mickeys 5b

[Mickey]

made from one dead 60 led trouble light some patience and some trickery with a soldering gun

 

[]-[0pa]0ng]

Nice and bright. I remember those days. Had 4 lights. 2 up front and 2 on the cage, real cool. Even had a seperate battery pack just for them

 

[Mickey]

mine are running off the charge jack lol

 

[double a]

that's smooken good stuff there bud , I want something to over power the shadow of the front shocks....looks like you did

 

[88gtanotchback]

i love the look of the buggy. Id love to convert mine over and just keep the truck parts to go back and forth. maybe once my bodies trashed ill give it a whirl.

 

[2StrokesFTW]

OMG that looooooksss so sickk mickey. That body goes sooo well with the orange parts you have left .WOw it just looks amazing

 

[MikeK1981]

Lookin' good man!

 

[Mickey]

well time for an update . more orange elimination happening. this part of my former clone is now all aftermarket or hpi.

and i used a set screw mod so i don't have to use the e-clips on the upper arms

 

[...matt...]

Just went thru the thread, very nice build up! I too would buy an off brand, because like you put it, how many bajas still have hpi in em..

 

[Mickey]

thanks matt . I'm not done yet lol. still have more plans for it

 

[...matt...]

Thats sweet man, I bet the 1/5th scale bug must bite hard, and expensive too!

 

[Mickey]

yes and yes

 

[Mickey]

well its together for the most part just needs a few small things

front dogballs these are sweet

darksoul servo saver

and the rear rpm arms with the killer camber spacer

 

[wildchild27]

love it mick good job does this mean its my turn on my bug lol

 

[Mickey]

eric thanks and yes its your turn lol

 

[]-[0pa]0ng]

Awesome Mickey. Like the paint job. Keep it up.

 

[ussprinceton2004]

..are there videos of this rig online that I can watch?..

 

[Mickey]

skip to 1:00 mins in to the vid and you will see this buggy tearing up the oval. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssGO7GEYIfw

 

[Mickey]

more pics

rj helping out?

and the full kill linkage is a sweet upgrade it comes off in under 30 seconds

 

[pete3091]

looks good bud.

 

[redneck]

looks nice man i really want a gasser now this is what i am going to be picking up in the summer once i get a full time summer job

 

[Mickey]

thanks red and when you do get a gasser there are lots of baja activity down your way.

 

[MikeK1981]

HPI has the 1/8th scale gasser coming next year.

 

[redneck]

i think i am goping to get the losi 5t tho

 

[Mickey]

thats fine too red they race the losis at the barnyard too

 

[redneck]

so when r u going to nbe going to the barn or otterville we race 1/5 down there too and electric 1/5 in losse nutz indoor

 

[Mickey]

ill be making the trip to the barn yard next summer at some point the racing looks like a lot of fun

 

[redneck]

when u do lmk i will try to go down and bring a 1/8 for the smaller track

 

[tallone09]

Looks good mickey .

 

[Mickey]

Time for an update. New motor again , this one is a stage 4 race motor with Boca ceramic crank bearings and a bunch of other tricks done to it. New rims and tires for running on the oval . CPI big bore pipe. Threshold angled velocity stack and the full compliment of outer wears.