The Official "What is it?" Thread

[GoMachV]

Tamiya did but I don't recall yellow

[Phin]

If they're aluminum they're probably race prep and may have just been dyed yellow.

[scr8p]

i think race prep color coded the ends depending on the model they were for. not 100% on that though.

[Incredible_Serious]

I ended up with a worn set similar to those for the Optima (62.5mm from pin-to-pin), but the balls were green. But the real question is, did they ever make blue balls?

You might have to look elsewhere for blue balls..... I have a set somewhere that have deep red / maroon balls on them.... for Manta Ray or Mini Mustang... or university students, not quite sure.

Alex

[GoMachV]

.... or university students, not quite sure.

Alex

[Charlie don't surf]

.... or university students, not quite sure.

Alex

I'm a university student, but I have white balls. On my Race Prep dog bones.

[j-sou]

i think race prep color coded the ends depending on the model they were for. not 100% on that though.

I dug around a bit and think you might be right. Though I can't figure out what the yellow ones fit. They probably fit one of my cars, but I'm not taking them all apart to figure out which one...

[prp]

Yellow for rear Tamiya Hotshot, Boomerang, Bigwig

[j-sou]

Yellow for rear Tamiya Hotshot, Boomerang, Bigwig

So I've got 2 for a 4wd car? crap like that always happens to me...

[GoMachV]

Maybe bearhawk although I don't know that it would make me feel any better lol

[civilguy]

Yellow for rear Tamiya Hotshot, Boomerang, Bigwig

So I've got 2 for a 4wd car? crap like that always happens to me...

The fronts for the Hotshot are different length than the rears. I have some of those dogbones at home... maybe SRM Racing? If so, maybe they just re-badged Race Prep.
I'll look tonight to see if I still have a set NIB.

[V12]

Don´t know much on these parts.

First, this is an aluminium axle about 5/16" (8mm) diameter and 6" (160mm) length. What car is using this?

The grashopper foam tires. Is this maybe Bolink?

The BBS style wheels. They are similar dimensions as the wheels for a Pro10 Onroad car. The rear wheels are using a hex instead of wheel screws so can´t be for a Pro10 car. What brand or car is this?
front wheels

rear wheels

[GoMachV]

The front beam looks like the CC Predator axle but I guess a lot of them looked alike

The wheels and tires are AJ's. they make those odd foam off road tires for a lot of applications including 1/12
Tamiya sold some like that as well but they had a odd "D" shaped axle.

[civilguy]

Who used plastic ends on their dog bones? Might be tough to figure out what exactly they fit.

The ones I have are SRM Racing (address is 140 West Street, Fareham, Hamsphire, PO16 0EL, England PH (0329)234262... if anyone on that side of the pond wants to do some digging), and are called POLYBONES. PN is S220 labeled for Hotshot R, Bigwig/Boom F&R. I do not know if they made them or just repackaged them. I also have some NIB steel pivot balls for the Hotshot that SRM had too... much better than the Tamiya aluminum.

EDIT: Looks like "La Orient" restaurant now on Google Earth.

EDIT 2: I really don't feel like working today. I found that RW Racing may be the child of SRM Racing. Here's the site: http://www.rwracing.co.uk/index.html

[V12]

The front beam looks like the CC Predator axle but I guess a lot of them looked alike

The wheels and tires are AJ's. they make those odd foam off road tires for a lot of applications including 1/12
Tamiya sold some like that as well but they had a odd "D" shaped axle.

There are three threads of metric M3 size at that axle. One at the center as you could see at the picture, also one thread each side of the conic ends. Actually you could mount a kingpin to the axles using grub screws at that threads, but there are no holes for kingpins. So I think it might be no front end beam.

Do you know the white 1/10 wheels?