RADO's Off Road Rig- Build Thread

Artwork!

Yup......


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Amazing job Jon...cant wait to see her in Moab :_steering

Jo

Thanks guys, I feel like it's all finally coming together.

It's been nice driving it around the block... makes me feel like I still own Vehicross vs a big chuck of steel that sits in the garage collecting dust.

:_steering

Wanna trade VX???

I just got new tires, so its pretty much a fair trade.

That's gonna make a great mall-crawler! (Why would you want to get it muddy!!! Hide all that beautiful hardware?) :)

Dang, very impressive all around! Congrats so far!

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Originally Posted by JAMAS

Wanna trade VX???

I just got new tires, so its pretty much a fair trade.

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Tempting Jon... with the baby coming, a PriusCROSS may be a better fit for my new lifestyle.

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Originally Posted by Cobrajet

That's gonna make a great mall-crawler! (Why would you want to get it muddy!!! Hide all that beautiful hardware?) :)

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Yep, that's why I'm taking all the pictures now. The undercarriage will never look this good again!!

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Originally Posted by LittleBeast

Dang, very impressive all around! Congrats so far!

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Thanks Ryan. :_beer:

The VX is sitting in a custom 4x4 shop right now getting an alignment and a good look over of everything I did. The shop had a few Jeeps that we're built like the ones on magazine covers... you know; full custom, 40"+ tires & $70K. To my surprise, the guys at the shop were stoked to see the VX and said some awesome things about it. As you can imagine, all of it made me feel great about the work I put into this project over the last 6 months.

I finished working on the bumper grill guard, installing a Currie anti-rock sway bar & a Rancho RS5000 steering stabilizer. I used a basic pipe bender to make fairly simple bends on the bumper bar and create a look that worked. I just need to purchase some rubber trim for the center bars and decide if I'm going to upgrade the Hella 500's with something newer and brighter. The Anti-Rock was a challenge because I had to mount a tube, build a skid plate for the tube and align everything. Here's a few pics of the latest... I figured the gas station made for a great photo shoot. ;Do;

http://i1168.photobucket.com/albums/...psaj5xmyen.jpg

http://i1168.photobucket.com/albums/...pscogkdmlr.jpg

http://i1168.photobucket.com/albums/...psrzlvu5xj.jpg

http://i1168.photobucket.com/albums/...psadgzzpll.jpg

http://i1168.photobucket.com/albums/...pst1fdgbtp.jpg

http://i1168.photobucket.com/albums/...pstovkmhgr.jpg

Looking good!

Just Awesome Jon ... seriously amazing job. :thumbup::smack::_steering

Now go change a diaper :p

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Jo

Very Impressive stuff. Nice work!

WE GOT THE MEATS!

:) Bart

Great work, bud. Very clean!

-V

Nice roof basket. I agree it's #1.

On the serious side ... Nice work Dude. That VX is a work of art IRT form & function.