My ultima is feeling a bit blue...

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Re: My ultima is feeling a bit blue...

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Progress.....
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The blue has been replaced by black? :wink:

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Ok so she wont win any beauty contests, but since this is gonna be a runner its no big deal. Waiting on a new bearing and screw kit and ill her all finished up.Image Image

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Re: My ultima is feeling a bit blue...

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Momo5 wrote:Progress.....
So, what method did you use to remove the blue paint? Or did you replace the blue-painted parts with new parts? If those are the same parts originally painted blue, I'm sure we'd all love to know how you cleaned them up.
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I went with gomachv's suggestion and used Super Clean. I didn't replace any parts at all. I'm happy with how its turned out so far...

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It looks like it turned out great!
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Momo5 wrote:I went with gomachv's suggestion and used Super Clean. I didn't replace any parts at all. I'm happy with how its turned out so far...
Thanks, that's good to know. Maybe my bottle of Super Clean will come in handy after all, as it didn't work to strip Pactra paint from an old Optima body. :mrgreen:
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Grate progress and Super Clean did wonders!
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Re: My ultima is feeling a bit blue...

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Decision time. I don't really want to modify this buggy too much, but since I'd like to run a mild brushless,
I'd like to have a slipper. Do I buy an A&L Lethal Weapon, or do what another member did on here and mount a stealth tranny?

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A&L is much easier, but a stealth is pretty much the benchmark
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Blue A&L (if he still has that color) :lol:

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Re: My ultima is feeling a bit blue...

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This has kind of been on the back burner, but here it is so far. Gotta get new wheels, and I'm still not sure if I wanna get an original style body, or something else.

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Re: My ultima is feeling a bit blue...

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Looking much less blue :mrgreen:

Take a look at the Optima Pro body. They fit well and look great- and keep the bloodline
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Re: My ultima is feeling a bit blue...

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I recently picked up a losi-xx and test fitted the body on this same chassis. The lower body lines fit the chassis shape perfectly which should help keeping dirt out.
You could even cut a sheet of lexan and fold it at the chassis edges, join the upright parts with a velcro strip and don't need body clips anymore.

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