Kate 6.0 Buildup Thread

[wngrog]

My Buggy Buildup

That is all........

 

[peesalot]

shouldn't this be a builddown thread? and version 5.8 sorta fits better ;p

 

[wngrog]

Less body to bash............

 

[woody]

Trimspa, baby.....

 

[wngrog]

People don't understand the buggy deal, I realize that, but those people that don't understand it think a trail like Pritchett Canyon is a bad ass, mean MOFO of a trail.

The stuff we are doing out there these days is MEAN on a truck and even harder on sheetmetal.

I am literally designing this rig to roll without any damage. That is my #1 goal......

 

[LAME]

People don't understand the buggy deal, I realize that, but those people that don't understand it think a trail like Pritchett Canyon is a bad ass, mean MOFO of a trail.

The stuff we are doing out there these days is MEAN on a truck and even harder on sheetmetal.

I am literally designing this rig to roll without any damage. That is my #1 goal......

I'm tired of being all off camber, and looking through my door at a rock that is gonna kick my ass if I flop. My Willys is getting buggy sides after the 4th. Then I will only be $80 from a new "body" at any given time

 

[fj40charles]

People don't understand the buggy deal, I realize that, but those people that don't understand it think a trail like Pritchett Canyon is a bad ass, mean MOFO of a trail.

The stuff we are doing out there these days is MEAN on a truck and even harder on sheetmetal.

I am literally designing this rig to roll without any damage. That is my #1 goal......

Too bad you didn't start by building a full tube chassis from the start. I'm sure you could have saved some serious coin.. Oh well, we all live and learn...

 

[wngrog]

I don't know about that either. The tube chassis itself is about 10% of the work that goes into a buggy.

I seriously did the research on pulling all of my stuff and transfering over to a tube chassis and the cost was overwhelming.

By saving my dash, and that short section of frame with motor mounts and crossmembers, I am way ahead of the game.

This is basically all tube now. Nothing is bolted to the frame anymore that can flew or tear when I roll it. All solid as can be.

Like a tube frame with a section of rectangular in it.