My GCM Desertboy-17 (Flux)

[Savage03]

I would say .060 except at the bottom sections on both sides below the doors not sure what that might be called but once I get soe pics of it painted it will be easier to point out but its a bit thinner there for some reason.
Dam thing weights a bit to, gonna get the scale out and see.
Thanks for the comment to

[V0RT3X]

It's thinner at some areas because of the moulding process. The start with a .060 sheet and it stretches over the mould and becomes thinner somewhere. The roof should be thick.

[Savage03]

Yea it is for sure and whole cab area really, the nose is to just at the bottom on the sides is thin and found the hard way since its been pretty cold here so I would keep the body somwhat warm with a heat gun and I got to close one time and now theirs a little bit of a warped spot lol. Oh well its a body I can live with it.

[Savage03]

Couple shots of it painted just gotta slap some stickers on it. Found that the silver area is pretty thin compared to the rest which is pretty thick and in the cold I was trying to keep it warm while painting with the trusty heat gun and got to close to the passenger side and well theirs now wavyness
All in all one of my better jobs im no painter by any means
Tips the scale at 1.6lbs vs the f650 at 9ozs.

[thzero]

Looks good and since its not a shelf queen, thats what counts. :)

[Finnster]

I have two of those trc packs for my savage, but they are to run 8s. You will kill them w/ that big truck on 4s.

Hc lipos are nice, but so are the neu packs when on sale. Nice truck otherwise.

[Bondonutz]

Looks purty kewl !!!!

Q, will the front tires rub the body at full lock when the suspension is compressed ?

Almost a pound and a half of lexan, jeepers thats a lot of plastic !

[Savage03]

Just looked and no just clears, I have integy 17mm adapters on there which stretch it out a tad and I have the maximizer 17mm beadlocks with 1/2" offset. If it becomes a issue I may look for more offset but I think at most it might rub on a hard landing for a second till springs back up and if the tires are ballooning.

[Bondonutz]

I would assume your running the standard width arms then ?

When I do asssemble mine, I looking to go with the Savage-XL arms and axles.

I'm really liking the look of your beadlocks with the LST tires, great looking combo !!

[Savage03]

Thanks! Just suks stupid losi stopped making these harder ones vs the ones they have now. I am running the Xl stuff, I have another old thread on what ive done to the savage probaly a few pages back now lol.

[Bondonutz]

Originally Posted by Savage03

Thanks! Just suks stupid losi stopped making these harder ones vs the ones they have now. I am running the Xl stuff, I have another old thread on what ive done to the savage probaly a few pages back now lol.

I was lazy and couldn't remember. I'll refresh my memory and reread.

[lincpimp]

The aftershock tires are considerably lighter than the older lst1 tires... I am running them on my 6x6 maxx based truck. Lots of traction on the aftershock tires due to the voids in the lugs. But they do benefit from balancing, like all heavy tires.

[Savage03]

Had a set briefly and just didnt like how soft they were, could see nothing but pancake tires lol.

[Bondonutz]

Originally Posted by Savage03

Had a set briefly and just didnt like how soft they were, could see nothing but pancake tires lol.

The Losi Zombie Max tires are very soft also, when these type of soft compound tires are properly "belted" with nylon packing tape they don't look like pizza cutters and work very well.

[Savage03]

Got some stickers placed so looks much better, running low on stickers to so had to scrap the bottom to find some haha. Also can see the booboo I made with the heat gun on the side