Dents / Crease Body Repair

[Tex Koder]

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What do you guys do to get dents & creases out of a Lexan body?

Is there a special technique?



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[Robbbbbb66]

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What do you guys do to get dents & creases out of a Lexan body?

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Is there a special technique?



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Bash harder !

JK I don't remove the dent on the Kraton body, I just duct tape the area right over the front shock tower and seems to work.
Could try heating it up with a heat gun and pushing back in.

 

[Sandracer_NL]

You could try a heat gun, but be carefull not to destroy/melt the body!

 

[LibertyMKiii]

+1 on heat but you would need to support it from behind and the surrounding area.
There is a risk to damaging the vinyl stickers and paint. All in all I would try to live with it.

 

[Da Spanky]

why you want to remove it, it shows that you actually drive your stuff and its not just a shelf queen

 

[GRC]

I don't know what to do to remove it. But to prevent it, neoprene foam tape on the underside of the body so the shock towers don't poke the body. I use neoprene foam tape in so many places. It's really useful for RC's.

 

[Robbbbbb66]

why you want to remove it, it shows that you actually drive your stuff and its not just a shelf queen

Like mine lol

 

[Kla912000]

It's only a RC body. It's gonna happen. Just leave it and send it even higher. The bodies on my rigs are beat to hell. But they aren't shelf queens so I really don't care.

 

[Da Spanky]

Gorilla tape works good around the body mount holes and over where the shock towers rub, on the inside of the body of coures

 

[Monster Dork]

Lol, you got "Kraton bumps" from the shock towers, too!

Personally, I can't start massaging an Arrma body shell without thinking about what it means to polish a turd to a high luster. Boo-boos have to stay as a testament to the memory of the awesome bashes and blasts that caused them.

 

[RC BASH & CRAWL]

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What do you guys do to get dents & creases out of a Lexan body?

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Is there a special technique?



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Not a dang thing. If it looks like it'll crack I'll duct tape it up. But then again mine ain't pretty, lol

 

[Robbbbbb66]

Lol, you got "Kraton bumps" from the shock towers, too!

Boo-boos have to stay as a testament to the memory of the awesome bashes and blasts that caused them.

Sure is, once I couldn't complete a Backflip on a 20ft jump and land upside down on pavement, damage wasn't horrible just a shock tower, shock stand off and snapped the wingmount screw.

 

[Tex Koder]

It's only a RC body. It's gonna happen. Just leave it and send it even higher. The bodies on my rigs are beat to hell. But they aren't shelf queens so I really don't care.

I know and I hear ya..
Scuffs & scratches are one thing, I can live with those.. I just thought I can fix/repair some of the hard lumps protruding out of the body.

Lol, you got "Kraton bumps" from the shock towers, too!

Personally, I can't start massaging an Arrma body shell without thinking about what it means to polish a turd to a high luster.

I didn't realize there was an official name for those...

Boo-boos have to stay as a testament to the memory of the awesome bashes and blasts that caused them.

True, but I wasn't the one who put them there.
So, I was kind of hoping to mend those and create my own!

Gorilla tape works good around the body mount holes and over where the shock towers rub, on the inside of the body of coures

Okay, I'll give that a try.

I don't know what to do to remove it. But to prevent it, neoprene foam tape on the underside of the body so the shock towers don't poke the body. I use neoprene foam tape in so many places. It's really useful for RC's.

Alright.. I'll buy a roll and test them out too.

Perhaps I can do a double -have Gorilla tape AND Neoprene foam tape over each other on certain areas.