Lil Yota

[ripper7777777]

Well I started this a while back and really haven't had much time to get online, so I'll get tyhis posted during lunch.


Here's how it started, Polycarbonate chassis, it won't be yellow that's just the template and it will eventually get lowered, I wasn't sure what tire I was going to run.

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/lilyota/ly_004.jpg

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/lilyota/ly_005.jpg

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/lilyota/ly_006.jpg

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/lilyota/ly_007.jpg

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/lilyota/ly_008.jpg

[ripper7777777]

Testing outback...........


http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/lilyota/cha_test_001.jpg

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/lilyota/cha_test_002.jpg

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/lilyota/cha_test_003.jpg

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/lilyota/cha_test_004.jpg

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/lilyota/cha_test_005.jpg

All was going great until, WTF!!!! Damn tiny e-clips.

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/lilyota/cha_test_006.jpg


and here's something I'm working on.

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/lilyota/wheel001.jpg


The templates on 030 styrene.

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/lilyota/wheel002.jpg

Cut them out and shape them with a dremel and some 220, the 030 shapes really fast. Glue them down and give them a bit to dry.

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/lilyota/wheel003.jpg

Next, Drill out the holes, sand and prime, I still need to do some finish work before paint, but I think you get the idea.

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/lilyota/wheel004.jpg

[ripper7777777]

More Testing

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/lilyota/body_001.jpg

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/lilyota/body_002.jpg

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/lilyota/body_003.jpg

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/lilyota/body_004.jpg

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/lilyota/body_005.jpg

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/lilyota/body_006.jpg

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/lilyota/body_007.jpg

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/lilyota/body_008.jpg

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/lilyota/body_009.jpg

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/lilyota/body_010.jpg

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/lilyota/body_011.jpg

[ripper7777777]

Some weathering to the chassis.

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/lilyota/cha_001.jpg

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/lilyota/cha_002.jpg

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/lilyota/cha_003.jpg


Assembled

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/lilyota/cha_004.jpg

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/lilyota/cha_005.jpg

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/lilyota/cha_006.jpg

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/lilyota/cha_007.jpg

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/lilyota/cha_008.jpg

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/lilyota/cha_009.jpg

and a little body work done, still more to go to hide all those screws.

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/lilyota/ly_009.jpg

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/lilyota/ly_010.jpg

[ripper7777777]

I decided to stick with High-lift size tires so lower it goes.

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/lilyota/ly_011.jpg

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/lilyota/ly_012.jpg

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/lilyota/ly_013.jpg

Well I applied a fresh coat of white last night and several coats of clear, I won't bother polishing since I'll be weathering the paint.

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/lilyota/ly_014.jpg


An vintage Yota needs some vintage decals.


http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/lilyota/ly_015.jpg

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/lilyota/ly_016.jpg

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/lilyota/ly_017.jpg


Now let's age this thing, where's my rust paint.

[Taylor]

Sweet i am officaily subscribed to this thread, you do such great work. :cool:

[Been 2780]

how do u weather stuff?

[OldSchoolRC]

looks great as always!

[bugz2002]

your projects makes me want to build a scaler....i hope next summer that might be my project

[LSXEric]

U might want to weather it like this toyota:D:D:D go to the end.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lrk6vsb77xk

[ripper7777777]

A few more details and some paint.

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/lilyota/ly_fin_001.jpg

[ripper7777777]

and than a whole lot of weathering.

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/lilyota/ly_fin_002.jpg

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/lilyota/ly_fin_003.jpg

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/lilyota/ly_fin_004.jpg

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/lilyota/ly_fin_005.jpg

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/lilyota/ly_fin_006.jpg

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/lilyota/ly_fin_007.jpg

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/lilyota/ly_fin_008.jpg

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/lilyota/ly_fin_009.jpg

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/lilyota/ly_fin_010.jpg

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/lilyota/ly_fin_011.jpg


I think the body matches the chassis and wheels just perfectly now. Next is the tool box and some stuff in the bed.

[Taylor]

You do about the best scale work i have ever seen!!! :eek::D I think you should make some for rich customers and make alot of profit, buttttt then again you wouldn't get to keep your custom beauties! :cool:

[LSXEric]

I really like that weatherin u did there. I like the rough look insted of the brand new look.

[master_of_desaster]

yo rip great scaler again bro! make a toolbox to coverup the battery. other than that i like the whole idea! way to lower the body!

[kaleb2]

hey dont cuss and why cant i see the pictures it juss has a x

[ripper7777777]

hey dont cuss and why cant i see the pictures it juss has a x


No idea, try refreshing it.

[kaleb2]

very nice id like to have a crawler
know of any places in iowa to rock crawl

[ripper7777777]

Well she is finally complete, elecs are in and the bed details are done.

So out back for testing.

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/lilyota/080108/ly_fin_001.jpg

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/lilyota/080108/ly_fin_002.jpg

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/lilyota/080108/ly_fin_003.jpg

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/lilyota/080108/ly_fin_004.jpg

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/lilyota/080108/ly_fin_005.jpg

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/lilyota/080108/ly_fin_006.jpg

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/lilyota/080108/ly_fin_007.jpg

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/lilyota/080108/ly_fin_008.jpg

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/lilyota/080108/ly_fin_009.jpg

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/lilyota/080108/ly_fin_010.jpg

[master_of_desaster]

nice toolbox bud! after i posted that comment i was like wait, im forgetting who i'm talking to! lol

[Taylor]

Awesome. anyway you could send me some talent? :eek::D

[ripper7777777]

Well the Stock High-lifts we're OK but I decided it was time for a suspension lift and some new wheels. I had these Rock Crushers for another project but that project is going a different direction so lil Yota gets em.

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/lilyota/081408/yotaNT_002.jpg

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/lilyota/081408/yotaNT_003.jpg

Some off camber testing.

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/lilyota/081408/yotaNT_004.jpg

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/lilyota/081408/yotaNT_005.jpg

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/lilyota/081408/yotaNT_006.jpg

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/lilyota/081408/yotaNT_007.jpg

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/lilyota/081408/yotaNT_008.jpg

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/lilyota/081408/yotaNT_009.jpg

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/lilyota/081408/yotaNT_001.jpg

[master_of_desaster]

rip... i thought you fell off this flat earth! the yoter is lookin great! i must say i wish those shocks mounted on top of the axle instead of the front of the axle. thats my only scale dilemma

[ripper7777777]

Yea, sombody need to make some good scale shocks, even the best of them are still to long.

[master_of_desaster]

you know what. i did find a guy at a local comp who was running steroid-like mini-t shocks with functional reservoirs. they were on TLT axles. i dont think the shocks are made anymore according to him. they looked awesome! he had a custom dual-rate spring too! all powder coated to look like King Racing Shocks in that baby blue. he bought them off ebay for $20 for 4 shocks! aluminum bodied and threaded too! basically a steal

[ripper7777777]

Well I had planned on getting to this sooner but with IKE and all that mess I'm just now getting around to this.

Well I've decided to ebay this rig, I still have an unbuilt Hilux, an unbuilt ProMod Yota to build and I have my F250 Crew Cab "JACC" for comps. Plus my storage area is full, I need to build a new shelfing unit, but until than I think I'll let this one go to a new home.

First things first, I'm going back to the original tires and rims, the new owner can choose tires based on there wants and needs.

The next thing a complete tear down, I was quite pleased with the performance of this rig, she did very well at the last Comp which seems forever ago, but a hurricane and 15 days without power will make time seem warped.

I was running her without bearings since I was pretty sure she would end up on ebay, I also wanted to see the difference between bearings and bushings since my scale rigs see a lot of mud. Bushings are horrible, bearings tend to rust shut, so it might be best for the serious mudder to use busings in the axles but the drive train in this rig needs bearings. So she's getting full bearings.

The paint needed some restoring on the chassis and some new rust spots we're added to the body.



The teardown pics.....

Sorry about the bad lighting, this was done during the no power stretch after the hurricane.

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/lilyota/sale/teardwn_001.jpg


http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/lilyota/sale/teardwn_002.jpg


http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/lilyota/sale/teardwn_003.jpg


http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/lilyota/sale/teardwn_004.jpg

[ripper7777777]

On to the poser pics

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/lilyota/sale/fin_001.jpg

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/lilyota/sale/fin_002.jpg


http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/lilyota/sale/fin_003.jpg


http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/lilyota/sale/fin_004.jpg


http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/lilyota/sale/fin_005.jpg

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/lilyota/sale/fin_006.jpg


http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/lilyota/sale/fin_007.jpg


http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/lilyota/sale/fin_008.jpg


http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/lilyota/sale/fin_009.jpg

[spackman]

looks amazing post back on what it goes for in the the auction

[ripper7777777]

Well I hope she gets a good home, I know a put a ton of work into this one.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110301335676

[master_of_desaster]

Well I hope she gets a good home, I know a put a ton of work into this one.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110301335676

sniff sniff... would you add electronics for an additional cost or no? if not how many servo's are needed? 3?

[t-maxx34]

Hey,very nice truck. i wish i could build a scaler,but im 15 and don't have the funds that are required nor the skill. i was wondering,but where did you get the hard toyota body from? i can't seem to find one.