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Old 08-22-2014, 11:04 AM   #1
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Stage 1:
-Paint cage red.
-Install 100mm King shocks.
-Install servo (Hitec HS-7954SH)
-Test fit Carter Fab boat sliders.






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Old 08-22-2014, 11:13 AM   #2
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Stage 2:
-Install r35 Ripsaw tires on TSS 2.2 beadlocks.
-Install Carter Fab wrap-a-around body panel.





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Old 08-22-2014, 11:19 AM   #3
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Lookin good

You're ahead of me - building my first Wraith this weekend
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Old 08-22-2014, 11:20 AM   #4
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Stage 3:
Axles: Currie's w/ Vanquish lockers and hardened gears.
Links: Vanquish (titanium).
Motor: Tekin Roc412 (3100).
ESC: MMP
Driveshafts: MIP







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Old 08-22-2014, 03:02 PM   #5
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Looks nice! Is that the stock Wraith cage? What type of paint did you use to paint the cage?


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Old 08-22-2014, 03:15 PM   #6
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Looks nice! Is that the stock Wraith cage? What type of paint did you use to paint the cage?


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Thanks. The cage is stock and all I did (since it was brand new and in pieces) was wipe it off with a clean cloth to get rid of the dust and then spray it with Valspar's flat red "Color Radiance" Paint+Primer from Lowes.

PS: Three coats of paint seem to be holding up really well, though I do need to do some touch-up work where I scratched the paint off trying to install the aluminum panels.
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Old 08-23-2014, 12:35 PM   #7
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Update: my only gripe with the curries are the skid for the pumpkin that comes with the axles, as it literally came off after the first impact it had with a rock.

Original skid:


Custom Skid:
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Old 08-23-2014, 07:14 PM   #8
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I see a lot of people have problems with the delrin skid plate...I know it's not a huge issue but you would think after paying as much as you do for a VP Currie axle you wouldn't have to customize your own skid plate. I'd be lying if I said I didn't want them though
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Old 08-24-2014, 01:30 AM   #9
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I see a lot of people have problems with the delrin skid plate...I know it's not a huge issue but you would think after paying as much as you do for a VP Currie axle you wouldn't have to customize your own skid plate. I'd be lying if I said I didn't want them though
Maybe we will get lucky and vanquish will see this (hint hint hint)...
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Old 08-24-2014, 01:49 AM   #10
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Old 09-12-2014, 02:25 PM   #11
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what and where did you get the lights and light bar from?
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Old 09-12-2014, 03:52 PM   #12
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what and where did you get the lights and light bar from?
It is Axial EXO's light bar
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Old 09-12-2014, 10:44 PM   #13
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It is Axial EXO's light bar
It's actually a generic light bar from axial and it'll work on the exo, wraith, honcho and dingo.

http://www.axialracing.com/products/ax30709
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