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Nitro Gear and Axle tube chassis buggy
A few years ago Jeremy from Nitro Gear and Axle decided that he wanted a purpose built tube chassis rig to explore some of the more difficult trails around the country. He started talking with some builders and ended up with a DC Custom Fabrication chassis:
Custom 2 Piece Front Driveshaft with Stainless Steel Trophy Truck Carrier Bearing:
All aluminum 6.0L Gen IV Motor with Kevco Oil Pan:
Spidertrax Spider 9 Housing, Knuckles, & Wilwood Brakes, using 3.5" Tubes:
Getting the winch installed:
PSC steering:
Getting the dash put together:
Using a narrowed JK fiberglass front clip:
Seats placed:
Custom DC fuel tank mount:
Magnaflow stainless steel exhaust and some tiny Odyssey batteries tucked in the skid:
With the Radflo 2.0 coilovers installed:
Tramp stamp built:
Nitro Aluminum Dash Powdercoated with Racepak, Stainless Steel Marine Clarion Head Unit, & Heater Ducts:
Winters reverse pattern shifter:
Stuffing everything into the engine bay:
Skinned:
More photos of it as it came together:
Custom embroidered PRP seats:
Airbrushed hood, no vinyl graphics here:
Airbrushed graphics all around:
Brandon and Christopher from DC Custom Fab:
With the powdercoated Trail Ready wheels:
A few more of the graphics, all of it was done with an airbrush:
EJS:
Did someone say Leap Day? If you are going to be at TDS Desert Safari this week, come stop by and say hi!
Check out some of the pictures from our latest blog post about the buggy below. You can see even more photos and see the full blog post here: