Originally Posted by Natedog (Post 5712328)

Couple drops of ca to hold the buckets in and then E6000 or? I don't think MEK or Bondene going to melt the Axial light buckets to Vatrra styrene(?) grill?

Originally Posted by fyrstormer (Post 5722199)

If you need to glue something like headlight buckets, don't use CA glue, use Shoe-Goo or hot glue. Those are removable without solvents, and they are flexible unlike CA glue, so they're unlikely to break loose when the body flexes. The best stuff to hold headlight buckets, though, is 3M foam tape -- not servo tape, but the permanent-bond stuff that's sold in rolls at office-supply stores. It has the strongest bond I've found among flexible mounting solutions, and if you ever do need to remove it, you can slice through it with a hobby knife, then slowly peel the two separated sides of the tape off the components they're attached to.

Originally Posted by Natedog (Post 5265205)

Did the rear bumper mount flip to gain little more departure angle, thanks for the idea Northernerbill! "thumbsup"8) I have a couple fresh black Sharpie pens now too. ;-)
Here's a before pic showing body to rear bumper (body lowered two mounting holes front and rear from stock RTR).

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...psb3ywtdzh.jpg


Front pic for reference of body position in general, obviously this rear bumper mount flip does not affect body height or the front.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...pso4za7xl6.jpgt


After rear bumper mount flip, raised it a good 1/4" at least, maybe 3/8"...will measure and post back:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...psoqcmphl8.jpg

Somebody asked about how I flipped the rear bumper, forgot to say in my original post about that. Here's how to flip the rear bumper mounts
Un-bolt the rear bumper mounts from the frame, flip them upside down (have to swap sides to do this). Then unbolt the bumper from the mounts, flip it right side up, re-assemble and gain some sweet departure angle increase! :)

Originally Posted by Natedog (Post 5724858)

Trimmed the bumpers, or, got a picture?

Originally Posted by hipkatgreaser (Post 5724930)

I can tonight, at work. I may have gone a little over board on the rear it started looking like a roll pan instead of a bumper.

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Originally Posted by hipkatgreaser (Post 5724930)

I may have gone a little over board on the rear it started looking like a roll pan instead of a bumper.

Originally Posted by Killerbyrd14 (Post 5725133)

Looks like a mud racer with the huge cut out fenders

Originally Posted by Natedog (Post 5725172)

Nice looking Blazer, trimmed bumpers came out great! I prefer the rear out a bit more to protect the body, but that's a lot of clearance. "thumbsup"



Tastefully trimmed fenders! "thumbsup"

Originally Posted by Natedog (Post 5731208)

Original RTR 35T motor was requiring oiling a couple times every crawl session (it would literally start squealing and running kinda warm), so I installed a new Vaterra 35T in it's place and recycled the old one. Rockhugger was over helping RC wrench last week and convinced me to do water break in on the new motor, we used a couple half dead D-cells (total 3 volts) and ran it fully submerged in a cup of water for probably 45 minutes. Kept checking on it every so often and it came out with nicely seated brushes, smooth commutator and spins really nicely! 8)