Losi xx ke 'Pour femme'

[urpaldan]

So my girlfriend had a blast on some of my cars and enjoyed it. Then she asked if she could have one

Me : 'What kind would you like babe?'

Her : 'A pink one!'

So here we are! I picked this up a while back from ebay and it was a dogs dinner tbh. However it had a trinity front bulkhead so i bought it anyway. It also came with a huge bag of spare parts

After giving it a right good clean and assembling im pleased so far. All the blue trinity bits were a mess so i didnt feel bad powder coating them pink. Still waiting on a few more bits and pieces for it. Got a fusion 13.5 brushless system to throw in. Not sure what to do with the body.

Anyway, what do you think?

[Headling]

Looks superb! Nice job on it dude!

Did you powder coat the springs or are they painted? Or even proper losi pinks?

[urpaldan]

Yeah the springs were a pain! I soaked them in paint stripper then bead blasted them. Eventually got them clean enough to coat. I hope the heat hasnt affected the spring rate!

[8rad]

Nice job. I like the pink. Reminds me of this!

http://www.oople.com/rc/photos/b4wife/

BTW can your wife handle a 13.5?

[Lonestar]

Not sure what to do with the body.

I think the answer is obvious...

[Mr. ED]

Your wife and my daughter have the same taste

[losiXXXman]

Pink is the new orange so they say... Don't ask me who THEY are though.

[Mr. ED]

By the way; I don't have an idea for the body but I do have one for the paintscheme.
I think you should get some frog decals and transfer that design to whatever body you get

[CAT3K]

Nice job on the powdercoating, it looks great. My little girls race car has a bright pink shell too

Just looked at your location, and it looks like you're from my neck of the woods too

[jamin]

Hehehe, this is cool! and rather refreshing, I hope she appreciates your effort - job well done, it works really well

[DerbyDan]

I like it - reminds me of some BMXs in the 80s - the pink goes well too with the purple spur the odd screw dotted hear & there. The XX will be a great car to learn with for your girlfriend for sure.

As for your bodyshell - I think a Jammin Johnson esq' colour scheme will work well?

P.S; do I spy B&W speakers in the background?

[urpaldan]

Reminds me of this!

http://www.oople.com/rc/photos/b4wife/

BTW can your wife handle a 13.5?

Cool story! I hadnt seen that before.

As for the 13.5, we shall see! It was originally for myself but i havent used it....

[urpaldan]

Your wife and my daughter have the same taste

What a great pic! Is that a yoke with dyed plastic shocks? Interesting...

[urpaldan]

Nice job on the powdercoating, it looks great. My little girls race car has a bright pink shell too

Just looked at your location, and it looks like you're from my neck of the woods too

Thanks! Im a powder coater by trade so it was fun to do. Where are you from then?

[urpaldan]

Hehehe, this is cool! and rather refreshing, I hope she appreciates your effort - job well done, it works really well

Thanks Ben! Whether she uses it more than a few times we shall see. Its a good excuse to have more than one car all set up ready to go. My mates can then 'borrow' it when shes not about for some racing!