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Goin to attempt my first RC10 runner/shelfer build...

goin for a blue n white look on a chrome pan...

heres what the chrome looks like...

just heard its gunna be here tomorrow...

ouch..... that tubs tweaked pretty good.

Hey, this is a different car than the light gold one right?

The Chrome looks nice. Someone took some time to do that. The tub can be straightened with ruining the finish. Am I wrong? Good luck with build it should look awesome when you are done.

Charlie don't surf wrote:Hey, this is a different car than the light gold one right?

its a diff chassis...
i wantd to see what the shocks looked like with white sping cups...
i jus picked up a set of shocks off a member, ill be rob n the white parts off them to use for my blue bodies...

Kayne wrote:The Chrome looks nice. Someone took some time to do that. The tub can be straightened with ruining the finish. Am I wrong? Good luck with build it should look awesome when you are done.

thanks ya i cant wait to get more parts.
not to worried about tryn to straightn it tho...
after all im sure ill be buildn more...

i see all the pics in the gallery of everones cars and i want em all lol......

i got tierd of seeing my non stamp jus sit there so i thought it would be fun to build one i can actually play with a lil...
i wanna make it look good too bcuz ill sit it next to the other most of the time...i got a long way to go but will see how it comes out

itll be fun and practice for the next one lol

scr8p wrote:ouch..... that tubs tweaked pretty good.

i kno lol its ok...u should jus give me your blue pan lol

http://www.rc10talk.com/download/file.php?id=37965&mode=view

drillNink wrote:

scr8p wrote:ouch..... that tubs tweaked pretty good.

i kno lol its ok..

You can fix that! Just put it in a large vice with some wood and rags to protect the chassis, and bend it back straight. A 2x4 against the inside of the chassis works very well for that. Check how straight it is on a sheet of glass after, keep tweaking until it's flat.

Be Careful!
I would leave it tweaked, because if you notice it is chrome plated, and this plating is not flexible. Therefore the chrome would crack and or chip off, ruining the finish, if you tried to correct the bend it has. At this point just live with it or find a cheap normal gold anodized car to run.
Plus you may find you will need to run thread taps through the threaded holes, since the threads are now chromed over. This too could ruin your chrome plate finish.
I wish you luck.

Ruffy wrote:Be Careful!
I would leave it tweaked, because if you notice it is chrome plated, and this plating is not flexible. Therefore the chrome would crack and or chip off, ruining the finish, if you tried to correct the bend it has. At this point just live with it or find a cheap normal gold anodized car to run.
Plus you may find you will need to run thread taps through the threaded holes, since the threads are now chromed over. This too could ruin your chrome plate finish.
I wish you luck.

Oh crap, that's actual chrome plate? I thought it was polished aluminum?

If that's plate, like Ruffy said, don't bend it! If it's polished, go for it!

slotcarrod wrote:

drillNink wrote:

scr8p wrote:ouch..... that tubs tweaked pretty good.

i kno lol its ok..

You can fix that! Just put it in a large vice with some wood and rags to protect the chassis, and bend it back straight. A 2x4 against the inside of the chassis works very well for that. Check how straight it is on a sheet of glass after, keep tweaking until it's flat.

ill prob jus leave it alone i jus wanna build one lol let the buildin begin

Ruffy wrote:Be Careful!
I would leave it tweaked, because if you notice it is chrome plated, and this plating is not flexible. Therefore the chrome would crack and or chip off, ruining the finish, if you tried to correct the bend it has. At this point just live with it or find a cheap normal gold anodized car to run.
Plus you may find you will need to run thread taps through the threaded holes, since the threads are now chromed over. This too could ruin your chrome plate finish.
I wish you luck.

ya im not to worried about tweakin it bac jus want to build something blue n white lol this is my first and jus a practice for my bluepan when i find it lol...thanks ill be posting pics thru the build...

thanks for the info about the chassis...

prob best to jus leave it...