Gorillamaxx G1 with G3 Suspension Build

[tinuss]

cool stuff ....

I Saw Candymann's E-maxx back in the day and thought ....

Some day I will own a sweet ride like that...

Mission achieved and beyond

[DarkSammy]

Yes ralf, you have a problem haha, and so do I. Maybe we should go see the same therapist... Candyman was also a big contributer to the start of my emaxx obsession. I remember watching the youtube vids of his clods & his emaxx & saying, that's it right there. That is where I want to be. Took me the better part of 10 years, but here I am...

[_paralyzed_]

It was CandyMan's "MaxxBling" that got me into the brushless side of r/c.

I love these maxx trucks.

[tinuss]

Lol....

Funny how we all liked the same stuff ....

I loves the bling look of that truck ... and then I found that there was more in the maxx world as Integy .... :)

Darksammy : no docter can cure me ....

[DarkSammy]

So bit of an update for this truck, as I received a number of parts in this week. The first parts were only small, but it is the small things that always make the difference with trucks like this. I have never been a fan of the very small rod ends on the Proline Powerstroke damper shocks. An comparison shot can be seen below with the larger rod ends:



Thanks to a good friend I like to call the Powerstroke King, I now have enough of the larger rod ends to complete 2 whole sets:

[DarkSammy]

Now I just gotta wait on my custom springs to be powder coated white and these shocks will be complete and ready to go on the truck. The wait continues lol.

BUT, I received my bulks and suspension parts back from a buddy who drilled & tapped the bulks, and made me up ejector pins as well. Let the building begin :-)



UE Spyder 6 diffs will be going into UE Superlite cases, and GARC 7075 bulks, G3 Gen 2 Gorillamaxx suspension arms and towers, Sweet Strobes & Centralemaxx 7075 16mm knuckles with UE Steel Pillowballs & Vivid RC bearings.

[DarkSammy]

So good to be getting some building done, waited a long time for these parts but glad to see them come together:

[DarkSammy]

She is finally starting to take shape:

[DarkSammy]

Very happy with the work a friend did for me tapping the bulks for ejector pins. It is amazing the friends you make in this hobby!




Here are just some random shots I took during the build this afternoon:

[nitrostarter]

Nice build!!

[RC-Monster Mike]

Awesome build, Sam - the rear knuckles are installed backwards, but you'll fix that when you install the turnbuckles. ;-)

[DarkSammy]

Was getting tired by that stage haha. How embarrassing lol

[_paralyzed_]

Any reason not to go with aluminum rod ends on the shocks? They are readily available.

[DarkSammy]

Yeah good point, I have seen mixed reviews on various aluminium rod ends. Racer's Edge are known to be awesome, 7075, but really hard to find. Then a lot of the other rod ends I have seen people report the quality to be sub par...

Do you have any advice on what is good? Would be keen to know, cheers :-)

[tinuss]

very nice build dude ....

hit me with your address .....
then I can send u my gmaxx suspension to polish