I’ve Been Building the RUDICON Wrong
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- Either the tires are too big or the wheel wells are too small, there is a problem. Today were going to fix that!
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Rudy & Janelle sure make a great team.
I have enjoyed watching you build everything for yourselfers and for others.
Keep em videos coming.
I am so envious of your fantastic shop. Adapt, improvise, MIG weld, and Overcome! outstanding.
It's not really his shop lol so nothing to be jealous about
@@masterbates7016 I'd do a lot of questionable things to have access to a shop like that. So to some of us it is something to be jealous of. My uninsulated 24x24 garage is my mini shop with one 15 amp breaker running to it. When I have a lot of metal cutting to do I plug my metal chop saw into a generator because it's faster to reset that than trip my panel every 30 seconds. The saw is annoyingly rated at 15 amps and eats all of that, so it trips the circuit breakers on the generator or the house if I push too hard and load the motor up.
Really loving the way this things coming along!! Also really admire how you could give a crap less if it looks perfect or what anyone else may think about it. Because you like it and it's functional and fun so it's serving its purpose!!
I don't know what's more impressive, Rudy's fab skills or the fact that the hatch struts still work!
Agree 100% Jay. The way those sheet metal pieces fit perfectly was impressive.
LOL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oddly enough I’ve had 5 xj’s consistently the last 12 years and never had to replace the hatch struts 😂
I cant believe how people just deal with bad hatch struts. Replacements are like $30 lol
I’m amazed that he didn’t bust that side rear window. I would’ve in the first 5 minutes and not on purpose.
Rudy, you and Janelle work well together. Keep making these nice videos. 👍
Nice to see you working on your own rig. Loving the build and I also like the way you're editing your videos.
WD-40 will cause the glue on the painters tape to get soft and let go of the Paint without damaging (or possibly removing) the paint.
I think Robby needs to paint it!
He’d probably like to drive it again this year.
@@baumsquad222I felt too mean to comment something similar but I was thinking the same 😂
Good morning James, that's how these boys roll. They love to help each other out, That's easy content for Robbies channel. I believe Robby and hillbilly are doing U-tube full time. Rudy would probably prep it , then roll it in the booth one night, get it out the next morning. Just good buddies helping each other. YOU ALL HAVE A GREAT SUNDAY!
Why?
Dont do it. Rattle can it like the rest of us. With bed liner in the whole thing.
A good choice for removing old adhesive like from that blue tape is mineral spirits. It's typically friendly to modern coatings and won't damage them. Brake cleaner, on the other hand, can destroy your paint.
Heat gun !
Heat from a hair dryer also works.
80 grit…. Most efficient. Time=money. 😅
I don’t think they care about the paint
they also make a rubber wheel for a drill that can erase adhesives off paint without damaging it.
It's looking good. I wasn't sure if cutting out those fenders any more would be a good idea, but as always, you brought it together and made it look good. Yellow always goes good with purple, if the yellow was the trim.
Cutting fenders is always a good idea. Keep cutting until there aren't any left, and then you'll know what size tire is the right size.
Yellow and Purple are a good match but would prefer purple trim as too much purple looks gawdy🤣
Love seeing progress on the Rudicon. Great work Janelle. Maybe think about a new project vehicle for Janelle to manage.
Get her a heat gun for old dried on tape or stickers
I agree, more Janelle. I like seeing who else is dragged into these projects.
You'll like the white in the desert sun, nicely reflective. Surprised you didn't use the old gas inlet cover to patch the hole, it's already the perfect curve. Clean your shop, work will smooth out cuz it just feels better, that and you won't be stumbling over everything.
Took me a long time to figure out that last part. Spend far less time looking for stuff, and don't set fires when welding as well.
I learned a trick from some professional painters. When masking hoses and odd shapes, use aluminum foil. Covers everything and then comes off easy.
thats actual a great tip. i often use plastic but foil would work great
The RUDICON sticker looks fine where it is. It's centered over the arc of the fender.
Hear you on the waiting for payday for parts thing, Rudy! It's not even a "don't have money" thing, it's a responsible budgeting "already spent the parts budget for the month" thing.
Word for the wise, use a hot water pressure washer and clean the project off including tape before working on it.
Rudy’s motto has to be “There MUST be a harder way to do it!”😂😂😂😂😂
You're learning! And you're being modest and humble about it. That's how to learn even faster.
Love your attitude man! Keep the videos coming You're doing great.
I’ve always enjoyed your videos but this one kinda left a sour taste. You could have added a bigger bump stop and skipped all the body work. I feel like this build is slowly slipping away. A lotta corner cutting. Don’t get me wrong, content creation can sure be a pain to keep up but I would enjoy these video a 100% more if you didn’t rush and maybe you could show some more of the design and cad work you do, even if it takes a couple days longer to produce. No hate brotha, take it easy 🤘🏼
I am glad that you kept the 40's and adjusted for the flexibility, it's looking good.
Hate to be THAT guy but......
Your gas tank you just took out is laying 4 feet away from where you were cutting and grinding. Pick up the stuff you are slipping on. Get more extinguishers than you think you need.
Take a few minutes for safety. It only takes a few seconds for things to go horribly wrong.
Looks fantastic man!!! Y’all keep up the good work
So, legitimate question here. Why not just bumpstop. You have plenty of flex...plenty of stuff, just bumpstop that tire off the fender and call it a day.
Coming along nicely and I’d just add fenders to keep mud and snow off as much as possible.
I don't know if you know it or not is the fact that welding tends to warp sheet metal. I know your Father does it, Fab Rats do it, and Trail mater does it but it is a questionable practice. I worked for a number of years building truck bodies for phone companies, fire departments, and other commercial clients. There were few fully welded seams. Instead, we stitch welded the seams and then used automotive seam sealer to fill in the gaps. It is the way car manufacturers build new cars and it works very well and saves a lot of time and money. Most sealers are applied and then wiped over with a rag with paint reducer on it. It packs the sealer into the cracks better and smooths it out. We had units up to 15 years old come back in for refurbish and it was still doing the job just fine. Just sayin..........
Good job getting that 1/2 dun painters tape off Janelle! 👍. You rock!!
Heat gun
Hi Jan-elle, if you want that young fella to be able to hear you in the future may I suggest that you insist the Rud wears ear protection as well as eye protection. May stop him from saying "Hey! wadaja say?" soon!
Why not wash all the mud and dirt off before working on it. LOVE youre videos!!!!! Keep em coming
because it below freezing there there in middle of snow storm
@@imtonedeaf1 ahh yes, that makes sense.
Hey Rudy, I love your videos and the whole 'Matt's' network. You are almost the age of my son, plus minus a week. I keep telling him how important it is to wear breathing protection when grinding and welding. My son moved across country, so I can't yell at him right now, so I'm yelling at you.
Love your channel Rudy! Looking forward to see the Rudicon (mostly) done.
Mount the reservoir on the inside where you have it is just going to get in the way and when something gets in the way they usually gets broken and when something gets broken it costs more money. And aren't you the one that said you were waiting to get paid to buy a gas tank? So I think saving money is a good thing. And one little bit of advice clean your shop nothing looks more unprofessional than a dirty shop 🍦
Best video so far. I think you are right at the point where your former channel started to make waves. Try to keep it real and don’t let success go to your head. Congratulations, I can’t wait for the next one.
Yeah, that's going to be a lot better. One thing that irks me is dust in my vehicle and you guys work and play in the dust. Good to see you working on fixing that issue.
Accidents happen in a dirty shop
Is there a reason you’ve got it slightly squatted? My uneducated point of view would be to just add an inch or two of lift in the rear, then bump stop it to fit… also looking forward to more Comanche stuff
Your truck is looking great keep up the good work. Great videos!
Nice to see the painters tape come off. Even slow progress is still progress. Keep moving forward Rudy!!
Nice to see you on a project again, and to see Janelle participating as well.
Use wd40 for old stickers. Or acetone but most of us have some wd at home. For those extra pesky stickers go get adhesive remover.
Cool video mate :)
No rush take your time do it nice (quality over quantity).
Rudicon really needs washing, I know you put through a lot of mud but jet washing it every time you bring it home it makes looking more cool.
I like what you do and your skill just take your time in doing things.
Waiting for the next one.
I would think that Rudy would already be making pretty good money off his channel by now? Non of my business lol but I'd think he'd be making atleast 5k to 10k monthly plus I'm sure he works 40 hrs a week doing his other regular job? But again non of my business I was just saying that 1 because I was curious and 2 is because I'm hoping he is making great money off the channel because I like watching and I don't won't him to stop making vids for us all lol so let's all go buy a hoodie or 2 or something off his web site I'm sure that is definitely a money maker for him, then he could buy 2 gas tanks 🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️😁😁😁
I’m liking the white, easy to paint match too for the inevitable on trail modifications made by rocks n such. 🙏😎🤙
I love your 'hack and see' methodology, I'm sure there's a lot of planning involved, but it looks gloriously unplanned lol.
Rudy, I am surprised you didn't cut the entire fuel filler box out as one piece and relocate it farther up and back beyond the new wheel well opening and flare...BUT, no matter, I am always amazed at all you can do!! Good stuff! :-)
..you sure have amazing fabrication skills...awesome..! however, it would be safer for you to work in a tidy place, you nearly had an accident when you tripped over something on the floor...
I've got no real knowledge of what would and wouldn't work, but a bent-pipe outer fender would probably look really cool! Keep up the good work!
Bump stops will stop the rubbing. Easy and looks great and problem solved. Bump stops would been 30 min jib and really wouldn’t have lost anything at all except no more rubbing. Really like how the fenders looked before. The size just fit the Jeep so well. I’m sure these new ones will look amazing once done as well
Great tip for making those inner fenders. Make them out of cardboard, way cheaper than first try being sheet metal. Also great way to make “temporary”fender is to shoot them with rattle can bedliner and duct tape them in. Waterproof and securely fastened.
This is painful to watch. If she doesn't leave you the XJ will. So you are building a ULTRA4 ?
Really loving the white. But if you’re going white with purple accents you need to paint the wheels white with purple hardware
dirt floor shop TIP. tinfoil...... yup tinfoil. instead of wrapping tape around shocks n hoses n' stuff wrap em in tinfoil when painting. cheaper and it comes off easier .....
I think they turned out great 👍. Great job Rudy. And great camera work to the beautiful queen. Thanks for sharing you guys. Your both are AMAZING.
Mild rubbing would be solved quickly with a bump stop change ;-)
Hey Rudi, good to see that the Rudicon is slowly but surely fully meeting your ideas and wishes. Paint the Rudicon Volkswagen LR9A Campanella White, in combination with black and purple it becomes a killer Jeep.
100%
Nearly falls tripping on rubbish, kicks out the way rather than picking it up then nearly trips on it again. Takes after MORR with safety.
Bigger=Better! Could I ask what rear hitch/bumper you’re running? Love those bolt on end caps. Thanks! 😊
If I recall correctly, he built it.
So we remove the gas tank so we can shower it with sparks when we start grinding, Nice job Rudy 🤣😂🤣😂
Rubicon looks great. It's always great to see Janelle she is a hard worker and super Handy.
15:21 I couldn't agree more. He's ruined that XJ.
Kerocene works to take most everything off of a car body. If you care anything about the paint though, wash it when you're done. It is an oil and will not be good soaking into your paint. It may also make future painting harder to do if you don't use a good degreaser, such as Dawn.
I really like these problem solving and fabrication vids Rudy. Keep it up bud
9'45" - keep that floor clear Rudy! You'll go down one time and it will hurt!
Why not just put in bump stops?
Because I needed to seal the fenders in anyway
@@Rudysadventureanddesignreal makes sense, bump stops would have been a lazy solution :)
They would limit the travel, which kind of defeats the purpose.
Wait a minute…fenders ARE bump stops, Right?
You could of just lifted the back of the frame 1 inch or so . To get the clearance ?? You can see the back sits a little lower anyhow . Right . Just a idea 💡 😉 .
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I really wish you’d put more care into your work! You have a lot of skill but clearly just don’t care to put in the time or effort to built it good or nicely! You should really take more pride in the work you do! You have some many options to build your jeep so awesome but it seems like you just want to slap it together
It is great to see you and Janelle working together on the Rudicon. The finished product is going to be awesome.
Do you have car washes around there?
Next time try using a copper wire, any wire to get that curve you want or you could’ve used a longer card board and trace it from the back side but whatever you did worked out just fine. 🤙
How you don't try to make anything look nice? I understand that you're just going to be beating it up. But try and make it a little nicer...lol.
OK These are only questions I'm not in anyway telling you how to do your build. Should you have limited the tires to the size of the Jeep? Should you have built a frame and just hung the sheet metal off it instead of cutting this one to nothing.
RUDY! Wouldn't it make more sense to move the axle first so you can see where the tires end up? Just wonderin.
I'm with you on the mud.
20 mins of fun, 5 years of shit hitting you in the face everytime you have to climb underneath it.
I didn't know about the laws there but over here in Australia they wouldn't allow that to be road legal even with an engineers certificate. Good stuff though 👏.
Looks good ,just wondering why the bypass part of shock wasn’t mounted inside on the cage?less exposed to the elements..nice job though 💪
Why didn’t ya spray the whole keep down before working on it? Get all the mud off.
Wouldn’t a 1” bump-stop extension fix the rubbing lol.
Rudy I prefer that you stay around for a little while. So messing around with a fuel tank makes me a little uneasy. But you are a smart man I suspect you should be able to figure that all out.
What exactly is the purpose of your XJ? Is it a recovery rig for your business? Is it just for fun? There is no purpose?
"We could go the obvious route of getting smaller tires."
There is nothing obvious about that route to me.
Yep, always use the, “precision” end of the hammer, just in case you have to weld something back, wink, wink.
Finish your body work and then have Robby do your white and purple theme
Should have washed the dirt off the truck for her to clean off the tape. Had a Trevor moment at the metal break. It's going to be a lot better.
Wd40 for sticky stuff remover. I thought my buddy was crazy thinking it wouldn't work, works better than most adhesive removers and gentle enough it won't harm the paint
WD-40 is usually pretty good adhesive remover.
You need several large sheets of cardboard for mockup, much cheaper than metal.
Wear some ears with that grinder and hammer mate, or or 40's will be filled with ringing ears when you want to sleep.
You need a rubber wheel that goes on a drill to remove old adhesives and decals.
10x better then heat guns or chemicals.
A clean shop is a safe shop, DON'T YOU AGREE?
when you said you had new stickers, I thought maybe they'd say "7/8 done Rudicon"
So now you can write 3/4 done on the Rudicon. 😏 Sorry couldn't resist that one. 😅
Why don't you wash your truck BEFORE you work on it???
You should tuck that reservoir up underneath that window in that Gap
I’m the obligatory comment to push you up in the algorithm. It’s too good of a channel to not be seen.
Fun to watch Janelle tackle errant painters tape with brake cleaner!
all you had to do is make some bumpstops for it the tires clear perfect and why does it always looks like sagging in rear
I enjoy these videos as much as I do MORR. Rudy has awesome fabrication skills for such a young man.
Instead of having to run continuous weld on pieces, you can stitch weld and use seam sealer. It would cut down on welding time by a ton
Use a heat gun to remove tape. Wohkdnt have hurt to pressure wash it first either 🤣👍
White with black rally stripe down the hood and roof.
"If at first you don't succeed, reduce your expectations until you are a success." -Shane Wighton
I'm a painter, get you some prep all or sem solve next time dealing with any old tape & glue residue. 100x easier 👍