[lincpimp]

If you want to sell the stock wheels/tires let me know. Createacrawler make some decent 1.9 beadlocks. Thundertech do as well, but I have not personally seen those.

My friend made a bed out of styrene sheet that had a diamond tread on it. Styrene is great stuff, and the glue that you use is really tough. It was brown plastic, but he used tamiya ts grey paint and it is hold up really well. He beats the crap out of his truck too. I will try to get a pic of the styrene flat bed for you. The brass and wood idea sounds very cool, and time consuming too!