Who was wrenching today??? What did you do??

[TeknoJ]

Fixed the handle on my battery bag

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When Gorilla Tape just won't do.

 

[CertifiedMike]

Fixed the handle on my battery bag

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Some ppl can't handle it.

 

[9x19]

A bit bored today, so drug out a 2WD Associated kit... mix and match with some parts bin stuff.

 

[CC1999]

3 hours later ! Lol I had 6 more tires and wheels put together.
Hands are sore as heck, so many tiny screws later. Lol

 

[Doom!]

3 hours later ! Lol I had 6 more tires and wheels put together.
Hands are sore as heck, so many tiny screws later. Lol

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Beadlocks are good for dexterity. Not bad once you get a rythm going, but can definitely give you some hand cramps when your doing that many

 

[CC1999]

Beadlocks are good for dexterity. Not bad once you get a rythm going, but can definitely give you some hand cramps when your doing that many

It tends to take me couple before I start getting in that rhythm, It generally takes me at least couple to figure out the best approach, or the tricks to getting that particular tire on that particular brand of wheel.

The set last night was the same Vitivon wheel, but the tires on this set are oe. Losi BR2 tires. The gold wheel, black ring set has a thinner softer pro-line BFG tires, the Losi tires were a bit more of a fight, especially that first one, I actually about gave up on getting those tires on there. Back side was easier it was the front side that was battle to get lined up to where I could get that first couple bolts started .
By the third one I had the trick to it figured out.

 

[Doom!]

It tends to take me couple before I start getting in that rhythm, It generally takes me at least couple to figure out the best approach, or the tricks to getting that particular tire on that particular brand of wheel.

The set last night was the same Vitivon wheel, but the tires on this set are oe. Losi BR2 tires. The gold wheel, black ring set has a thinner softer pro-line BFG tires, the Losi tires were a bit more of a fight, especially that first one, I actually about gave up on getting those tires on there. Back side was easier it was the front side that was battle to get lined up to where I could get that first couple bolts started .
By the third one I had the trick to it figured out.

Been there, know the struggle. It's even tougher on 1.0 mini crawler wheels. But the end results are so worth it.

 

[9x19]

Finished the shrinky-dink DR10 Team Kit to RB10 Squashed Frog

 

[332_RC]

Built a couple diffs. 40k & a 20k. Tuned on some rear shocks & suspension, swapped the springs, adjusted collars.

 

[CC1999]

Started on my Isenhouer Brothers F100 body for one of my TT pro trucks.
One of these trucks

Will look like this when it’s done.

It starts tonight with the undercoating the body.

I had ran out of flex seal, so I grabbed a can of this stuff when I was returning a couple truck battery cores to AutoZone.

Got the body cleaned and treated with this leak seal rustolem product. Can reads to be about the same sort stuff as the flex seal I have been using for many years on the bodies I run on my RCs.

Before

After

Should be dried and ready for the dreaded task of applying all the decals tomorrow.
Not looking forward to this next part at all. lol

Hopefully it looks like this when all said and done .

With the addition of the Vitavon rims that I put on my Baja Rey 2.0 version, I think I have it looking really close to real truck now. I really hope I can get the TT pro build to look half as good as the BR2 version.

 

[Suburban_Hooligan]

ruff cut and mounted a body

 

[DavidB1126]

Those wheels look awesome. old school vibes.

ruff cut and mounted a body

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[Suburban_Hooligan]

Those wheels look awesome. old school vibes.

i bought them cause they were cheap. and iv run them on my Savage XS. and they're made my RPM so they'll hold up.

 

[CC1999]

ruff cut and mounted a body

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Sharp looking wheels!
Can’t wait to see the finished build, very nice

 

[CC1999]

Stickers going better than I had expected. Lol

 

[9x19]

The chandelier's reflection had me going for a few seconds... after that I realized it looks really good.

 

[CC1999]

Got er done.
Decals went pretty well.

The matte clear , mmmmm well apparently a little goes a long way, and when applying it, you can’t really tell what is going on with it.

About a half hour later knocking it down washing it, finally tried some back to black automotive detailing stuff, and finally started to get it close to what I was after. I thought when it first dried that it was ruined .
I think I got it back to at least half way decent looking or close to what I was after.

Next modified the stock wheels with a gold paint pen.
Started out with the first 2 taking the yellow off first.

Realized that really didn’t seem to work as well as just painting over the yellow rings.

Next came changing out the body mounts on the TT pro.

Next setup the body and tapped the holes .

 

[CC1999]

Next did some comparisons with my Baja Rey.

 

[CC1999]

Decided to do a little more work fitting the body.
Needed to trim the front fenders a bit to get better tire clearance.

Lowed the body mounts a few notches .

All done .

 

[DavidB1126]

Out with the old in with the new.
Just mounted. Not even glued yet. Multiple sets is so hard work

This is what 150 bucks in 1/10 buggy tires gets ya.