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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!

well? more infor please

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

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

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

spill the beans. we hate secret squirrels.

post pics.


NICK

this thred is useless without pic's


their it's been said

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

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

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

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?

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?

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

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??????

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

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

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

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 doh time for me to go to bed i think

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

still a distinct lack of pics

will it have airlockers for under $5k?


wheres the pictures?

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.

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

It would be good to see some costings...

Under 5k....

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

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

is this the one with subaru coil overs

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.

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?