These things are cool, but not to be the “actually” guy but calling these a car mod is a stretch, they are usually tube chassis fully custom built trucks
I don't have a cage and can still get some serious air with my truck. I just modified my front suspension and my rear pretty heavily. But no roll cage. My truck eats the whoops.
I'll get a cage eventually, and definitely much safer with it. But not required
Frame is holding up. It's a boxed frame. Ive reinforced it quite a bit too and plan to do more plating to it still. I also have a bed cage, so that helps stiffen it up a bit.
I've got an 89 Toyota pickup. It's a regular cab with a shortbed
“Actually” the big bronco is probably a mod. It appears to have a cut, turned and extended ttb set up and probably a fully modified coil over rear suspension, a glass front end and fenders, but that’s a mod. It’s still bronco frame doors and rear top. It’s a pretty standard modification for desert racing. Also standard would be to drop in an ls. Still a little bronco left though. I don’t know anything about little broncos so I can’t say about that one but it does not look like a body kit over a tube chasis.
I mean, they were using a body on frame trucks, I’d say keeping the body counts, surely they didn’t cast an imprint of the body made of thin polyurethane fiberglass to lighten it further… right?
He makes a valid point, it doesn't really fit this sub (as fucking cool as it is). You wouldn't take a picture of a top fuel drag car and title it, "what happens when you engine swap your daily). It's literally built from the ground up for exactly one purpose. Same with these trucks.
Depends on how many times you want it to make the jump.
Multiple times? Custom tube frame, custom control arms, bump stops, axles, every other front end component and some $10k long travel shocks, fiberglass body and a few days of tuning while replacing the parts you break along the way. $100k+
Just once? Cut holes in the hood and bed, weld on some custom hoop mounts for long travel shocks to clear, new control arms, CV axles and send it for about $10k. Then write it off when the frame looks like a Taco shell.
That's really cool but my god the people are too close. That's just dead people waiting to happen. Driver's are skilled no doubt but one mechanical failure prejump or landing and it could be all over for a lot of people.
You think they organise something like this without doing a huge in-depth risk assessment and getting very good insurance?
Those trucks are not actually going very fast, and most likely they're operating so far inside their capabilities that you'd be at more risk crossing the road outside the venue than stood ringside.
These things can whip across a thousand miles of sand & rocks at 100mph+ all day long without missing a beat, taking them gently over a little jump is not even breaking a sweat. Driver probably doesn't even spill their coffee.
These things are cool, but not to be the “actually” guy but calling these a car mod is a stretch, they are usually tube chassis fully custom built trucks
I don't have a cage and can still get some serious air with my truck. I just modified my front suspension and my rear pretty heavily. But no roll cage. My truck eats the whoops.
I'll get a cage eventually, and definitely much safer with it. But not required
How is your frame / what platform?
Frame is holding up. It's a boxed frame. Ive reinforced it quite a bit too and plan to do more plating to it still. I also have a bed cage, so that helps stiffen it up a bit.
I've got an 89 Toyota pickup. It's a regular cab with a shortbed
!00%. Those builds are insane.
“Actually” the big bronco is probably a mod. It appears to have a cut, turned and extended ttb set up and probably a fully modified coil over rear suspension, a glass front end and fenders, but that’s a mod. It’s still bronco frame doors and rear top. It’s a pretty standard modification for desert racing. Also standard would be to drop in an ls. Still a little bronco left though. I don’t know anything about little broncos so I can’t say about that one but it does not look like a body kit over a tube chasis.
I mean, they were using a body on frame trucks, I’d say keeping the body counts, surely they didn’t cast an imprint of the body made of thin polyurethane fiberglass to lighten it further… right?
Modify your suspension so you can go offroad? That’s not considered a car mod.
“Who to the jelly out of your donut, Turkish?”
He makes a valid point, it doesn't really fit this sub (as fucking cool as it is). You wouldn't take a picture of a top fuel drag car and title it, "what happens when you engine swap your daily). It's literally built from the ground up for exactly one purpose. Same with these trucks.
The point isn’t that this is modified stock suspension. Its a full remove and replace
How much are we looking at here to upgrade a stock truck to have suspension that can handle jumps like that?
Over $100k right? More than that?
Depends on how many times you want it to make the jump.
Multiple times? Custom tube frame, custom control arms, bump stops, axles, every other front end component and some $10k long travel shocks, fiberglass body and a few days of tuning while replacing the parts you break along the way. $100k+
Just once? Cut holes in the hood and bed, weld on some custom hoop mounts for long travel shocks to clear, new control arms, CV axles and send it for about $10k. Then write it off when the frame looks like a Taco shell.
Having owned an old land-rover p38 which was closer to your second paragraph, I'm definitely in the multiple times option!
Trophy trucks can reach a million and a half…
What about a simular one to the video you posted Opp? $250K?
F150 to close to this is like $40k-60
Making big power is cool and all, but a wild suspension is what really impresses me.
This is how I imagine I look when I'm going 45mph over speed bumps.
Straight up floating
Looks like 90’s fsb’s these things have tons of suspension travel at the cost of never having heard of a front alignment(drove one for a decade)
That's really cool but my god the people are too close. That's just dead people waiting to happen. Driver's are skilled no doubt but one mechanical failure prejump or landing and it could be all over for a lot of people.
Chill out mom
Don’t ever go to a Baja 1000 race..
Nope just water barriers between the yahoos watching and the yahoos driving.
You think they organise something like this without doing a huge in-depth risk assessment and getting very good insurance?
Those trucks are not actually going very fast, and most likely they're operating so far inside their capabilities that you'd be at more risk crossing the road outside the venue than stood ringside.
These things can whip across a thousand miles of sand & rocks at 100mph+ all day long without missing a beat, taking them gently over a little jump is not even breaking a sweat. Driver probably doesn't even spill their coffee.
Forza Horizon IRL
Scum bug just chilling there.
Roll-over hazard my ass.
Civic centers closed for the rodeo, sorry no monster trucks this weekend.
Organizer says there’s a perfectly good street right out front! Hold my beer 🤣
I was at this event, very fun. I work right next to it.
I need this just for driving through the city, so many pot holes!
Nice
Camera is making me nauseous lol
So we're just posting ads for aftermarket parts suppliers in this sub now?
At least put up a coupon code if you're going to shill here, my guy.