RADO's Off Road Rig- Build Thread

[Ldub]

You're my hero Ferris Rado...

[VXorado]

You're my hero Ferris Rado...

Papa Rado's here for ya Dub!

[VXorado]

The rear axle is almost done... I finished installing the control arms, shocks, sway bar, and brake lines. Everything fit really well and I was able to correct the pinion angle.

I'm currently finishing up the track bar mount to help re-center the axle. After that's complete... installing a new front sway bar, drive-shafts (rear u-joints are noisy and probably need replacing), finish the front bumper/headlights, bigger tires, and get the steering dialed in. Then flex photos.

[Frankenstein]

Wow! Looking good.

[Vendetta]

Looking REALLY good! Love that color, man. Rugged.

-V

[Triathlete]

Twothumbsup!

[Bird Dog 36]

Artwork!

[JoFotoz]

Yup......





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

Jo

[VXorado]

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.

[JAMAS]

Wanna trade VX???

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

[Cobrajet]

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

[LittleBeast]

Dang, very impressive all around! Congrats so far!

[VXorado]

Wanna trade VX???

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

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

[VXorado]

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

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

Dang, very impressive all around! Congrats so far!

Thanks Ryan.

[VXorado]

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.