Got a Jeep
 

Well I bought the 1/18th Jeep tonight. I havent even ran it yet and Im takin it all apart lol.

Tires are funny. All 4 looked out of round. Turned out they are glued to the inner rim and screwed down. The glue job sucked so I cut the tires off and I will re glue them.

Painted the beadlocks with DuPont Metal Blue. Looks anodized. I managed to chip most of the chrome off of the center caps trying to get them off. So they will be painted as well. Gloss Black maybe.

Anyways....pics...

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...nt/nylint1.jpg

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...int/wheel2.jpg

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...int/wheel3.jpg

Wheels turned out pretty good!
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...int/wheel1.jpg

You'll notice a slowing of your maxx project now, I consider miniscule paint projects progress on mine(painted my motor plate tonight and got set up with a 540 mabuci till I get my lathe). I just got finished stretching front and rear of my jeep. Now I have almost 90 degree departure angle and about 100 degree approach. Ditching the stinger will help a ton on the rocks. I don't even think my tires are glued at least the one rim I pulled apart wasn't. If you have one peak charge your pack, mine only takes 30-45 min instead of 4 hours like the included charger, Even the first charge only took an hour.

http://www.onlybatterypacks.com/show...ItemID=10458.8

would that battery work???

Its a AA size pack... Looks bigger than stock...

EDIT> Its the same size as the stock battery. It would give me ~ 1.9 hours of runtime.

I cut and siped the tires. Took about 10 minutes a tire... :?

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...lint/tire3.jpg

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...lint/tire2.jpg

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...lint/tire1.jpg

That pack looks like it would work. Where'd you sipe your tires? All I see is cutting.

well i didnt really sipe just took out some of the center blocks.