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Goro Majima

What once had the LC70 body, my TK chassis was neglected as I continued onto other builds (#13 is next in line). Keeping things short, the body will be painted something as close to Speedway Blue from the X-Runner. SSD Toycoma wheels should make this Tacoma look right.




As far as the type of build this will be, I'd like to keep this thing light (besides 4-5k mah lipo) and on the stock TK side of things, as this will be mostly a trail truck/daily driver appeal with just a lift and tires. Not only should I be pleased with the outcome, I can also save a bit of money for my future builds I have lined up. And it'll be another rig complete, leaving me only the #11 Slash build left on the workbench to get hustling on it.

I'm not set on electronics but I've got 3 options in mind. I'm leaning towards brushed with the new HW G2 1080 ESC and a HH motor or a Yeah Racing Hackmoto 12T from my #9 LC80 TRX4 (as it will receive a new setup), but I also have a HW Fusion SE 1800kv I can use. Servo currently in has been working fine, an inexpensive Fan Model 38kg so that will stay. Onto the rest of the pictures.

Here's the body all cut out and resting on the rock sliders.




Unmodified flares look nice, but the arches are way too small for a 4.19 tire . I trimmed them to half their size, and it seems not only more fitting scale wise but they turned out great for clearance.




Swapped the stock plastic shock towers back on in front and back. Cantilevers were unnecessary for this body.




With the rear shock towers on, the body actually rests on these evenly with the rock sliders. While I usually make the decision from this point to mount the body in this position, it doesn't hurt much if the body is a few MM's higher when the body posts are in. And also I didn't feel like modifying 2 body posts lol.




And here's the body mounted and masked, ready for paint!