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well my first idea was to build the car to have some fun with but the racing bug is strong in me and want to go racing again

so here is the car



and after a little clean up

















the good :
complet Andys Chassy kit
alum bell cranks
full bearings
steath tranty
titanum tie rods
Dragon stock motor


the bad :
rear axel are worn bad


missing :
top shock tower bushings
dust cover
front body mount
battery holder



some things i would like to do is find a andys battery hold down and a losi hydro slipper coversion .. and get it running again

just ordered a Viper body for it and should be here fri. also rc10eh has been a big help with some odd parts i need so it shouldnt take long to get it running in top shape .. now i just have to figure what im going to paint on it .. if i can rember my old paint job i would like to do it .. if not one of the team cars have a nice paint job that i might have to do



im thinking ether of these 2

pray you don't break a front arm, you'll wait years to find replacements (unless you're lucky ).

there are others that can be made to work though, if needed.

I have to agree with scr8p...I would clean that one up and just shelf it or take it outside and run it easy...If you break that car you will find that some of those parts will be very hard and expensive to replace...

ya im thinking of maybe adding a front bumper .. looks gay but works

so ive been looking and i can get the front and rear arms through egay so im going to pick up a backup set just incase ... ive got a sheet of carbon fiber around somewhere and when i find it im going to make a copy of the shock towers .. i know i can buy them but ive got the carbon already

the andys battery box looks like its going to be a pain to find so ive been thinking of doing a losi holder and just shave the losi logo off

ive got some 3m hood protector film so im going to cover the bottom of the chassy and try to keep it as clean as i can

integra22t wrote:so ive been looking and i can get the front and rear arms through egay so im going to pick up a backup set just incase ...

not the front ones. those are pro race arms on your car for the narrow bulkhead. i guarantee the ones you found are standard rc10 replacements.

damn i think i bid on the wrong ones .. anyone know a set that will work like the trucks or the wide front end rc10's

these are pretty much your only option...... for readily accessible parts:

http://dynotech-racing.com/partDetail.php?RefNum=2701

just to point out these do not come in pairs, so you must order 2. you will also need need 10t or gt inner hinge pins (though i see the ones on your car are longer than the ones that should be on there so you may luck out), and some spacers on the inside of the inner hinge pin area to make up for the arm being wider at that spot.

or, you could just get those arms, and a 10t/gt front bulkhead, and you won't need any spacers.

thanks illthink about the next best step .. would like to find a spare set of arms to keep it all andys but its a good option incase the worst happens .. keep thinking about the rc10b4 .. might pick one up to help get me up to speed on the new stuff as i keep reading stuff on them but its not computing

so i striped the car so i can make sure nothing is amiss and thought i would take some realy good shots of the andys parts

i cleaned up the chassy and painted the andys logo on the bottom and did some clear protection film .. i also covered the top andys logo with some carbon vinyl

so i took some shots of the andys parts on the car .. if anyone has part numbers and info i can put with them it would be nice

picts can be found here http://s114.photobucket.com/user/integra_album/library/rc%20nitro%20truck?sort=3&page=1

scr8p wrote:http://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=490&hilit=andy%27s

damn i tryed 3 diffrent searchs before .. i must be doing something wrong

thanks

so the car is all apart and eveything is clean and ready to be put back together except for the tranty .. i found out there wasnt any disk left so someone just put the 2 haves together and added a spacer to take the room of the spring .. got to find more parts

i whent down to the local hobby shop and whent through all the TA parts and found a couple little things i need ..slipper spring, tirod ends, tiny c clips as i know as soon as they spring away you will never find it ... i also picked up the viper body and a 5 1/2" wing now just have to find a shock tower mount as the Andys rear bulkhead doesnt have tube holes

hmm any ideas