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RC10 Aluminum shock towers and chassis

Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 6:03 pm
by mikea96
Made some aluminum towers based off the worlds towers and stock rear tower.

Re: RC10 Aluminum shock towers

Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 7:12 pm
by scoobyvoodoo
Wow! :shock: Did you use a CNC or free hand? Very nice!!

Re: RC10 Aluminum shock towers

Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 7:57 pm
by Bimdapogs
Isn't it too thin?

Re: RC10 Aluminum shock towers

Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 8:31 pm
by mikea96
I did these free hand and these are just templates as im going to make some g10 fiberglass ones and some out of 1/8 aluminum.

Re: RC10 Aluminum shock towers

Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2011 12:13 am
by RedScampi
Hey Mike, those look cool! Good to see you around here still.

Re: RC10 Aluminum shock towers

Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2011 7:04 pm
by mikea96
RedScampi wrote:Hey Mike, those look cool! Good to see you around here still.
Thanks! Im still around just not as often as im trying to do side work to stay ahead of the game.

Re: RC10 Aluminum shock towers and chassis

Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2011 11:33 am
by mikea96
Here is a chassis i have done also. It is painted satin black.

Re: RC10 Aluminum shock towers and chassis

Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2011 9:43 pm
by Lowgear
I see they're both on eBay.

Re: RC10 Aluminum shock towers and chassis

Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2011 10:35 pm
by mikea96
Yep as i have made some for me and some to sell with extra material.

Re: RC10 Aluminum shock towers and chassis

Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2011 11:10 pm
by THEYTOOKMYTHUMB
mikea96 wrote:Yep as i have made some for me and some for Thumb with extra material.
Thanks! :mrgreen:

Re: RC10 Aluminum shock towers and chassis

Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2011 1:58 am
by Lowgear
Nice, you did an awesome job on that chassis as well.

Re: RC10 Aluminum shock towers and chassis

Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 11:23 pm
by mikea96
Going to do a graphite 6036 worlds chassis next in aluminum and get it annodized.

Re: RC10 Aluminum shock towers and chassis

Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2011 10:33 pm
by losiXXXman
Mike what thickness of Aluminum are you using? 3/32? Also, are you using a break to do the kickup?
I've been considering experimenting with a similar concept for an Ultima. I was even thinking of putting some folds on the sides to make a pan...

Re: RC10 Aluminum shock towers and chassis

Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2011 10:41 pm
by mikea96
This was 1/8 aluminum and we have a bender at work.

Re: RC10 Aluminum shock towers and chassis

Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2011 8:26 am
by necka
nice work, thinking of a similar project..no skills though...I'll have to learn as I go..