CAUTION!!! This turned out not to be the unbreakable body I thought it would be!! We were running the maxx this afternoon and I hit the sandbox wide open and after it cartwheeled a dozen time we had a crack in to body! (and a broken diff). I will say I guarantee that any body would have cracked...
I repaired the split with pvc cement, and then covered it in bed liner and then painted it..
2 cotes of bedliner on the inside of body, and the rest of it on the outside.
Well I got home a bit ago and checked out my body to see if it would flex without breaking. I could twist the snot out of it without breaking!!! I think it may be a success.. of course we will have to beat it like a cheap drum to be sure... The paint is not the best but this is a basher after all...
Thanks Rolex! I probably should have done some research before doing this project. I it in the truck all week and think what might work.. What I did was bonded the two pieces of the body back together with pvc adhesive. I let it sit overnight. Then I got a can of Rustoleum bed liner. I sprayed...
I was wondering if anyone had experience repairing bodies. I had about 10 decent bashing sessions on one of the cheap-o traxxas brand stock type tmaxx body. Well the thing broke into pieces behind the cab where the fuel access comes through the bed. I have zero experience repairing any body. So...