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Progress.

The blue paint on the rear springs is rough. I think this is pretty common with these kits though.

These have been the most difficult e-clips I have ever had to install.

Accidental duplicate post.

More to come...

I knew I had read that post about painting the springs before. I just wasn't sure it was for these Traxxas springs. Thanks for the link. The shock caps coloring is pretty true to the pictures.

Slider status.

Getting closer. I had this light blue material I used to wrap the receiver case. The color isn't perfect, but I wanted to try it. I will be replacing it with something closer soon. The XL-3 controller looks right at home on this car. I am trying to set my electronics as close to the box art/manual p...

Retro rc wrote: ↑Wed Jun 28, 2023 2:33 pm Are you going to put black front springs on to match the box or stay with the factory supplied silvers?

I'm not sure. I prefer the silver springs. This car is already different from the box art because of the aluminum drives, so I don't think I mind them being different.

I found some airplane wrap at my LHS in a color that is a great match to the wrapped receiver in the box art.

I noticed the front tires in the box art photo are thinner than the included tires. Does anyone know what tires these may be?

My front wheels look so toed out in the pictures. They are not actually this way. I think taking the picture from higher up will help with this.

Retro rc wrote: ↑Wed Jul 05, 2023 1:25 am I’m pretty sure they are these losi fronts

losi 7201 ribbed tires

https://www.ebay.com/itm/125517452104

Awesome! Thank you very much.

Thanks to Frankentruck, who told me the boxart was an Air Supply motor, I think I have the right one. I have some red colored brush springs coming, and I will probably remove the 2 small diodes (?) to match the photo.

Getting real close now.

I don't know much about Tyco, but those are cool looking cars. When are they from?

My very first RC car without a wire was this Shinsei Lamborghini. It was actually pretty quick.

I bought 2 of them a couple of years ago and have been meaning to do something with them. One was basically NIB.

Today's random arrivals.

Well, I think this is about as close as I am going to take it towards replicating the box art photo. The 2 big differences are the drive shafts, and front tires. I did change the front springs out, mounted and wired the motor, added the Tamiya plug, and made some further changes. The manual shows th...

Collage photo

I am building this JRXT to go with an amazing painted A&L Roadkill body I have. I plan to build it in sort of a vintage oval racer manner, with short shocks and Factory Works towers. I think the 5 link rear suspension will go great with the body. I wasn't originally going to use a retrofit trans...

I cut the motor plate to follow the top line of the transmission case. I just wanted to make it a little different. I am also using aluminum drives in place of plastic sliders. Most all of the hardware is aluminum. I don't think I want to use stadium truck wheels. I was thinking of trying buggy whee...