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I know, you saw a video on YouTube and have the urge now. I went through it and I'm sure a lot of other people have too. For me, I loved 1:1 crawling so much that I wanted more and on a smaller scale so I could do it in backyard without tearing up the grass so much.

So I started looking around the net and here and bookmarking pages that had killer mods that I planned to do (note: I did not find ALL of these, some sites already had lists which I am linking to). Before long I had a good 10 mods, at least. So, to make it easy on all you crawlin' pimps in the making, and without further adu, here it is:

The End-All, Be-All
ZipZaps Monster Truck (ZZMT) Modification List

Helpful Sites

• http://bitpimps.lixlink.com/articles/
  http://www.gcrossett.com/zipzaps/index.htm

Articulation

• The Articulation Modification - a MUST for any serious crawler!

Gearing

• Slow Gearbox Options
  Ultra Slow ZipZaps Special Edition (ZZSE) Steering Servo Gearbox

Steering

• Hyrdo Style Steering
  Interesting ideas for steering

Wheels & Tires

• Weighted Front Wheels

Winches (and related)

• Winch Pictures
  Recovery Points

Cosmetics

• Headlights Always On
  Magnetic Body Mount
  Absurdly Small Scale Hi-Lift Jack
  CB Whip Antenna Mod -Might also help with reception.

Inspirational Crawlers

• RedRustBucket's FJ40 Landcrusier
  Supergroup_Cralwer's Monster Crawler
  Clint's Halftrack ZZMT
  Clint's Minimalist ZZMT
  Biohazard's Toyota Landcruiser - Scroll down for pics.
  Biohazard's ZZMT Mercedes
  Biohazard's ULTIMATE HUMMER
  HirotoR34's High Profilers - There's 3 so go through the thread.
  Smoke&Mirrors' Black Bear - Sorry guys, had to throw in my own beast!
  Henryng's Ford F-350 Mudder

Pimp-tastic Videos
[YouTube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=HRr4GTsgrcY[/YouTube]
[YouTube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ix5gIsGUndg[/YouTube]
[YouTube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZHrZzHL8J9I[/YouTube]

Other Threads Of Interest

• ZZ-M And Axle Stall...
  ZZMT Crawling - Clod Stall Effect

This is a work in progress, if you feel I left out something important in any category, please PM me.
Also, I've don't just about every mod on here and will answer any questions you have promptly in this thread.

Great idea, maybe the mods should think about putting this up in the tutorial section as a reference guide. Thanks.

Thanks. Yeah, I wasn't too sure where exactly to put this, because some of the info falls into the performance shop and some of it falls into the chop shop. I figured that since this wasn't actually a tutorial, but a referance and general info thread, that it could slide in here okay. I'll leave that decision to the mods in the end.

That's cool man.

redrustbucket wrote:That's cool man.

Thanks, you and Supergroup_Crawler were a big source of my inspiration to start building, so I knew that you two had to be in here. That Hydro steering mod was genius.

good idea s&m, stuck and moved

sweet, now people will stop e-mailing me about how to make them .

I should add that I am willing to help anyone out that is willing to do a little research for themselves. I got probably 100 emails wanting me to just tell them how to do it... it's just not easy to explain. Know what I'm saying?

I hear that. I still avg. a couple a month off of you tube.

BTW last I checked supergroup, your sig link on rccrawler isn't working.

God dang copyright violation. Who the fudge is going to care if I use "Hamburger Train" by Primus. I fixed it with Chopin's (or something) "Magical Pony Ride".

People ask if the Willys is for sale... I tell them, "everything's for sale ."

I love your video supergroup, it is what inspired me in the very first place to buy a ZZMT and start modding. I have the video saved on my computer, and I'm kinda currently shamelessly stealing your design because I love it so. I know - creepy fanatic.

Smoke&Mirrors wrote:I love your video supergroup, it is what inspired me in the very first place to buy a ZZMT and start modding. I have the video saved on my computer, and I'm kinda currently shamelessly stealing your design because I love it so. I know - creepy fanatic.

No shame in copying. I ripped everyone off on this site for ideas, especially Redrustbucket. I saw his video "Waterfall Crawlin' " while searching for info on the MT and had to have one.

supergroup_crawler wrote:God dang copyright violation. Who the fudge is going to care if I use "Hamburger Train" by Primus.

I do.


but not because of any copyright violation, mostly because it sounds like crap on the laptop's tiny speaker.

sidewinder wrote:

supergroup_crawler wrote:God dang copyright violation. Who the fudge is going to care if I use "Hamburger Train" by Primus.

I do.


but not because of any copyright violation, mostly because it sounds like crap on the laptop's tiny speaker.

I hear ya.

Well guys im a noob here, but i love all the interest in these zzmt's. But this is my very first reply and its bad news...i tried an articulation mod today and failed. well not completely failed but enough to make me get mad and let it sit for a while. LUCKILY the truck i tried it on was not my good truck, i had an old one i decided to practice with...and basically i caint get the steering back together. Its not broke i just cant figure out how to get it back together! and most of my electrical stuff came undone and the sortering iron is not on hand...I will try again! These thangs are awesome