BleepinJeep's Project Scorpion Crawler Build Thread

[podm98c]

yeah what cotton said. sylvana is making led replacement blubs now for marker lights and they are brighter but not so bright they would blind anyone.

 

[BleepinJeep]

Thanks for the comments guys, Not much progress to show but I did get the front fenders in and got the hood cut...

This is the line I decided to go with for the front fender:

It kind of comes away from the body a bit and then swoops across the hood and down to the bumper:

This is the first cage Ive ever made so figuring out these offsets was a b****:

I then carefully cut the hood intentionally long and then rolled it over the edge to give it a nice clean (no cut your hands) lip.

And thats pretty much what it looks like now. I think I'll come off the fenders to the frame with some tube or plate to make a mount for the upper ORI's.

It's gonna be one long SOB once I get er done:

 

[spidermikey88]

Looks really good! I love your YouTube videos. Keep up the great work.

 

[rockclimber]

tube work looks great.

D44s bad idea. but you'll fix that after a while.

 

[floyd]

It's refreshing to see someone do a build and actually purchase new tires for it vs using some 20 year old, toasted tires they bought off craigslist with 1/64" tread left on them.

Great work man!

david

 

[Boostwerks.com]

Lookin good!

Let the haters hate!

 

[jbain08]

Looks awesome, the front side bars look a little familiar.

 

[Ronbo]

Tube work is looking really clean. It's gonna be long? Hey, it is a wagon after all. I'm tired of seeing micro machines on the trail anyway.

 

[the_midwesterner]

Lookin good!

Let the haters hate!

X2

 

[The_Admiral]

looks good! what size tube are you using?

 

[Zapa89]

Awesome indeed. As I told you in the YT comments, your fabrication skills have come a loooooong way

 

[BleepinJeep]

looks good! what size tube are you using?

Using 1-3/4" .120 dom

 

[BleepinJeep]

Awesome indeed. As I told you in the YT comments, your fabrication skills have come a loooooong way

Thanks, I never knew they sucked

 

[Nichkojr.7]

Looks good. Where are you finding tube. I have no clue where to find the right diameter tubing. Home Depot sells conduit but I don't think you can weld that. What color you painting it when you're done?

 

[RoyalXJ]

Looks good. Where are you finding tube. I have no clue where to find the right diameter tubing. Home Depot sells conduit but I don't think you can weld that. What color you painting it when you're done?

lol if you use home depot to buy tube you shouldnt be fabricating anything. Any steel yard should have the tube you need.

 

[Nichkojr.7]

lol if you use home depot to buy tube you shouldnt be fabricating anything. Any steel yard should have the tube you need.

Lol I know it sucks! I'll try to find one near me. If not then it looks like I won't be building a bumper

 

[DieselSJ]

Looks good. Where are you finding tube. I have no clue where to find the right diameter tubing. Home Depot sells conduit but I don't think you can weld that. What color you painting it when you're done?

Conduit? You are kidding, right? Please tell me you are kidding.

 

[Jay Sco]

Geez, really shooting for that tard trophy. Hopefully it's built from conduit.


Matt, doing a great job with the build. Looking forward to more!

 

[BleepinJeep]

Looks good. Where are you finding tube. I have no clue where to find the right diameter tubing. Home Depot sells conduit but I don't think you can weld that. What color you painting it when you're done?

lol, I actually did use home depot conduit for the rolled edge on the hood... but yeah you need to find a metal supply by looking in the (dare I say) phonebook or at least the online version of a phonebook. Metal Supply, they are usually hiding in a city's industrial area, mine is about an hour away.

 

[rockclimber]

an hour? rough.

there are at least 10 within 15 minutes of my house.