Not casting stones here nothings free in life forever it was fun while it lasted but you want to continue showing off YOUR pictures you need to pay the piper simple as that........ It sucks almost half the pictures here are blurred....................................................... I don´t thin...
So You´re asking how to get the most money out of Your investment? All kits are available at the shops today, so unless You got them for free or under 1/3 of cheapest price found on the net, I don´t see them as a money making option. So either wait 20-40 years while hoping for Tamiya to stop releasi...
If You buy a new part, I´d recommend drilling (3mm) the suspension pin holes, all the way thru, both on the front piece and the rear piece. And then find/make some longer protruding suspension pins with Circlips. Just like stock on the Optima MID. 96,5 percent of us drives like a bag of beans - trus...
Not one single picture did You care to share with us, not one word of thanks to the people responding to Your cry for help. Seems like a good idea turning Your thread into an advertisement for Your Ebay sale.
Ebay is Your best chance - Or really spend some time on google using the AE parts numbers.
If You´re looking for vintage parts, be prepared to pay quite a sum. Even the "classic" parts are costly
The Cat pictured, should be a 98. Shock bodies would be the same, the purple aluminum cartridges on Your shock are a hop-up version and not 98 specific.
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If You have the blade outdrives it´s most likely borne as a 98. What kind of outdrives does the manual show/refer to?