Steve
Active Member
Picked up a Traxxas Rustler body, clear for $22 at the LHS and a dremel knock-off.
Stacked the Vorteks body on top of the Rustler, marked the holes for drilling, traced pattern in rear to carve out shock tower relief and cinch down rear support.
Everything's going great, my first dremel experience is sailing along, relief carved then brick wall.
I should have shifted everything back about 3/8 inch.
Where I put the front holes is on a curved part of the body which prevents the body in front from sitting down low enough to get the body pins fastened.
At this point, to shift back the 3/8 in, would require more holes and carving, leaving the body with almost no rigid structure, more like Swiss cheese.
The third or fifth rollover would most likely collapse everything.
Oh well, a $22 lesson learned...
Stacked the Vorteks body on top of the Rustler, marked the holes for drilling, traced pattern in rear to carve out shock tower relief and cinch down rear support.
Everything's going great, my first dremel experience is sailing along, relief carved then brick wall.
I should have shifted everything back about 3/8 inch.
Where I put the front holes is on a curved part of the body which prevents the body in front from sitting down low enough to get the body pins fastened.
At this point, to shift back the 3/8 in, would require more holes and carving, leaving the body with almost no rigid structure, more like Swiss cheese.
The third or fifth rollover would most likely collapse everything.
Oh well, a $22 lesson learned...