IM BACK! Gwinny's Bronco Buggy (Eliminator)

gwinnythepooh · Post by **gwinnythepooh** » Tue Jun 19, 2012 9:56 pm

so happy to be starting another project! Oh how I have missed the paint fumes. :lol:

So this round is my beloved Eliminator! So Far this has been upped to 18V and has had a charge port added.
Eventually I will change the motors/gears, it will get all new wiring, a circuit board similar to the chips motorcyle with headlights, tailights, NOS button and speakers and possibly gauges.

Starting with Paint though because I need it ready for the 4th of July parade. This is getting my signature Boise State Bronco paint scheme. Mainly because I have an extra extreme machine that I want to pre-sell.

Heres the base, along with battery upgrade and charge port

Here is the tear down:

and here's my first paint process: Doing the chrome which I undercoat always with black gloss.
Pitted chrome wheels

After base black

JoshFink · Post by **JoshFink** » Tue Jun 19, 2012 10:00 pm

Looks good. What are you using for a charging port?

Josh

gwinnythepooh · Post by **gwinnythepooh** » Tue Jun 19, 2012 10:12 pm

JoshFink wrote:Looks good. What are you using for a charging port?

Josh

Just a 4 pin connector with 4 wires out the back, 2 go to the 12v and 2 go to 6v. Both batteries then hook to their own charger to charge at the same time.
Here's the charger ends

Only one side is plugged into a charger here buti have 2 schumachers, all my vehicles run the same pot so I just move from one to the next, crazy easy and safe

aVWguy · Post by **aVWguy** » Tue Jun 19, 2012 10:12 pm

FINALY!!!!!!! been waiting to see this one lol -grabs popcorn and waits-

gwinnythepooh · Post by **gwinnythepooh** » Tue Jun 19, 2012 10:15 pm

aVWguy wrote:FINALY!!!!!!! been waiting to see this one lol -grabs popcorn and waits-

At least I'm fast right... Lol.

Except Scott is doing all over my head electronics so that will be a bit before he gets over here, but he's building wiring module off the em that he has in Seattle.

gwinnythepooh · Post by **gwinnythepooh** » Tue Jun 19, 2012 10:19 pm

Also, I am shocked at how 3-4 hours of street driving can tear the tires up!!

Remind me, at 18 v I can put treads on the front tires but not the back right.

JoshFink · Post by **JoshFink** » Tue Jun 19, 2012 10:26 pm

It all makes sense now. I found your other post...

Where did you get the 4 pin connector from? Been to Radio Shack, Lowes, Home Depot.. Nothing so far.

Thanks

Josh

gwinnythepooh wrote:
JoshFink wrote:Looks good. What are you using for a charging port?

Josh
Just a 4 pin connector with 4 wires out the back, 2 go to the 12v and 2 go to 6v. Both batteries then hook to their own charger to charge at the same time.
Here's the charger ends

Only one side is plugged into a charger here buti have 2 schumachers, all my vehicles run the same pot so I just move from one to the next, crazy easy and safe

aVWguy · Post by **aVWguy** » Tue Jun 19, 2012 10:30 pm

when i got mine all 4 wheels where worn through (abaout an inch gap between sides)
the stock wheels dont seem all that tough and not for street use ...
with the same size quad wheels all around mine has more hours then any of the others and still has grip
the wheels i used are froma black and green ninja quad i parted out before i found this site again

what ever you do .. keep in mind that tires seem to cost less then GBs lol

gwinnythepooh · Post by **gwinnythepooh** » Tue Jun 19, 2012 10:33 pm

Chromed Wheels

Pretty New Engine

These will get pimped out tomorrow with some color accents! So stay tuned for that.

I will start the seat tomorrow as well, which will be getting the two toned effect I did on the jeep!

Josh let me find the pins...

taz11 · Post by **taz11** » Wed Jun 20, 2012 6:07 am

Looks good. Its hard to get that chrome to look like that.

Rubber treads can be used on both ends if you can teach your driver to start in low each time and shift when moving.

MS1120 used timing belts and ribbed serpentine belts on his rides. It almost looks like they may provide enough slip to protect the GBs while still increasing traction.

gwinnythepooh · Post by **gwinnythepooh** » Wed Jun 20, 2012 10:27 am

Thanks Taz, I was thinking of timing belts, I'll go try to beg for some...

Chrome is hard! But I've learned it's all about the gloss black underneath to make the chrome more brilliant. Then I use the perfect match dupli color chrome. I think it turns out pretty good. You can't touch it a whole lot, but my engine cover stays fixed so I should be good...

taz11 · Post by **taz11** » Wed Jun 20, 2012 11:03 am

gwinnythepooh wrote: I'll go try to beg for some...

Go to your local repair shop and batt your eyes.... :lol: .....should work.

Worst case I have some old serpentine fan belts on my toolbox, you can have them for shipping.

gwinnythepooh · Post by **gwinnythepooh** » Wed Jun 20, 2012 12:47 pm

LOL, my problem.... They put WOMEN at the counter now a days and I can't get anywhere. haha

How much would shipping be? It would prob be less than me driving around looking for some. I live up in the foothills now and only go to town once a week. :)

gwinnythepooh · Post by **gwinnythepooh** » Wed Jun 20, 2012 12:53 pm

Speaking of that Taz, you don't happen to have a set of 19T gearboxes (no motors) you'd be willing to sell me cheap do you? I'd like to change these now since I've got it all apart but I can't spend a whole lot right now as moving has absolutely killed me!

taz11 · Post by **taz11** » Wed Jun 20, 2012 1:03 pm

Sure.......I'll send you a pm.

drew510 · Post by **drew510** » Wed Jun 20, 2012 1:36 pm

gwinnythepooh wrote:LOL, my problem.... They put WOMEN at the counter now a days and I can't get anywhere. haha

I don't know. If they are anything like the "women" at the parts stores around here, you still might have the advantage, :lol: .

taz11 · Post by **taz11** » Wed Jun 20, 2012 1:43 pm

drew510 wrote:
gwinnythepooh wrote:LOL, my problem.... They put WOMEN at the counter now a days and I can't get anywhere. haha
I don't know. If they are anything like the "women" at the parts stores around here, you still might have the advantage, :lol: .

I was trying to find a tasteful way to put that...... :lol: :lol: :lol:

Gwinny....Why do your threads always go haywire? :roll: :roll: :lol:

gwinnythepooh · Post by **gwinnythepooh** » Wed Jun 20, 2012 1:53 pm

taz11 wrote:
drew510 wrote:
gwinnythepooh wrote:LOL, my problem.... They put WOMEN at the counter now a days and I can't get anywhere. haha
I don't know. If they are anything like the "women" at the parts stores around here, you still might have the advantage, :lol: .

I was trying to find a tasteful way to put that...... :lol: :lol: :lol:

Gwinny....Why do your threads always go haywire? :roll: :roll: :lol:

Haha. I do have the advantage, yet they still don't fall for it. They usually glare at me and say " Oh shoot, the guys just threw some away.. I'll have them call you next time" and give me the "now get the ...out of my shop" look
I guess I should walk in to the shop and give the "guy" my number...

gwinnythepooh · Post by **gwinnythepooh** » Wed Jun 20, 2012 2:28 pm

White middle part of seat is done, will do striping tonight

Chromed KC's and Door- I wasn't going to Chrome door but changed my mind. i can refresh every year if I need.

Now...I am going to the pool!

hypo21 · Post by **hypo21** » Wed Jun 20, 2012 6:03 pm

Wow, gwinny, great job with that chrome, cant wait to see the rest of it!

gwinnythepooh · Post by **gwinnythepooh** » Wed Jun 20, 2012 9:59 pm

Thanks! I am just putting my finishing touches on the chrome work with color accents and the seat is almost done drying. Atleast I started with the hard parts and the rest will be just paint.

Never enough · Post by **Never enough** » Wed Jun 20, 2012 10:17 pm

wow that came out nice

gwinnythepooh · Post by **gwinnythepooh** » Wed Jun 20, 2012 10:37 pm

Hard Parts finished...

Seat- laying on its back drying..

Wheels with blue insets- hard to see

Chromed door with blue stripes

Chrome Engine cover

Whitepup · Post by **Whitepup** » Wed Jun 20, 2012 10:49 pm

OMG, that is soooo pimp!

gwinnythepooh · Post by **gwinnythepooh** » Wed Jun 20, 2012 11:35 pm

Fo' shizzle, lol

aVWguy · Post by **aVWguy** » Wed Jun 20, 2012 11:38 pm

taz11 wrote:
gwinnythepooh wrote: I'll go try to beg for some...

Go to your local repair shop and batt your eyes.... :lol: .....should work.

Worst case I have some old serpentine fan belts on my toolbox, you can have them for shipping.

another less expencive option ... go to a junkyard .. and bring something to cut them with lmao
got some free that way (they laughed at the counter when i explained why i needed them though)

Never enough · Post by **Never enough** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 10:54 am

wow that looks awesome. I am sure I would never let my kids touch them. They would be on a shelf somewhere just to look at. lol

gwinnythepooh · Post by **gwinnythepooh** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 11:05 am

Its definitely a fine line! I want to watch the kids enjoy them and see peoples head flip when they see them coming down the street. My kids, since they are on the receiving end of being ignored while I do these, know how much I put into them and wouldn't think of scratching them...its the neighbor kids I have to fend off.

Really need to work on getting a junker pile for those kids

schoeny · Post by **schoeny** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 11:13 am

gwinny, that looks awesome. How are you doing the seat inserts? Are they free hand or are you cutting/trimming tape to fit them then touching up?

Engine is sweet too BTW.

schoeny · Post by **schoeny** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 11:13 am

Double post

gwinnythepooh · Post by **gwinnythepooh** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 11:51 am

schoeny wrote:gwinny, that looks awesome. How are you doing the seat inserts? Are they free hand or are you cutting/trimming tape to fit them then touching up?

Engine is sweet too BTW.

I painted the whole seat white- mainly just focusing on the parts that were to remain white. Then I use frog tape (about 4-6 hours later is fine) I tape off the inserts and then use a exacto knife and trim away the excess carefully to not cut into paint below too much. Frog Tape is worth every penny. I get next to no bleed through. Then I paint the secondary all over color... wait until its pretty dry, couple hours, then peel off tape, make any necessary touch ups and then clear coat the heck out of it to hopefully preserve my work. 8-)

gwinnythepooh · Post by **gwinnythepooh** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 2:18 pm

Couple more pieces before pool time. Its going to be 97 today.

I am doing all the graphics on this car myself, so far I could kick myself I didn't start before now. Max is making me some other wording decals.

I'm Experimenting with this: I don't know that I like it but I will determine after its all done, I may pull it back off. I like the idea...

Orangified the logo

Bumper sticker on back of seat. The seat is true orange, the sun is just making it look weird

KC Light covers- You can see how reflective they are, anyone spot a dough boy

madmaxdecals · Post by **madmaxdecals** » Fri Jun 22, 2012 11:18 am

I'm working on your decals....I know you like to move quickly so I'm trying to get them as soon as I can...:)

gwinnythepooh · Post by **gwinnythepooh** » Fri Jun 22, 2012 12:35 pm

Thanks Max!

gwinnythepooh · Post by **gwinnythepooh** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 6:14 pm

Couple more parts- I am painting the roll cage now. I saved the worst for last.

Bumper

Shifter bezel

madmaxdecals · Post by **madmaxdecals** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 9:05 am

What are you using for clear coating?? I always get a haze left by my clear...but yours is so shiny

landon · Post by **landon** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 10:51 am

PW par excellence, Gwinny! As usual, great work :)
I'm in a month-long rut trying to get an anodized look on my F150 (repainted twice, already)... so of course I'm jealous!

gwinnythepooh · Post by **gwinnythepooh** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 11:21 am

madmaxdecals wrote:What are you using for clear coating?? I always get a haze left by my clear...but yours is so shiny

I use rustole crystal clear and I love it. 2 things could be happening... 1, my first 2 coats are very hazy, coat 3 turns 1/2 shiny and coat 4 looks like glass. You just have to keep spraying. It's adds $5-$10 to your paint job, but it really protects well and looks awesome. I also start clear 30 min after last coat of color. On my one project I did it a week later and it didn't look near as good. Oh, also make sure first coat of clear is a light dusting.

The other problem, is we have almost no humidity here. I am sure that affects it some... Try doing several coats :)

gwinnythepooh · Post by **gwinnythepooh** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 11:26 am

landon wrote:PW par excellence, Gwinny! As usual, great work :)
I'm in a month-long rut trying to get an anodized look on my F150 (repainted twice, already)... so of course I'm jealous!

Thanks! I can't wait for assembly! Likely late this week, waiting on gb's since its apart :)

Good luck, I can't wait to see how your 150 turns out

gwinnythepooh · Post by **gwinnythepooh** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 7:54 pm

Yeah Right. I can't wait for anything.

These are crappy pics, I will take real ones on camera as soon as its complete...
Here is partial assembly. I am waiting on New push nuts, new gearboxes, belts for tires, and the last few decals, and then I need to re-coat clear a couple areas which likely won't happen before the 4th. I also think I will paint the indention on Roll bar White to break it up a bit.

Woo Woo. Oh I also need to find my heat gun, it went missing in the move and I need to smooth out the tires.

madmaxdecals · Post by **madmaxdecals** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 9:26 pm

Wow...excellent work!

bruces_eviltwin · Post by **bruces_eviltwin** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 9:34 pm

beautiful paint work!

gwinnythepooh · Post by **gwinnythepooh** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 10:20 pm

Thanks!

gwinnythepooh · Post by **gwinnythepooh** » Tue Jun 26, 2012 9:46 pm

Here it is 90% complete cosmetically anyway....
Got the new 19T gearboxes re-lubed and put in! Thanks Taz!
I need to get more screws to put belts on front tires, and put 3 more decals on that are on their way from Max.

Whitepup · Post by **Whitepup** » Wed Jun 27, 2012 10:30 am

Very Nice!!!

gwinnythepooh · Post by **gwinnythepooh** » Wed Jun 27, 2012 7:52 pm

After an afternoon of tearing apart and reassmbling because of a mysterious situation with hole placement on the gearboxes its finally running...
EDIT: Silly Me. This is not running the 19T yet... Long Story. Ugly. This is with 16T in. Will post new video after I "really" change the gearboxes **and motors! :lol: :lol: :lol:

And leaves skidmarks..lol

drew510 · Post by **drew510** » Wed Jun 27, 2012 9:07 pm

Nice! With that much traction, you may want to make sure they start in low or you might be ordering more GBs from Taz, LOL.

gwinnythepooh · Post by **gwinnythepooh** » Wed Jun 27, 2012 10:55 pm

Yeah we talked about low gear.. We'll see how much they listen, the stop and go with the 3 year old is going to be a problem. I think as far as traction goes this may be a good solution, because its not near the grip that a BMX causes, but hopefully will spare my tires a bit.

landon · Post by **landon** » Thu Jun 28, 2012 10:31 am

gwinnythepooh wrote:Yeah we talked about low gear.. We'll see how much they listen, the stop and go with the 3 year old is going to be a problem. I think as far as traction goes this may be a good solution, because its not near the grip that a BMX causes, but hopefully will spare my tires a bit.

I noticed you don't have bands on the front tires, is under-steer a problem at all?

gwinnythepooh · Post by **gwinnythepooh** » Thu Jun 28, 2012 10:36 am

I have them cut and ready to go on, I just ran out of screws.
But as it is I didn't notice any steering issues, we'll see once the front ones are on.