- [Host] Alrighty, let's see what we have
on the table today.
Welcome back to the show, my friends.
I know you've been tuning in for quite some time here
and you recognize this Trail Finder two body.
Now the Trail Finder two is a type of
one tenth scale electric truck kit,
or RTR, ready to run version,
that you can get from a company called RC Four Wheel Drive.
This is the Toyota Hilux, the Mojave body
with some extra hop ups or you know
just kinda add ons I bought on EBay.
These are rubber flares that I installed
as well as a snorkel and this back roll bar
here is actually sold by RC Four Wheel Drive
but because in the last video that I did with this truck,
it was a music video, I did a little bit of jumping
and it was very very cold out
and I actually on the rocks over torqued my front axle
and the alloy housing actually exploded on this side.
(engine revving)
Very unusual.
It was quite cold, but even in the cold runs
I've done before, I've never seen that happen.
So we had a flaw or something get in there.
Maybe a piece of rock got caught in there
and it just exploded.
I'll put a little information bar right here
so you guys can see the video if you missed it.
So what I'm doing now is because I'm waiting
on the front axle housing to be replaced,
I ordered one up a short time ago
even though they're not in stock,
so I'm on the waiting list.
This body won't be in use for a little while.
That's too bad cause I really like this one.
(laughs)
This back bar, this roll bar, I installed
and you'll see why in the video.
(truck crashing)
It is for protection that goes across the back, right?
You don't wanna land on the top and break one of the sides
cause that's what happened to kill a Toyata truck
a long time ago is I didn't have a roll bar
and I actually broke the beams on either side
which really ultimately just killed the cab.
So I'd like to use these roll bars on the back.
Since I can't use this body, I'm gonna swap this out.
Sometimes I do this actually with my different trucks.
If one truck is broken and I need it
on another truck of course if it's not an important part
I'll part it out and you know, pay Peter with Paul's money,
(laughs) so to speak, figuratively speaking.
But what I'm gonna do today,
you can see I've already removed this back roll bar.
And the reason why I'm gonna do that
is I'm actually gonna use this in
my Ford FX Four that I have.
You guys saw me install a rear bumper on it last video.
Gonna install the roll bars on this one
because it's getting a little bit closer
to my one to one scale look.
Alright, here's a look at my full size.
I did have a red one years ago,
but I switched it out to a blue for my new truck,
and here is the chase rack on the back.
Now it does have a spare tier,
a mount right in the middle, as well as the light bars.
Now I don't have these pieces for the bar I have inside,
but I could always make them easy enough.
And notice that my bar comes just above the top of the cab.
That way if there ever was a rollover,
it would have some support in here.
Now because this bar actually wasn't made for this truck,
I believe this is a New Bright truck,
also got it years ago on Extended Chassis.
And I did cover that in the last video that I was doing.
I'll add another link up here
so you guys can see the video if you did miss it.
I also had to mod the back a little bit
to get proper shocks in here.
I had to cut it right here to expose
the top of the shock tower as well as right here.
Now these wheel wells are a different shape
than the one that's on the bar,
but regardless, kinda floats in.
I want it to be sitting right about there.
The spacers I'm gonna use are actually just repurposed
side body mount posts.
Now, normally these would stick out on either side
of a Trail Finder two or a different vehicle like that
where you need it to have body posts
extending out to the side of a truck
so the body could fit and attach to the frame.
And what I'm gonna do is because they are pre-drilled,
which is perfect, I'm gonna cut them down to size
after I measure what I need over here.
Plus, I may be able to use the extra pieces
for the spacers I need on the back right there.
So it looks like I need about half an inch.
Just gonna use some painter's tape
to wrap the piece I need to cut.
That way I can clearly mark on this black piece
and see exactly the line that I need.
Safety glasses on.
Always, I always use safety glass
when I'm using anything to cut, of course,
any kind of hot plastic or metal.
(whirring)
Gonna use a dremel, a rotary tool.
Just dry fit the pieces,
see if I have approximately the right height.
(drilling)
Alright, so because I'm using these spacers,
I actually have to use longer screws
than the ones that are provided.
This is the one that came with it,
and of course, here's the one that I'm gonna be using
so it can actually make it through the spacer
and still grab onto the front of this bar.
So I'm gonna have to bore out the center of these spacers.
Just myself at least.
(drilling)
Doing it slow.
Now that it's gotten snug,
I'm gonna switch over to using my channel locks,
just so I don't have to risk hurting my fingers.
(drilling)
(vacuuming)
Removing the back body screws I put in
to help adjust the height of the bumper we put in.
And the front two screws.
Normally when I'm taking screws and nuts out,
just to make sure I don't lose them,
I will put them together before I put them off to the side.
Alright, so one thing I didn't show you
is that I actually ground down one side so it was flat
so it can sit nicely against the cab area.
Okay, so now that's in there,
and of course the box is gonna keep it
a certain distance away,
so what I wanna do is push it up against the box
and measure the gap that's between this wheel well
and that back bar.
(drilling)
One and two.
Now, I did have to shave the spacers on a bit of an angle
to account for the roundness of the wheel well.
(drilling)
So there we go.
As we look at the bar, we can see it's straight,
comes just above the cab.
On the inside, everything is nice and strong, lifted,
four screws have everything attached properly,
and I can put the body back on,
but before I do, let's do something
a little on the crazy side.
Here is a spoon, just something I have laying around.
I don't have a piece of angle bracket or anything like that,
just easily accessible, so why not use something like this?
If I wanted to attach that tire, all I would need
is something that looked somewhat like this.
And if I took that spoon after bending it,
put it in the truck such as this,
I should be able to drill a whole right down here
and through the center of the spoon
to be able to mount up a tire right in the middle.
(drilling)
See, RC doesn't need to be expensive.
You just have to be creative with what you have.
Now, of course to hide the fact that I've used a spoon,
just to make it look more scale looking, (laughs)
good old electrical tape will black this out for me.
Then I'll cut the end of the spoon off
cause it's a little big long.
(whirring)
Use what you have on hand some days
and you can get the job done and do it well.
(drilling)
Okay, so with a hole drilled right through the spoon,
I put in a small washer, a longer screw to the other side.
Gonna mount that right through the middle
so the screw stick out here,
take another washer, stick it there,
and of course, the mounting nut.
Gonna pre fit and bend it
so I know exactly where I wanna have that tire
sitting right about there.
Gonna use another little washer through the screw,
place the screw through the bottom of the body,
take the tire mount mounted on top,
and use a nut to tighten that up.
(car rattling)
And once it's tightened up,
now I've got the back mount for my tire.
Not too bad for just little spoon.
Hey, now I might wanna put in a second screw
just to make sure it's super tight
and doesn't turn around.
I don't have too much movement here now,
but will add a second screw right in the front
to ensure that this is mounted properly.
Look at that.
There we go, my friends.
(laughs)
Pretty simple, well, overall.
Just takes a bit of ingenuity, but it was fun to do.
So, (laughs) I'm happy with that result.
Everything is strong, sturdy.
Now when this flips upside down,
it will protect the top of this.
Yeah, it'll get scratched,
but it really won't crush the pillars here.
You know what?
Everyone was saying that it looks like this part rubs
and that it is just slightly off, and it is,
but it doesn't rub anything to be noticeable at.
Maybe, maybe one millimeter, but nothing that's concerning.
So, built to look like my full size truck
just for fun as a side hobby thing to do.
I'll add some more as I go, of course but I figure
I might as well just kinda putter around the shop here
and see how scale it does look.
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(honking)