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Post by **lil86** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 10:31 am

Anyone hear about the rockcrawler buggy that Rhino buggies was going to produce? Well the proto type was bought by my cousin i'll try and get some pics up on here soon. its looking very cool, modified lotus 7 chassis, MQ running gear and 4 link coilovers! bet u wont believe wat its cost him so far!

Post by **sierrajim** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 10:59 am

well? more infor please

Post by **bubs** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 11:02 am

is the buggy at rhino buggies, there factory is 1km from work

Post by **Fieldsy** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 11:47 am

Their was something on their website about it but I don't think it has been updated in ages. I was going to post something about this a while back but thought I would get smashed by the Tonka nazizs :finger:

Post by **spazbot** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 7:06 pm

so how much he spent , does it drive and when will he be competing in it ?

Post by **N*A*M** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 8:00 pm

spill the beans. we hate secret squirrels.

Post by **NICK** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 8:27 pm

post pics.

NICK

Post by **Fieldsy** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 10:23 pm

this thred is useless without pic's

their it's been said :finger:

Post by **lil86** » Tue Aug 10, 2004 10:48 am

yes it was at rhino but we picked it up on friday started cleaning up the chassis but went to winch challenge over the weekend (very crazy stuff, did anyone get out there??) so it hasnt progressed much. at this stage engine g/box and transfer are in the chassis, rear 4 link is set up waiting for $$ to buy coilovers and the front suspension still has to be sorted. pics are comeing but i dont have a digital camera and the buggy isnt at my house anyway.

Post by **Fieldsy** » Tue Aug 10, 2004 11:05 am

so i asume that they never finished thus the buggys will not go into production is that right?

Post by **lil86** » Tue Aug 10, 2004 11:20 am

yeh it was their prototype and they decided that is wasnt profitable enough when compared to their lotus 7 and hummer kits. it should cost about half ruffs budgie when finished :lol:

Post by **bj56** » Tue Aug 10, 2004 12:33 pm

i have done the panle work on one off the hummer kits and they are pritty ruff i hope they built there buggy bete rtook me 3 days to get the bonet on and pnales to gap on one off there kits it had gq chassis and running gear nice car in the end tho

Post by **Timmy** » Tue Aug 10, 2004 12:51 pm

bj56 wrote:i have done the panle work on one off the hummer kits and they are pritty ruff i hope they built there buggy bete rtook me 3 days to get the bonet on and pnales to gap on one off there kits it had gq chassis and running gear nice car in the end tho

was that the black one here in redcliffe BJ?

Post by **RUFF** » Tue Aug 10, 2004 6:16 pm

lil86 wrote:yeh it was their prototype and they decided that is wasnt profitable enough when compared to their lotus 7 and hummer kits. it should cost about half ruffs budgie when finished

So just out of curiosity how much do you think half of what i spent on mine would be?

Post by **NICK** » Tue Aug 10, 2004 6:31 pm

RUFF wrote:
lil86 wrote:yeh it was their prototype and they decided that is wasnt profitable enough when compared to their lotus 7 and hummer kits. it should cost about half ruffs budgie when finished

So just out of curiosity how much do you think half of what i spent on mine would be?

twice that of half of nothing

but i do find it hard to believe that it can be done for less than you spent, on a side not complete Mq running gear is only work 400 bucks so there is a saving compared to the hilux running gear,

NICK

Post by **POS** » Tue Aug 10, 2004 9:09 pm

NICK wrote:
RUFF wrote:
lil86 wrote:yeh it was their prototype and they decided that is wasnt profitable enough when compared to their lotus 7 and hummer kits. it should cost about half ruffs budgie when finished

So just out of curiosity how much do you think half of what i spent on mine would be?

twice that of half of nothing

but i do find it hard to believe that it can be done for less than you spent, on a side not complete Mq running gear is only work 400 bucks so there is a saving compared to the hilux running gear,

NICK

Yes, but will it be anywhere near as capable??????

Post by **bj56** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 8:19 pm

na timmy it is a custom couler dont know that its called it changegs all diffrent colurs and all diffrent tints not ya normal carmilian and its got a gq patrol chassys and diffs 5 leter commy motor did they only make the 1 buggy lil i have seen oen there and iam gessing it is it looked good

Post by **POS** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 8:33 pm

bj56 wrote:na timmy it is a custom couler dont know that its called it changegs all diffrent colurs and all diffrent tints not ya normal carmilian and its got a gq patrol chassys and diffs 5 leter commy motor did they only make the 1 buggy lil i have seen oen there and iam gessing it is it looked good

WHAT THA

Post by **Shorty40** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 8:48 pm

POS wrote:
bj56 wrote:na timmy it is a custom couler dont know that its called it changegs all diffrent colurs and all diffrent tints not ya normal carmilian and its got a gq patrol chassys and diffs 5 leter commy motor did they only make the 1 buggy lil i have seen oen there and iam gessing it is it looked good

WHAT THA

Holy shit, I nearly messed my pants reading that :shock:

Post by **Fieldsy** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 8:48 pm

bj56 wrote:na timmy it is a custom couler dont know that its called it changegs all diffrent colurs and all diffrent tints not ya normal carmilian and its got a gq patrol chassys and diffs 5 leter commy motor did they only make the 1 buggy lil i have seen oen there and iam gessing it is it looked good

OK then

EDIT; Ok now i got it ya gota read his post b4 that :rofl:

doh time for me to go to bed i think

Post by **lil86** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 7:53 am

well i was just goin of the members section where it says u hope to have it complete for under 10k. well this one should be done in around 5k :finger:

how capable? the rear should have at least 3 foot of travel. update: looking at commadore v6 and auto..... more balls

Post by **N*A*M** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 9:54 am

still a distinct lack of pics

Post by **bj on roids** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 10:55 am

will it have airlockers for under $5k?

wheres the pictures?

Post by **lil86** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 11:34 am

read above no digital camera yet. ill post em wen i get some. no airlockers welded front and back i think he's doing. oh yeh forgot to mention its already got hydrolic steering too.

Post by **spazbot** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 6:03 pm

what coil overs for under 5k as 4corners of coilovers will cost atleast 3k

Post by **DaveS3** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 6:44 pm

It would be good to see some costings...

Under 5k....

Post by **NICK** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 9:26 pm

spazbot wrote:what coil overs for under 5k as 4corners of coilovers will cost atleast 3k

i sold some prado coil overs today, 110ea. they would be as good as mq diffs :finger:

Post by **Fieldsy** » Fri Aug 13, 2004 6:58 am

NICK wrote:
spazbot wrote:what coil overs for under 5k as 4corners of coilovers will cost atleast 3k

i sold some prado coil overs today, 110ea. they would be as good as mq diffs

now we will have every soft roader saying things like " My x-trail is hard core coz it has coil overs "

just reply with a :2gunfire:

Post by **1MadEngineer** » Fri Aug 13, 2004 8:01 am

is this the one with subaru coil overs :roll:

the guy who built it told me he got heaps of tech advice from one of the OL founders (can't say who ) but when i finally stopped laughing, i concluded that if he was given any ideas to help the design - HE DIDN'T LISTEN

Not too late to fix, just copy the Haultech buggies they work awesome.

Post by **RUFF** » Fri Aug 13, 2004 7:37 pm

lil86 wrote:yes it was at rhino but we picked it up on friday started cleaning up the chassis but went to winch challenge over the weekend (very crazy stuff, did anyone get out there??) so it hasnt progressed much. at this stage engine g/box and transfer are in the chassis, rear 4 link is set up waiting for $$ to buy coilovers and the front suspension still has to be sorted. pics are comeing but i dont have a digital camera and the buggy isnt at my house anyway.

So it has no Coil Overs currently Fitted? But he is going to build this including what he paid for it for less than $5000?

Has he even looked into what coil overs cost? Even cheap Rancho Coil overs are going to cost around the $4000 mark for 4.

Has it got Tyres or beadlocks? And what is he going to do for reduction gearing? I cant see him even finishing what is needed for less than $5000.

So what did he pay for it?

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