Typhon TLR and Super Basher Front Bumper V2

[McBenny]

Hi Folks,

A little advice after having added a Super Basher Front Bumper V2 (ARA320808 - https://www.arrma-rc.com/en/product/super-basher-front-bumper-v2/ARA320808.html) to my Typhon 6S TLR.

It fits, but it's not a straight forward mount.

Here are the parts:

The part in the red circle will be attached to the front metal piece of your Typhon. The 2 screws displayed here will replace the original screws because the original ones would be too short. Fine.
There is also some kind of horizontal "lip" at the back of this part (not visible on the image) that goes "inside" the chassis and is held there by 2 screws under the chassis. And that's where things don't quite align. The thickness of this part, makes it impossible to slide the "lip" inside the chassis...
What I did to be able to slide the bottom lip inside the chassis and be able to screw it as intended, was cut away a large part of the thickness of this part. Don't worry, it's easy with a sharp cutter, and quickly done.
You just have to cut that part, highlighted in red and leave the part as a simple flat part, only keeping the bottom lip behind (still not visible):

Once done, the part slides in the chassis easily, and screw holes align!

Still, it quite doesn't align perfectly because on the metallic part of the chassis, there are 2 plastic pieces, coming from the front arms, that are sticking out a little. Unfortunately I didn't take a photo at the time but it looks a bit like at the rear (next photo), except that on the rear part, the rear arms don't stick out of the metallic plate, when, at the front, they do, and that kind of forces on the part you just cut out...

(here, the rear, they are "inside" the metal part, but at the front, they stick out)

Solution: I just carved the inside of my part to allow for these protuberant arms to sit properly inside my newly carved part.

So at the end, it's a little bit of cutting and carving, but then it fits properly and does the job.

Here are 2 photos of the finished work, you can see the cut part, and how it aligns along the metal part of the typhon (not perfectly I reckon). And also the under view.
Underneath by the way, the 2 screws the most towards the middle of the car, I used nuts and bolts (not in the kit actually).

And that is it!

Hope this helps someone someday.

 

[Garcbomber]

Nice integration, lose the Henry Phillips hardware

 

[Tex Koder]

Nice write up &
Appreciate the heads up on the kit Not fitting perfectly with the TLR chassis parts...
and what you did ,How-to Modify them to make it work.


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So basically you cut the part Completely Flat on the rear of the piece ,is that correct?

Do you have the "removed" piece still?
I like to see exactly how much you took off.. if you don't mind.

 

[McBenny]

Nice write up &
Appreciate the heads up on the kit Not fitting perfectly with the TLR chassis parts...
and what you did ,How-to Modify them to make it work.


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So basically you cut the part Completely Flat on the rear of the piece ,is that correct?

Do you have the "removed" piece still?
I like to see exactly how much you took off.. if you don't mind.

Thanks, that was the idea, because when I realised it wasn't fitting, I was a bit disappointed but I found a way to make it work and thought someone would be happy to see that there is a way.

>>"So basically you cut the part Completely Flat on the rear of the piece ,is that correct?"
That is correct.
I found a picture of the back of the piece (it's upside-down here, with the "bottom lip" being clearly visible here at the top), and I highlighted what needs to be removed: the red line on the surroundings is the "cut line", the 2 "circles" are the parts that need to be "carved".

I don't have the remains anymore as it wasn't cut in just one go, it was in plenty of chips ;-)

If you intend to do it, have no fear, once you know you can do it as explained here, it's obvious when you manipulate the pieces on your rig.