 3 pieces, the ball, the shaft and the pin
my old ones were the shaft and the pin, the balls were a part of the shaft

here are really bad diagrams

crappy new ones


old ones


the red is where it broke

i havent driven it since i got the new driveshafts. i powered it up and drove up and down the street a few times and did one wheely. nothing compared to the abuse i gave my old ones

here are some pics from my beach adventure

a quick video