HPI Baja 5b to 5t conversion build begins

[1Coopgt]

Laugh it up boys. I'll be laughing at ya's when you're complaining about it being 115 to 120 degees in the shade .

 

[Z.hb71]

Laugh it up boys. I'll be laughing at ya's when you're complaining about it being 115 to 120 degees in the shade .

Lol Not fir me high is only like 105! @dougstar will probably have really high temps when it's summer cuz Africa

 

[1Coopgt]

Where in Texas are you?

 

[Z.hb71]

Where in Texas are you?

Manvel, pretty much right next to Alvin, it don't get that hot over here

 

[1Coopgt]

No you get hot and humid down there . I flew into Houston once . Not my cup of tea. My Dad lived about an hour north of Dallas.

 

[Z.hb71]

No you get hot and humid down there . I flew into Houston once . Not my cup of tea. My Dad lived about an hour north of Dallas.

Yup humid, It normally doesn't go over 100, once it got down to 28, I did snow alittle. I can see why it's not ur cup of tea, I don't really like it but I'm stuck here lol. Bunch o rednecks in pick up trucks and guns and crappy drivers, nothing to see ?

 

[1Coopgt]

So a little update . I received a shipment from DDM today . Picked up The Chase cage , Turtle Racing front shock support and a few other parts . I installed the new shock support and built and installed the Chase cage . Still need to install the Chase Front mud guard and a few other little things . Still waiting on the new Grafil G-Virus body and one of the cans of paint for it . Still waiting on one other little part for it . Think I'm going to need to figure out how to mount the wing on the new cage. I'll need to make a couple of wing mount support shafts .

 

[Z.hb71]

So a little update . I received a shipment from DDM today . Picked up The Chase cage , Turtle Racing front shock support and a few other parts . I installed the new shock support and built and installed the Chase cage . Still need to install the Chase Front mud guard and a few other little things . Still waiting on the new Grafil G-Virus body and one of the cans of paint for it . Still waiting on one other little part for it . Think I'm going to need to figure out how to mount the wing on the new cage. I'll need to make a couple of wing mount support shafts .

Wow she looks very nice ? can't wait fir my cage, should be coming on Friday. Hopefully sooner ?

 

[crucialRC]

Looks good. Are you gonna get a new, closer front bumper or leave it like that?

 

[1Coopgt]

Looks good. Are you gonna get a new, closer front bumper or leave it like that?

Well that's the bumper that came with the 5B to 5T conversion . I can take it off. But I seem to have an affinity for finding things to run into, so for now I think I'll probably leave it on. If you do a Little search you'll see that I broke the front end off my buggy about a month ago.

 

[Z.hb71]

Well that's the bumper that came with the 5B to 5T conversion . I can take it off. But I seem to have an affinity for finding things to run into, so for now I think I'll probably leave it on. If you do a Little search you'll see that I broke the front end off my buggy about a month ago.

" you'll see that I broke the front end off my buggy" I can see that ????

 

[crucialRC]

Well that's the bumper that came with the 5B to 5T conversion . I can take it off. But I seem to have an affinity for finding things to run into, so for now I think I'll probably leave it on. If you do a Little search you'll see that I broke the front end off my buggy about a month ago.

Cool

 

[1Coopgt]

" you'll see that I broke the front end off my buggy" I can see that ????
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Thanks for the help .

 

[Z.hb71]

Thanks for the help .

Anytime ?

 

[DougStar]

Well I think it's a 10 fold improvement good job

 

[Scruffy]

Well that's the bumper that came with the 5B to 5T conversion . I can take it off. But I seem to have an affinity for finding things to run into, so for now I think I'll probably leave it on. If you do a Little search you'll see that I broke the front end off my buggy about a month ago.

If you are going to use that bumper, i would order spares of these 2 parts

I had the same setup and would break one of the 2 almost every time i did an end-over and landed solid on the front bumper

 

[1Coopgt]

If you are going to use that bumper, i would order spares of these 2 parts
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I had the same setup and would break one of the 2 almost every time i did an end-over and landed solid on the front bumper

So what is this part ? I don't recognize it . Where is it on the buggy ? And thanks for the heads up.

 

[Scruffy]

So what is this part ? I don't recognize it . Where is it on the buggy ? And thanks for the heads up.

Bumper support right behind the bumper

 

[1Coopgt]

So what is this part ? I don't recognize it . Where is it on the buggy ? And thanks for the heads up.

ROFL Nevermind. I just realized what part this is. It's mounted to the bumper and adjusts the angle . Thanks Scruffy. KM sent an extra bumper and parts with the conversion kit . They must have known I like to run into stuff.

 

[Z.hb71]

ROFL Nevermind. I just realized what part this is. It's mounted to the bumper and adjusts the angle . Thanks Scruffy. KM sent an extra bumper and parts with the conversion kit . They must have known I like to run into stuff.

LoL....we all know the photo