The Scorpion

[MountainMan]

ABSOLUTELY WICKED AWESOME, that is one nice rig! Thanks for the info.

[uphill]

ARMOR AS ART?



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THUBUB and I were at a box shop in Hemet, California yesterday and while there I purchased a rear differential skid plate. The front armor of the rear differential is adequate but the rear is very thin. So if you screw up your line and need to back up, you're risking the rear differential if you're rock crawling.


When it comes from the box shop (they get them from Mexico) it's not painted so the first thing I had to do was spray two coats of primer on it.


Then I got a little creative with masking tape and some rattle-cans.


And this is how it turned out.


I took it to a welding shop to tack it onto the SCORPION and now it's mounted.



However, because it's a real departure from basic black, I'm just a few shakes of the black can from sending it back to the basic (somewhat boring) color scheme that all four-wheel armor seems to be based on. Keep in mind that my BudBuilt skids are red...

[Shadow-Warrior]

Ok Larry step away from the Krylon....You have been hanging around Dragon to much J/K

I like the red & white stripe Larry, I would keep it! You can allways go back an rattle can it or should I say "Dragon'n it"

[uphill]

DRAGON IS A BAD INFLUENCE ON ME .... HE JUST IS!

shadow-warrior previously said:

Ok Larry step away from the Krylon....You have been hanging around Dragon to much

[Air2air]

Larry I got that exact same diff guard from All-Pro. And it was based on experience, what with diff lube slowly dripping on my driveway. Could never tell exactly where the damage was; it was somewhere around the bottom of the front seal.

Also I just ordered Terra Grapplers, same as you. 325/65/18. I had to go that big with the regearing.

Can't wait to follow the Scorpion across Mojave man! The testosterone....

[uphill]

Air2air previously said:

Larry I got that exact same diff guard from All-Pro. And it was based on experience, what with diff lube slowly dripping on my driveway. Could never tell exactly where the damage was; it was somewhere around the bottom of the front seal.

Also I just ordered Terra Grapplers, same as you. 325/65/18. I had to go that big with the regearing.

Can't wait to follow the Scorpion across Mojave man! The testosterone....

Did you swap out the wheels? I mean, everything else has changed so I had to ask...and yes, I can't wait for the Mojave Trail!! I have 3 books on it now, 2 borrowed from THUBUB. I'm glad that you'll be following the Scorpion, because I know that the Scorpion couldn't keep up with you.

[Air2air]

Same wheels and unfortunately I can't remember the width on them so I'm crossing my fingers these tires will work OK. However I know somebody who works with Pirelli who advises me.

[uphill]

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[Shadow-Warrior]

I have a very long way to go to catch up to you my friend Very nice Larry, I love watching your build thread. It's kind of funny, I started writing mine about 4:00am this morning and I'm still at it. I thought I would take a break and hit the refresh and see what's going on. I'm sitting here reading all the stuff you have and makes me want to crawl under the table right now. I won't be posting my build for another month, but yours is a wake up call on how far I still have to go. Love your thread buddy

[BOBTAILFJ]

Great looking rig. Just the inspiration I need for my rig. Thanks for the ideas.