Thanks for the replies and support guys it will definately motivate me to complete her. Let me give a more detail blurb about the car as I wanted to quickly post pics of the car for another member here last night. Work has gotten the better of me for the last few weeks and I only gotten back home late yesterday. I never even knew this kit existed for the Mid even when I was racing a mid BITD. I think perhaps we did not see alot of them was due to a number of reasons. Off road tracks were starting to become groomed and smoother (perhaps no advantage to run the trailing link set up?). The rear supension is kinda fragile if you landed sideways off a jump. Adjustability, added cost and also the weight of these cars. However, I reckon the biggest factor was perhaps the introduction of the lwb mids from Kyosho themselves.
As for this car, my initial idea was to restore her back to original but when I got the car it looked way to worn to be worthwhile. Once I gotten the A&L kit I got on a second wind to do further. So slowy it has gotten to where she is today. As it were, I missed out on certain option parts on ebay which kind slowed thing down. The wheel are the biggest concern the front being modern day ZX5 and the rears are 2.2 Trinity if I am not mistaken. The rears actually rub on the trailing arms hence I had to space it out. You still can't run it as the wheel nut is barely holding on. The older wheels had alot of offset compare to the modern ones. I managed to get a set of wheel adapters to run Yokomo rims but that was also not a quick fix as proper Yoke rims are rare as hell too. Axles are as per Kyosho Option House UJs all round. The rear wheel hex is std A&L but it is really wide compare to the std Kyosho Hex.
The body was also another area that was not a smooth change over. The A&L mid have a narrow nose, very wide and forward side pods which flares out towards the back to accomodate the rear arms. Pro X body looks like a potential candidate so thanks for that. Here is a front view to give you an idea what I mean.
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Very Nice , How cool is a trailing arm Mid !
