Questions about mounting bodies

[Spence]

Hi guys, I was curious what would be the best way to mount a crawler body with magnets.... I just don't want to drill holes this time... Going for a more scale look, and maybe this could be a multi rig body...


I'm scared that the shoo goo/Amazing goop will bubble the paint, and or do a lousy job holding the magnets on, or the magnets would be too strong and rip the paint off along with the shoo goo...

I already have ideas of 3d printing slots for the magnets, just not sure the best size of magnet yet, been doing a lot of research, just hard to choose on what size of magnet... I seen disc neodymium magnets, bars cubes lol, hard to decide...



Thanks guys
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[mikemcE]

I will say that this method if followed to the letter (use clear tape) works incredible. If paint is fully cured(1 week) E6000 or Shoe Goo will not pull away or destroy the paint. I just replaced Beas body and took the old magnets off.....or tried to. I did cut them off finally to recycle them.
Standard 1/2 with a hole in them

https://youtu.be/JattsfLcmuw



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Originally Posted by mikemcE

I will say that this method if followed to the letter (use clear tape) works incredible. If paint is fully cured(1 week) E6000 or Shoe Goo will not pull away or destroy the paint. I just replaced Beas body and took the old magnets off.....or tried to. I did cut them off finally to recycle them.
Standard 1/2 with a hole in them

https://youtu.be/JattsfLcmuw



Find them on EBay



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Cool, thanks a bunch, I saw that exact video funny enough, but thanks for your advice and experience with the magnets and shoo goo/amazing goop/e6000 and that it doesn't tear up the paint.

[mikemcE]

No problem. The single biggest tip I can pass on is patience . You really do need to wait 24 hours for them to completely cure, before separating them with the clear tape in between them.then they are incredibly strong. My current cab uses 4, two down low, two on the front posts, you won’t see anything in the paint after mounting.
My lower mounts



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[Spence]

Originally Posted by mikemcE

No problem. The single biggest tip I can pass on is patience . You really do need to wait 24 hours for them to completely cure, before separating them with the clear tape in between them.then they are incredibly strong. My current cab uses 4, two down low, two on the front posts, you won’t see anything in the paint after mounting.
My lower mounts



Hang up and Drive

Thanks a bunch, my last question, is have you had the magnets ever rip off the body?

Thanks a bunch man really appreciate your help

Building a proline metric (2006-13 toyota tacoma) body well another one lol, gonna be the toyota speedway blue color

[mikemcE]

Nope. I’ve mounted 3 bodies for the VS4 (two stock) and an SR5 body for it. This is the second body on Bea, I ripped the front up last year, magnets lasted through it all.


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[HumboldtEF]

Yep, ring magnets are a must as are the body post in the middle to prevent it from shifting around. Thats the same video I would have posted too.

I will say even with fully cured paint I have seen E6000 take off paint BUT that was only after it was agitated a bunch.

If you have a 3D printer I found it useful to print up a few mock ups of the magnets. This was handy because the magnets like to pop loose from what your working on and stick to the chassis or any nearby metal. I used the mock ups (along with their mounts) to look at the body height.

When you are ready to glue them down I suggest letting it dry for 48 hours before you try to yank the body off just to play it safe.