I've always really liked hard bodies but I've always been more performance over looks with my crawlers.
I got a wrangler hard body about a year ago and planned to do it in the winter.
After building and fitting it to one of my scx10's, I loved it. It obviously effects the centre of gravity but I think it's well worth it.
So one thing leads to another and now I've got about five hard body builds on the go.
Here's one...
This one is the leftover chassis from my scx10 ii. Incredibly noisy scx10ii kit gearbox (smooth as you like just noisy).
Fusion Pro motor/esc, desert lizard 90mm internal sprung shocks.
Cranked stainless links, four link with ams. I've done some of the other builds with a chassis mounted servo for the scale look, I just don't like them.
Injora jeep cherokee 313mm body, injora cherokee front bumper, painted Tamiya drab olive. Magnets on the front and you can kinda use the stock mounts supplied with the body as a hinge.
I've given this a little test, drives pretty good. Next is adjustable shock towers on the rear to adjust the height, inner arches on the front need fitting, and fit the moulded lexan interior supplied with the kit.