How do you like my new Dodge Stratus body? I didn't like the stock giant fugly wing that came with it so I modded it.
Thank you. I plan to use this body for drifting and don't need much downforce that the big original wing style gives. I got some new drift tires but it's hard to get them on the wheel because they are hard. Someone told me I need to heat them with a heat gun or hair dryer but I didn't try it yet.
yeah the drifting tires i buy are already mounted on the rims. $40 for the whole set at RC addiction on central point. off of highway 99
I could have gotten pre-mounted drift tires but I wanted a particular HPI wheel with a +3 mm offset. I tried heating them a little with a hair dryer and got one side on but I think I didn't heat them enough and they cooled before I could get the other side over the lip of the rim. Have to give it another go.
Killer looking body, what do you have it going on? what set up are you running? using the drift assist module?
The car is a Associated TC3 with upgraded aluminum body shocks (Associated I think) and sway bars. Power is with a Castle Creations Sidewinder Sport 1/10 scale brushless motor and ESC combo. The car has been sitting for half a year since I got some new drift tires and separate wheels because after diddling around with a hair dryer one afternoon trying to heat the tires enough to get them over the wheels I gave up. I may need a better heat source like a real heat gun to get the tires on and just haven't gotten around to it. EDIT: I should mention that the body paint is a gradient that the photos do not do justice to. The lower body is a purple metallic and the upper is blue metallic. It's my second clear body paint job with a rattle can and I am happy with the results. I have a short course body that I will paint next for my 1/10 SC truck and I want to try some masking this time to get a pattern.
I need some suggestions for fabricating headlight and taillight "buckets" to mount inside a lexan body that will hold LEDs in place. The problem is getting the angle right for the various bodies I have so the headlights dont point up in the sky or down on the ground. Anybody found a good way to do this?
GPS, when you find out let me know lol. I have a head/tail light kit for my TC4 that I haven't dug into yet.
Will do. I got a RAM LED light kit a while back and I seem to recall that it came with some generic polycarbonate light buckets. I will see if I can find where I put them. I am still looking at this though as I want to make some lights on a couple bodies I have in stock.
