This was mt first Bruiser and it has gone through many
changes. I purchased this Bruiser off ebay for a fair price.
It was missing the body, but the rest of the truck was all
there.
The beggining stages
After I got this truck home I cleaned it up and started looking
for a original body. It didn't take long to find a body for
the truck, and the one I found was painted a really bad yellow
and baby blue color... I was able to strip the paint without
much hassle. And the first paint job was primer black. The
next upgrade were the tires. I was on the waiting list for
the Imex g-hawg re-release tires and I was one of the first
to get them.
Like most new bruiser owners I was searching ebay day and
night, looking for any little part that might help my truck.
I ended up winning a auction for a second body, the cost was
around $50. Once I got the body in my hands I was quite happy
with it. But with the price I paid, it would need some work.
The first thing I did was remove the car window tint and eyebrow
sticker from the winddow piece. Then I removed the few stickers
that were on the body. The body was painted black with gold
trim, it was rough though. And the bed had a decent sized
crack which had been repaired with expoy. I ended up redoing
the repair and making it look much better.
Now that I had two bodys I was able to paint them each different
colors. For awhile they both sat in black primer. I finally
decided on a color for the first body, desert tan with a white
sleeper. The paint job was ok but I did make a few mistakes.
And the other body I decided to leave in black primer, it
just seemed to fit the truck well.
Aluminum goodies... Ahh yes, with time I had picked up quite
a few aluminum parts for my Bruiser. The first being lower
shock mounts. And then I picked up a set of jps rims from
rc4wd.com, which took a wonderful polish. And the final little
part was a aluminu steering block.
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