Wheel wells, homemade
 

Hey I was curious if anyone could post thier homemade wheel wells. Ive seen people make these from old plastic bottles an am just curious how its done. Screwd to the frame etc etc
Thanks!

Re: Wheel wells, homemade
 

I rob Tupperware or save plastic stuff from packaging.

Usually one screw through shock mount area and a hole or two into frame.

Sammy build.
http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/1-5-s...ml#post4760695

Re: Wheel wells, homemade
 

I made mine out of cool whip containers, and like Sczcerba said, a couple screws.

Re: Wheel wells, homemade
 

Cheap Zip loc containers or the container that cd's come in.
I usually spray them with undercoating to give them a little texture or you can just paint them black.

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Re: Wheel wells, homemade
 

I built mine out of .006 tin. Just soldered it together.

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I'm using tv dinner trays.

Re: Wheel wells, homemade
 

That's a good idea will have to do that ! How much cleaner does it keep the esc and stuff ?

Re: Wheel wells, homemade
 

It does help keep things a little cleaner.

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Have to look at doing this on my builds adds looks but still functions

Re: Wheel wells, homemade
 

It helps a lot, especially if you can get them to rub on the inside of the body, just understand that unlike a 1:1 it's not attached to the fenders, and if you go driving through water it's all going to get wet anyways, but for mud or dust, it keeps it fairly clean.

Re: Wheel wells, homemade
 

for my Honcho body...

Note: all painted surfaces were applied onto the interior surfaces.

I used the common flexible, thin walled deli cups
sold for packing potato salad and such.
I prefer the highly flexible cups that conform well
to the body's wheel wells.

Mine are simply secured in place using the single
stud holding the upper shock eye to the hoop/mount.
Has held up fine and stays positioned...
sooo... good enough.

I first painted mine using Tamiya RC paint...
it didn't hold up very well...
Though the plastic liners were washed and treated for any surfaces oils...
I think I needed to also lightly sand, to ensure a proper adhesion.

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Round II...

after peeling off the failing silver rc paint...
I sanded the liner's upper surfaces lightly... cleaned
and painted them black using plastic dip in a rattle can.
The PD has held up perfectly and flexes well 8)


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