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Now that is some light weight buggy at 2600pnds.

After looking at your rig, it also appears not a ton of money was sunk into axles or engine tranny.

Could a person put together a budget buggy like that for under say 10K?
 
Radd Cruisers said:
Now that is some light weight buggy at 2600pnds.

After looking at your rig, it also appears not a ton of money was sunk into axles or engine tranny.

Could a person put together a budget buggy like that for under say 10K?
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I think it depends on what you have laying around when it comes to the detailed parts. You could easily put together 90% of the buggy(chassis, drivetrain, steering, etc) for $10k if you found some good deals and were designing around a frugal combination of parts. However I think the last 10%(controls, interior, gauges, hoses/lines, etc) will put you over the 10k mark. A friend of mine built a buggy based off of a Blazer chassis he already had(i.e. he didn't have to buy any major drivetrain or axle components) and he still spent $10k on it for all the odds and ends.

Ary
 
Im guessing you could prolly not build it for under 20K, 10 might not even get you the parts needed for the buidl(including tig welder and manual)?
 
When I added up the parts in this rig I came up with 14-16K and that was with using lots of used parts.

Since then I have upgraded everything I can for strength in the drivetrain and have sunk another 6K into it.

Looks simple, but there is a lot of detail.
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wngrog said:
When I added up the parts in this rig I came up with 14-16K and that was with using lots of used parts.
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As we all know, cost of parts is only half of it. What about the 500 hours of labor or in some cases 1000. At even the cheapest labor rate, thats big $. Nolens rig with the upgrades hes done plus the original cost to HAVE it built would easily run 50K. Keep in mind this is what it should cost if you are paying someone to design and build it, doing little of it yourself.
 
I agree with the hours and cost of parts.

Would be interesting to see a list of parts needed from start to finish on a buggie build.

IE. hydro steering setup.
Shocks
brackets
Joints ?
Chromoly tubing
engine, tranny transfercase
Axles
Blue prints of buggie chasis
Fixture to build chasis
Or order chasis prebuilt
Air bump stops
Cutting brakes?
Seats
Electrical harness
Skid plate material Aluminium
Winch
Synthetic rope
Steering colum
Foot pedal assembly
Fasteners
Fluids
Fuel tank
Radiator
Hoses
Relays, switchs and electrical items to make it all work (Even shrink tube adds up).
Temp and other gauges


Am I missing anything???
 
A few numbers off the top of my head. My heads not here right now so feel free to change.



IE. hydro steering setup.
Shocks 400+
brackets
Joints ?
Chromoly tubing
engine, tranny transfercase 500-1000 used
Axles 4000 with all the goodies
Blue prints of buggie chasis
Fixture to build chasis
Or order chasis prebuilt
Air bump stops
Cutting brakes?
Seats
Electrical harness
Skid plate material Aluminium
Winch 1000
Synthetic rope 130
Steering colum
Foot pedal assembly
Fasteners 200-300
Fluids
Fuel tank 100-500
Radiator 100-500
Hoses 50
Relays, switchs and electrical items to make it all work (Even shrink
tube adds up). 200
Temp and other gauges 200
 
Waggoner5 said:
A few numbers off the top of my head. My heads not here right now so feel free to change.



IE. hydro steering setup. 1200-1500
Shocks 400+
brackets
Joints ?
Chromoly tubing
engine, tranny transfercase 500-1000 used
Axles 4000 with all the goodies
Blue prints of buggie chasis
Fixture to build chasis
Or order chasis prebuilt 1800-6000
Air bump stops 200 per corner
Cutting brakes?
Seats 150-300 per seat
Electrical harness
Skid plate material Aluminium
Winch 1000
Synthetic rope 130
Steering colum
Foot pedal assembly
Fasteners 200-300
Fluids
Fuel tank 100-500
Radiator 100-500
Hoses 50
Relays, switchs and electrical items to make it all work (Even shrink
tube adds up). 200
Temp and other gauges 200
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I added some numbers to Gary's numbers, mine are in red
 
Waggoner5 said:
A few numbers off the top of my head. My heads not here right now so feel free to change.



IE. hydro steering setup. 2700 4ws
Shocks 2k+
brackets
Joints ? 600+
Chromoly tubing 1200+
engine, tranny transfercase 6k+
Axles 9k + wheels are tires
Blue prints of buggie chasis
Fixture to build chasis
Or order chasis prebuilt 6k
Air bump stops 375 a corner
Cutting brakes? 250
Seats 1,100
Electrical harness 900
Skid plate material Aluminium
Winch 1000
Synthetic rope 130
Steering colum
Foot pedal assembly
Fasteners 200-300
Fluids
Fuel tank 100-500
Radiator 100-500
Hoses 50
Relays, switchs and electrical items to make it all work (Even shrink
tube adds up). 200
some of my numbas
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here is a list for you

pro tool bender $800
seats $450
motor trans t case and stock axles $650
arbs $1300
marlin rock box $1900
output shaft change $250
driveshafts $450
tires & wheels $1400
steel for skid $150
tube for chassis $1100
tube for 4-link $300
jhonny joint and brackets $750
coilovers $2000
winch $900
winch back $350
brakes clutch header dui carb $2000
bolts and seals and misc-- $? alot more than i think
light and seat belts $450

and endless amounts af labor that i am about 75% of the way done with.
these are the nubers that i have spent to get as close to a buggy as i want to get.
 
im building a buggy now that should be ultra light. i havent gotten any weights yet, but plan on keeoing up with everything. i have a trailworks chasis, with 4, 16" saw air shocks. i have and 01 ls430 all aluminum v8, and aluminum 6spd auto tranny. i will run an atlas 4spd, dont have it yet cuz its gonna be like 3500 to buy and adapt. also gonna use fj80 axles front and rear. i have the axles already, but i want to deck them out with chromo longs. slap a cruizer bezel on it and hopefully it will be a sweet ride.
 
Sounds great man ! Keep us updated.
 
Seems like build costs can range between 15K and 30K, looking forward to your build.

I have to admit I compare buggies to what I do and that is free ride mountain biking, the trend was at all cost not to break so weight became no concern.

Now the trend is changing back to light weight and smooth hits instead of flat 8 foot drops.


Rob
 
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