Hello all, Thanks for all the great ideas 'n pics. This forum has turned my "toy" into something a little more than just a toy.I did the chassis cut mod for more flex, lifted the body 0.5 inch,and ground the large lugs off the tires, and of course, I had to cut the body on the 'rover to actually be able to take advantage of`these mods. I'm gonna try to post some pics. Here goes:
yes, your crawler is awesome... glad to see another rover on here , the lights look sweet, i was gonna say you should try to get the roll bar lights to work, but looks like there gone, you did a really good job cutting the fender flares... i could go on for hours complementing this sweet lookin ride... but ill just post a pic of mine so we enjoy the fine look of these lr3's
Posts: 201 | Location: Bowmanville | Registered: November 03, 2006
Thanks for the comments, guys. I'd just like to say that none of these mods would have even occurred to me (except the lights), without poking around this forum. I got some new pics from the road test I just did, and then I'll stop - promise LR3Krawler, I was going to do the top lights, but the first time I took it out, I rolled it a few times and broke two of them off... so I figured why tempt fate? ( or whatever makes you roll over - stupid snowbank)
Those are cool vids, loulou. I only just got the rover last week, so I've only ever driven it in the snow - looking forward to summer! The first day I got it, I dug a few roads in the backyard for it, and that night we had a blizzard with 10 cm+ of snow which blew and drifted into my roads. I had a real hoot playing in the snow the next day - crashing through drifts and getting stuck, etc.. I'm actually quite impressed with it's performance in the snow.
man your crawler is amazing ((big741)) i especially like the lights they look like they came with the car!! nice work , oh and by the way where did you get those leds at
Hello xjguy. The LED's came from the "store formerly known as Radio Shack". They're the el cheapo 10 ma ones. If I'd have known how well it was going to turn out, I would have used better LED's. Who knew? The red tail light LED's I stole from one of those flashing tail light things for a bicycle. The thing had six LED's in it, and I got it at the dollar store.
I'm in cold, frozen Edmonton. I know they're called The Source now, but they've been Radio Shack to me for a long time and old habits die hard. We got Dollarama's, Dollar Stores, Buck or Two Stores, all kinds of ways to part you from your money.
xjguy, do you know about the current limiting resistors you'll need, or shall I explain? Not trying to be a jerk, just want to spare you the grief of working on LED's only to have them be REALLY bright for a second or two and then they go pphhggttt!!! (no noise really - just a flash). Let me know...
Originally posted by big741: xjguy, do you know about the current limiting resistors you'll need, or shall I explain? Not trying to be a jerk, just want to spare you the grief of working on LED's only to have them be REALLY bright for a second or two and then they go pphhggttt!!! (no noise really - just a flash). Let me know...
It's just Ohm's law (Ohm's triangle):
Voltage V = I x R Current I = V/R Resistance = V/I
So choose a LED and then use Ohm's law to calculate the resistance value needed to protect the LED from overcurrent e.g if LED voltage is 6v and max current for the LED is 10mA (0.001A) then:
R = 6/0.01 Resistor value needed = 60O Ohms
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, the lights look sweet, i was gonna say you should try to get the roll bar lights to work, but looks like there gone, you did a really good job cutting the fender flares... i could go on for hours complementing this sweet lookin ride... but ill just post a pic of mine so we enjoy the fine look of these lr3's
LR3Krawler, I was going to do the top lights, but the first time I took it out, I rolled it a few times and broke two of them off... so I figured why tempt fate? ( or whatever makes you roll over - stupid snowbank)
