Need ideas for a desert buggy mod

[kraegar]

I've never tried something like this before, so I figured I'd start by asking for ideas & tips, then decide if it's something I really want to do...

Basically, I absolutely love the look of losi's mini desert buggy. Cool as hell.

I also really like the slash's I have... and I started thinking about what it would take to turn the slash into a desert buggy. I'm not talking a backslash look, but a roll cage with flat body panels look. I think it could be done, and could be really cool if done well... but I don't know where to start.

Should I look into brake line for the roll cage, and bend/weld one to tack onto the chassis? Ideas for the body panels? Other thoughts I'd need to consider?

Right now both slash's are stock (they're for the kids mostly), but I think I'd switch to a decent brushless setup, put some paddle tires on the back and some knife edge looking ones on the front.

I dunno, what do you all think?

Tony