3 minutes ago, R0Sch said:

they are hinged on friction pins

Now i get it!
It has been ages in existence but sometimes i still forgett about the +o beam

10 minutes ago, R0Sch said:

Thanks. This one was pretty easy since not many details were hidden. And good tip about the independent doors. Deleted the 3L axle connector. And yes, they are hinged on friction pins.

Oh, that door solution also puzzled me, I could not figure how they get the friction, but now I see, nice catch!

High res images available on lego.com, so I corrected the model. Now the whole rear suspension makes sense with the 7-3 bent beams adding to the rigidity. All 219 parts accounted for. :D
42164.io

On 12/5/2023 at 11:46 PM, R0Sch said:

High res images available on lego.com, so I corrected the model. Now the whole rear suspension makes sense with the 7-3 bent beams adding to the rigidity. All 219 parts accounted for. :D
42164.io

BIG thank you for .io file.

42164 totally sucseed my expectations - its small, but very fun to roll around set. Tilt steer makes it stand out from other small vehicles. It quick and responsible. Pendular suspension makes it to roll nicely over small obstacles. 
Also set looks really great wthout yellow parts. (build mine from spares, thus minor differences in details)

So if I understand ocrrectly, the rear suspension centers and well...suspends the rear axle? Also there 5L axle with stop in the rear is not placed correctly in .io, it can't have the stop part inside the gearbox element, it has to be another 5,5 L one.

10 minutes ago, Zerobricks said:

So if I understand ocrrectly, the rear suspension centers and well...suspends the rear axle? Also there 5L axle with stop in the rear is not placed correctly in .io, it can't have the stop part inside the gearbox element, it has to be another 5,5 L one.

I used 5,5 L axle in engine, its easier to position and build engine with it then with 5 L one. And yes, you correct, Spring fully relaxed only when pendum of rear suspension is centered, but when it tilted - spring compresses and troes to return body in neutral position.

Edited December 7, 20231 yr by Arioh

3 hours ago, Zerobricks said:

So if I understand ocrrectly, the rear suspension centers and well...suspends the rear axle? Also there 5L axle with stop in the rear is not placed correctly in .io, it can't have the stop part inside the gearbox element, it has to be another 5,5 L one.

You are right that it cannot be inside, but it's clearly a 5L with stop in red.brown on the left side as all images show. Anyway, I corrected the error in the file.

4 hours ago, Arioh said:

BIG thank you for .io file.

You're very welcome. That's why I do it. So people can build the models without waiting for month for an instruction or having to buy everything new all the time.

You are right, this definitely needs tail lights. And most importantly a steering wheel... :) 42164_improved.io

Edited December 7, 20231 yr by R0Sch
mod with rear lights+licence plate, steering wheel, gear shifter/handbrake + speedometer and a driver ;)

On 12/7/2023 at 4:17 PM, Arioh said:

BIG thank you for .io file.

42164 totally sucseed my expectations - its small, but very fun to roll around set. Tilt steer makes it stand out from other small vehicles. It quick and responsible. Pendular suspension makes it to roll nicely over small obstacles. 
Also set looks really great wthout yellow parts. (build mine from spares, thus minor differences in details)

Imho the spoiler made with technic parts like in the rl photos looks way better than the TLG spoiler with system bricks - and is less fragile, I guess.

I'm totally hyped to build it too, but... as I'm a complete noob in stud.io and don't have it installed, is it possible to add few more pics showing the inner structure? That would be awesome 

1 hour ago, XTN said:

few more pics showing the inner structure?

Here's an instruction stub made from @R0Sch's studio-File. It is not a complete instruction! Of course!!! I hope it is okay for you R0Sch?

https://bricksafe.com/files/wop/studdstuff/42164_improved.pdf

I love this; not only have some people built it already, but we also have crude building instructions for it before it hits the shelves! :D

Edited December 9, 20231 yr by gyenesvi

19 hours ago, gyenesvi said:

I love this; not only have some people built it already, but we also have crude building instructions for it before it hits the shelves! :D

Yes and somewhere in China some clone brand is already shipping out the parts in brown shipping boxes.

Got the front axle in with help from R0Sch's digital model.
Didn't like the colour: neither Bright Blue nor Dark Azur go well with Vibrant Yellow.

Edited December 10, 20231 yr by anyUser

On 12/9/2023 at 6:43 PM, pow said:

Here's an instruction stub made from @R0Sch's studio-File. It is not a complete instruction! Of course!!! I hope it is okay for you R0Sch?

https://bricksafe.com/files/wop/studdstuff/42164_improved.pdf

Thank you so much, @pow and @R0Sch!

Here's my approach to this gem...
(good way to use certain stickered panels, that had been collecting dust for a while)

You're welcome! Both models look good, the red+black from @anyUser reminds me of the classic Mud Masher, but I like the orange+yellow from @XTN best, especially with the balloon tires. Makes much more sense for the tilt-steering since the Mud Masher also used such tires. The Bionicle eye as tail lights is a good idea.

With pleasure @XTN

From an appearance and rideability standpoint, I would also go with the Mud Masher tires.
But since I want to build a bunch of MOCs for the offroader, I'm super happy that TLG is gifting us with street tires.

And i like the bionicle tail lights too!

I just built a version of this buggy - thanks to R0Sch's building instructions, which helped a lot.

However, we have to realize that TLG did not leave much space for the driver's head. Right above the seats the cage is located, so that it looks a bit odd when one imagines how a figure could be placed in thos vehicle.

So I am working on a version with a little bit more space in the driver's cabin.

 Sariel released review 

I have just added a mini review of this to my blog: https://paulbtechnic.blogspot.com/2024/02/lego-technic-off-road-buggy-42164-mini.html