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On 8/22/2025 at 7:57 AM, David G. said:

 

For the calipers I think red is good but maybe also consider gold or white depending on the final color scheme of the truck.

David G.

Yup, good idea there David.

Posted
4 minutes ago, slusher said:

Now this looks like a perfect model for you to create yourh style of build Zippi!

I hear ya Carl.  I think this one is just getting new wheels & tires and drop the suspension down.  Maybe some upgrades to the engine.  

Posted
17 hours ago, Rattlecan Dan said:

Your nice little tutorial of your work is helpful and gracious of you to share. Thanks for sharing " The Zippi Touch".

Much appreciated Dan.  Haha...yeah, I try and put my touch on each build.  

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I got my wheels & tires painted but now I'm thinking of maybe painting the inner portion of the wheel a Titanium Silver.  I'm pretty sure the body is going to be either Metallic Black or Gunmetal.  Not sure which one just yet.  

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I went with a Ford blue on the calipers so it gives it that aggressive race look.  The rotors are a flat aluminum with chrome dust caps.     

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Posted
7 hours ago, Cool Hand said:

Where are the brake rotors from Bob ??

They are 3d printed and came out of the parts box.  Not sure where they came from are who.  I did have to inlarge the center hole to fit the hub on the back of the wheel.

Posted
1 hour ago, Zippi said:

They are 3d printed and came out of the parts box. I did have to inlarge the center hole to fit the hub on the back of the wheel.

Thats what caught my attention was the larger center hole as I have some wheels with larger than normal hubs and I have yet to find some rotors to suit. 

Posted
1 hour ago, Nosferatu said:

Nice work! I really like what you've done so far!

Dave

Thanks Dave.  

Posted
50 minutes ago, Cool Hand said:

Thats what caught my attention was the larger center hole as I have some wheels with larger than normal hubs and I have yet to find some rotors to suit. 

You know what Luke...the resin was a different color so I'm pretty sure I got those from stitchdup here in the forum.  The rotors & calipers are one piece.

Posted
4 minutes ago, Zippi said:

You know what Luke...the resin was a different color so I'm pretty sure I got those from stitchdup here in the forum.  The rotors & calipers are one piece.

they are from a wheelset, possibly from a full kit or maybe an mcsdesign off road set. i'll be printing later so i'll look through my files

Posted
37 minutes ago, stitchdup said:

they are from a wheelset, possibly from a full kit or maybe an mcsdesign off road set. i'll be printing later so i'll look through my files

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Got the wheels & tires done so I thought a little mock-up was in order to make sure the stance is still where it should be.  I'm a happy camper with it.

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Posted
38 minutes ago, TransAmMike said:

Yep my Friend, looks perfect 👍

You know I appreciate your kind words my friend.

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