All Alloy Tube Chassis (Completed)

[mikedealer]

this project has rejuvenated me a bit, i wanna get started asap here, ive been totally slacking lately lol.

[shodog]

Ok, just got back from powdercoating shop, came out pretty nice, got a silver flake chrome powdercoat.

Whoo Hoo that looks good, where's mine?

[mikedealer]

im starting on them asap here... personal stuff going on and moving has prevented me here for a while sorry everyone

[mikedealer]

just so everyone knows too, these guys charged me about $40 bucks to powdercoat it. not terrible at all, called around for a few places and the cheapest place looked at it and told me $75, im like for $200 bucks i can buy a powdergun and do it myself at caswell plating lol

[asashaw]

most places charge 75-80 mike thats why i asked, $40 is great, thanks for their link

[mikedealer]

these guys did a sweet fricken job too, took 3 days for them to finish it, and were happy to do it, $40 cash took care of everything

[asashaw]

these guys did a sweet fricken job too, took 3 days for them to finish it, and were happy to do it, $40 cash took care of everything

yeah CHEAP and they are local!

Looks great man

[mikedealer]

thanks.. i was going to get red, but there are a ton of red tubes out there.. wanted something different.. and originally i was going to get chrome plated then gold plated, but the chroming places i talked to said there is no way it would come out decent.

Silver looks good i think for sure, it hid every weld and sand marking on the chassis, looks totally flawless

[m_vice]

WOWOWEWA !!!!
that look freaking cool Mike.
excellent work.

[badhoopty]

pretty cool dude.

[badhoopty]

thanks.. i was going to get red, but there are a ton of red tubes out there.. wanted something different.. and originally i was going to get chrome plated then gold plated, but the chroming places i talked to said there is no way it would come out decent.

Silver looks good i think for sure, it hid every weld and sand marking on the chassis, looks totally flawless

i would have banned you if you powdered it red....

i did manage to rebraze my shock mount. i'm going to try to get the darn thing put back together here soon. in case any of you guys want a cheap and good powdercoating guy, doublej from rccrawler and scale4x4 does them for about 40 bucks a pop as well.

and mike, i GOTTA say seeing yours all powdered up really makes me wish mine was more like yours. freaking amazing work dude...

[mikedealer]

thanks for the nice words man, i dont even think i ever honestly considered red as a color, i have a strong hatred toward red since my old job i was at for like 4 years had RED walls, and when i say red, i mean ronald mcdonald hair red, the whole place... so ive had enough red for my lifetime lol.

[mikedealer]

threw the front end on this morning... gotta work on mounting the driver next at a slight angle, hard to explain what i did wrong, but i gotta mount him at a angle to get the steering wheel to be flush against the chassis.

the 2 nuts above the servo saver i made originally for body panel mounting, but i am going to get a peice of aluminum engraved and cut it kinda like a decorative cross chassis brace, lol hard to explain, but when i get back from the trophy shop later ill post pics lol.

[Asso_man!]

The powder coating went really good Mike, can't wait to see it finished

[THUNDERSTRIKE1]

"YOU BUILD IT THEY WILLL COME"So get busy wanta see that baby complete lol,DON