British Wraith Progression thread

[Andyking]

So I got back from work and had my lovely new Wraith sitting pretty in its box ready for me.
I had already ordered a few parts for this little beast.
The plan is to paint the outside of the shell with a Union Jack style rat paint scheme. Wacky I know but we'll see where this ends up.
Here she is when she was bone stock:


Heres a quick image to show bone stock flex:



The first thing I did was threw in a battery and gave her a run around the street. Once I was satisfied I had a bench mark to make progress from I cranked in the RC4WD steering arms and drag link:



I have a few parts that need installing but I've had no motivation to install a full set of links so I'm picking up the motivation to do this soon. I've also got a couple of sets of springs so I can change the stiffness of the suspension. As things sit she sits a little high and rolls easy so I'm thinking about putting softer springs and reducing the pre-load, any ideas on this? I'm going to leave the electronics as they are for now until I fry them as I'm not looking for super performance at this early stage.
Here are the parts that I have to go in:





I was also playing with the idea of some new wheels and tyres. Being in the UK we have a very limited supply of wheels and tyres and they are extremely expensive. I'm talking $80 for a set of baja claws and $180 for a set of DC-1's
Any way the stock wheels seems to have a fair bit of play in them so I'll see how they hold up


Ill keep posting as I do more upgrades and mods.

[Andyking]

[Curb Crawler]

Looks sweet fella

[Andyking]

Originally Posted by Curb Crawler

Looks sweet fella

Cheers man.

[burgerboy78]

Looks good man ive got a poison spyder wraith too. Its a pain for getting parts in the UK but if you look at vegas's poison spyder thread he put two links up for a german sites and they have all the parts you will need!

Who are the chubs and knuckles made by?

[Andyking]

Originally Posted by burgerboy78

Looks good man ive got a poison spyder wraith too. Its a pain for getting parts in the UK but if you look at vegas's poison spyder thread he put two links up for a german sites and they have all the parts you will need!

Who are the chubs and knuckles made by?

Yea, I've been following his thread. The electrics I have in it(Holmes Hobbies motor and esc) I got from rc-welt.eu but the rest I ordered from RPP in America.

The c-hubs, knuckles ad lockouts are all from Vanquish Products
Absolutely incredible quality

[burgerboy78]

is that the stage one kit you've got there? Look awesome in gold! P.S the wonders a decent camera does to a build thread!

[Andyking]

Originally Posted by burgerboy78

is that the stage one kit you've got there? Look awesome in gold! P.S the wonders a decent camera does to a build thread!

Yes its the stage one kit. Adds a nice touch of bling as well as impeccable strength. If you cant afford it just about any other after market parts will do.
I feel that if I'm showcasing my car, I want to show it as best as possible and its easy on the eyes