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anyone see this? ive got the tires and wheels and the exact body so im gonna do this to mine :lol: looks pretty cool to me

http://www.ultimatetraxxas.com/projects/backslash/

http://www.ultimatetraxxas.com/proje...backslash2.jpg

I heard about this.

Very simple to do, yet the result looks highly convincing- $10 says traxxas releases an RTR version rather like this, and calls it their 1/8 buggy...

I have seen it (I am a mod at URC, after all), and it's definitely a great project idea. Just wish I had more time to pursue it...

yucky maxamps :P
looks great

at first glance it fooled me :D

Wow. I have never run on a course like that, so it may be nothing to those that have, but that seemed like some serious air!

Saw that on Traxxas Forum. Done pretty well and doesn't seem to be much to it

just simple bolt up stuff, i have that exact body and im test fitting it on mine and it doesnt fit just perfect, i think some trimming to the chassis is needed, i dont think it woulod weaken the chassis any since there really isnt anything mounts out on the mud flaps on mine, too bad my body i have here is beat to hell, if i like it ill buy a new body for it. ill post some pics later

It would be smart if they did. Proven durability and cheap design. It would be cool to see a budget 1/8th brushless on the market.

yea they could make a better fitting body to mold to the chassis lines, use the Jconcepts j82 front tires, have it come with the vxl system , and some big ole flat back tires and walla kickass 1/8 scale 2wd brushless buggy.

im having clearance issues with the big komodo LPs on the front, but my wheels are only half offset and not FULL offset like his. i may pick up some j82 fronts and use the stock 12mm hex with kyosho wheels, and keep the big rear tires.

Very cool.I wonder how it'd look with some 2.2s.

Full offset wheels do look necessary. What adapters are you using Ross? I thought the new era widened the track quite a bit. Anychance of a pic of the half offset wheels installed?

I got bored and tried a few 14 and 17mm hex wheels on the front of my slash. I have a set of the maxmizer 14mm hexes for the wheely king that work perfectly with a rustler. I also have the GS racing shims that go from 14mm to 17mm (imagine a 17mm hex with a 14mm hex hole inside it). Since the track widths are different front to rear, would it work better with full offset wheels on the front and half offset wheels on the back?

Also, I know it is OFNA that makes the wheels, any chance of a link to the half and full offset wheels? I got mine used, so I have no idea where to get them...

On a side note, the slash looked really funny with 40 series bowties on it... The amazing thing is that they fit quite well! Not much of the chassis would need to be clearanced. Completely pointless though...

These look to be the half offset that fit the komodo tires:

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXLMZ8&P=7

here ya go linc, i dont even think his has no clearance issues, i am using the new era adapters an d dont add any width, and yes linc i do know what your talking about my GS had them, and the komodo fit standard 3.2 inch wheels

ill whip out an aluminum front bumper and front body mount during class today also

Pretty cool. Body needs a paint job though! As if you didn't know that already...

Looks great... Any chance of a link to the wheel adapters? Also, could you take a pic from drirectly overhead, I would like to see what the offset looks like front to rear. I guess the front track will be narrower than the rear.

Only things I'd like is 4WD added and motor in center rather than out back.

it's gone too far for me. A realistic life like CORR truck taken apart and turned into a buggy. Why not buy a buggy? It's cool looking for sure though. I may buy a muggy and turn it into a buggy, or a truck. Or get a truggy and turn it into a muggy. Or, buy a working r/c and turn it into a pile of parts, I'm good at that:lol:

the offset difference is not really noticable, yea that body only has 2 weekends on it LOL i screwed that one up , i forgot to scothcbrite the surface before i painted it.



paralyzed- i didnt buy the slash to do that i just saw it on youtube and reallized i had all the parts just sitting there so why not try it out, right? plus maybe it will jump alittle better since the big corr body wont act like a sail and the heavy tires will give it more resopnse in the air.

I tired the full offset wheels on the slash and they look a bit wide for my tastes. Might wear the bearing very fast... I think that I will have to buy a set of half offset wheels and see how they work. I found a great deal on 2 tires, just need to find another 2, or remove the good pair I have from the wheels...

here are the pics you wanted link one at ride height (arms below level a little) and they one at full compression but even if you trimmed the body it wouldnt matter because they hit the chassis, oh and with half offset wheels it sits 12.25" wide out back and 12" wide up front

i think he wanted to see the full car, to compare the offset front to rear. Maybe not, thats now I took it though :P

Think of the backslash as being a longer/larger rusty, then it kinda makes more sense- vs a proper 1/8 buggy...

i gave the dimensions.... and 1/8 inch on either side is not even visable in a picture.

when I think of it like that it sounds cool..... I often wish my rustler were just a bit bigger

:na: haha im not even gonna finish putting the wing on mine unless it absolutely needs it (gotta drive it and see how it does) i trimmed up the body and got rid of alot of the over hang.

come guys who besides me thinks it looks cool moon buggy style:yes:

I palyed with my setup earlier and lowered the front shocks a bit. Seems like it could use shorter springs, to decrease the ride height a bit. Otherwise it looks like a good setup. I need to order the wing mount and scare up a body, as the ofna mbx body I have looks kinda funky!

I did find a good way to mount the front of the body. Take off one of the front body mount posts, and use a long screw from underneath to mount it to the front of the chassis, in front of the shock tower. I used the center large hole that the upper portion of the slash front bumper mounts too. Seems to be the perfect length for my body, and looks to be about the same height as the backslash truck too.