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TL-01 rebuild

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:D Hey all, Thought I would show another side project i'm working on :roll:
This one is a TL-01 I picked up a few years ago, it came with the esc and Futaba radio already and worked well. In an effort to interest my wife in my hobbie (another 1 of them ) I picked up the Subaru shell and sprayed it pink for her Anyway didn't really take off for her :? and now it's time to rejuvenate this little beauty

You can see from the pic's what I started with and of course the obligatory stripped pic
I picked up some new chrome wheels and rally tyres for her and to top her off I scored a nice Tamiya Honda Civic Castrol body . I'm waiting for the new body mounts to arrive and of course I still need to put her back together

Anyway heres some pic's for you, stay tuned :D
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Re: TL-01 rebuild

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Right then, the new body mount kit arrived for this build now I just need some time :roll: :D
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Nice i have one of those tl-01's too Subaru wrx that was used only a couple of times.. Looking forward to the finished project..
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Re: TL-01 rebuild

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Nice to see someone paying the TL01 some attention, I have two of them neither of which runs right now :(

One needs a new set of gears and shocks, the other one a chassis. Mix'em both and I could have a running TL01 :)

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I used to have a sweet all-aluminum (besides the chassis of course) TL-01
I stuffed a 10.5T brushless in that thing, and BOY was is awesome to drive :D
but... uh... I crashed it... and another pic
and then after I repaired it, my friend offered me an absurd amount of money for it... which I accepted, of course
so, even after replacing all the broken parts, I still made almost $100 profit on the car haha

Can't wait to see your restore! I just checked out your striker restore thread, and you obviously do a very nice job, so I'll make sure to keep watching :)

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UserUnrelated wrote:I used to have a sweet all-aluminum (besides the chassis of course) TL-01
I stuffed a 10.5T brushless in that thing, and BOY was is awesome to drive :D
but... uh... I crashed it... and another pic
:shock: What did you hit? A pole?

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Re: TL-01 rebuild

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UserUnrelated wrote:I used to have a sweet all-aluminum (besides the chassis of course) TL-01
I stuffed a 10.5T brushless in that thing, and BOY was is awesome to drive :D
but... uh... I crashed it... and another pic
Both pics not found, unfortunately.
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TL-01 is my fav tamiya onroad.. i bet they stoped making them cause they were too good..i saw the smashed pic but that never happened to me or my buddy and we bashed the heck out of them with no problems. i have a tamiya stadium raider tl01 great truck with offroad tires and 2.2 wheels good on and off road fun. you can offroad stock wheels/tires and put on some drift or road wheels/tire and hit the streets

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Re: TL-01 rebuild

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cooltoys wrote:Nice i have one of those tl-01's too Subaru wrx that was used only a couple of times.. Looking forward to the finished project..

Nice one, put up a pic of your wrx if you like :D

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Re: TL-01 rebuild

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cunawarit wrote:Nice to see someone paying the TL01 some attention, I have two of them neither of which runs right now :(

One needs a new set of gears and shocks, the other one a chassis. Mix'em both and I could have a running TL01 :)
Sounds like you just gave yourself an idea :D hope to see your build thread :)

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Re: TL-01 rebuild

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UserUnrelated wrote:I used to have a sweet all-aluminum (besides the chassis of course) TL-01
I stuffed a 10.5T brushless in that thing, and BOY was is awesome to drive :D
but... uh... I crashed it... and another pic
and then after I repaired it, my friend offered me an absurd amount of money for it... which I accepted, of course
so, even after replacing all the broken parts, I still made almost $100 profit on the car haha

Can't wait to see your restore! I just checked out your striker restore thread, and you obviously do a very nice job, so I'll make sure to keep watching :)
Wow :shock: that is some destruction :shock: I'm glad you enjoy my builds, so I hope you like this 1 too, cheers Andy..

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Re: TL-01 rebuild

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Ok, so i've finished putting the chassis back together and fitted the new wheels to her :D I still need to fit the new body mount kit and the remaining radio gear :wink: Still progress made :lol:
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