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after looking at the chrome springs wasnt digging it so i put the 3 orginal stock black springs back on.

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well lucky for me that traxxas used the very same parts off the tamiya hotshot. so the orginal hotshot propeller shaft and out drives worked/fit perfect! since this car had one orginal out drive and was the same in every way to the tamiya part.
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lookin like some progress has been made 8)

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yup still waiting on some stuff. thanks for moving it to the traxxas forum for me 8)

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well it looks like a car again all done. well car cost me $85 plus anther $85 in parts: propeller shaft, 1 outdrive for the propeller shaft, tires x4, shocks x6, rear shock tower free made by me :D, rear spoiler sticker. so total $170 is ok i guess. parts always seam to cost more than they should :lol:
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That really reminds me of The Fox...from the body & yellow plastics right down to the odd-looking undersized wing. What is that second pair of yellow things behind the rear control arms? Kind of looks like an extra set of dampers...If so, I find it strange they doubled up there but skimped out on the front, going with a mono-shock.
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Coelacanth wrote:That really reminds me of The Fox...from the body & yellow plastics right down to the odd-looking undersized wing. What is that second pair of yellow things behind the rear control arms? Kind of looks like an extra set of dampers...If so, I find it strange they doubled up there but skimped out on the front, going with a mono-shock.
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if u look on the box the car has 2 sets (4 total) rear shocks 2 with springs 2 without. going to leave the single front shock. have nothing to go off of to remake the front shock towers.

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didn't Daniel have a drawing of the front and rear shocktowers at the traxxas forums in one of his threads? Might've just been the rears but was thinkin he did fronts also...
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ya but they arent to scale and he only got back to me once so i kinda gave up lol.

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Interesting! Those look like the same adjustable friction shocks that are used on the Traxxas "The Cat". Probably not the best choice if you were going to run that car. :P
On the other hand it's a very unique project and looks like you had some fun with it, which is what it's all about!
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the real shocks are white, but he used yellow ones to match the box. Same shock, different color
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:D thats right!

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well i found some parts on ebay :D shock tower set and 2 white shocks all nip. looks like i might be going back to the white shocks maybe think the yellow is growing on me :lol: at least ill have a correct full set of shocks :D it never fails buy one part that is kinda the right thing, than u find the correct one like a couple weeks later :lol:

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here she is with the correct front shock towers and also found a new driver and resister for the speed control. i left the yellow shocks cause i only have 5 white shocks plus i like the yellow :D
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small update. found the correct tires for the car. they say star light. again the same style as the tamiya ones but say star light insted of super gripper.
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