Hacking the back of the wraith frame..How important is adding support?

[Hatersauce]

So I was looking at all the fastback mods people do to their wraiths and it looks kind of cool. I see most people just add supports, but I was wondering how important adding those supports is? My thought was to cut the cage just behind the seats where that post is, and making a hinged back piece with caging on it. Kind of like the hinged hood mod, but it would swing up so I can access my esc or whatever a little easier if I had to. It would slant backwards like the fastback mods, but would open.

[DrDiff952]

My O.P.A.T. Wraith has a DMG Long Back Stiffy

My Weekend Warrior 1.9 Wraith has had the roof modified, Heated up and bent down. See the picture below.

[Hatersauce]

Originally Posted by DrDiff952

My O.P.A.T. Wraith has a DMG Long Back Stiffy

My Weekend Warrior 1.9 Wraith has had the roof modified, Heated up and bent down. See the picture below.

I like that. But I want mine to have actual cage or screen down around that back area, so it looks like netting or something and I could flip it up like a hinged hood to get to my electronics. I just wondered if you NEED those supports or if they are mainly to look cool.

[allanon1965]

If you dont have some kind of solid suppport...it will flex alot...tried it...didnt like how much it moved..

[Hatersauce]

Dang. Oh well, thanks for the input.

[dpmit]

There's definitely other ways of supporting the back end of the Wraith after doing the fastback mod. What I did was add the supports (used the plastic lower suspension links so I could drill into them) and cut the roof piece to cover over the back end. I hinged that up top so the supports are still there but the cover flips up and I have access to my ESC/BEC/power switch. Also threw a spare up there, looks pretty sweet.

[Joshs4x4toyz]

Drdiff, that looks great bud