RPM Ultramolded buggy refresh

[scr8p]

just smash those hg shock bodies with a hammer now.

They're great as long as there is nothing in them

mine should be done leaking all over the place sometime soon.

[Charlie don't surf]

You still need to get to that car...

[scr8p]

eh...... one day.

[askbob]

These HG parts really are crap

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See if you can spot why I destroyed it

....... mmm 'cause Adam stopped by to help out?



Sorry Adam, that is still funny as can be!

[Charlie don't surf]

The inside of the body on one of the pair I had was under bored, so I pulled a single 1.32 nip out to replace it....to find the drop off tool wasn't used on the thread end, meaning there was a bunch of melted lexan on the threads and the body was worthless.

[LTO_Dave]

Wow! I can't wait to see this finished. That crushed VLT brought a tear to my eye. I finally found a set of .56" bodies recently after searching for years.

What body and wheels are you pulling out of your stash for this one?

And no early white RPM ball cups??? You're slackin' on this one.

[aip47-2008]

just smash those hg shock bodies with a hammer now.

Agreed! HG VLT's=TURD, Put some oem or MIP shocks on!

Hmmmmm, I could do that-

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Perhaps you should be using some SRS Delrin shock bodies!

[scr8p]

Perhaps you should be using some SRS Delrin shock bodies!

that's what i wanted to put on mine but could never come up with a set. those hg bodies are pure garbage, but do look nice on the ultra molded cars.

[lowrydesign]

Wow! I can't wait to see this finished. That crushed VLT brought a tear to my eye. I finally found a set of .56" bodies recently after searching for years.

I have to agree about the hammer. I too just got a full set of .56's !!!

[Charlie don't surf]

Tire selection, technically the exact same tire and wheel combo that's in the July 94' issue of RCCA's Ultramolded review-

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[Charlie don't surf]

And....to illustrate why you don't want to use bushings (discoloration of the new outdrives). I took the tranny apart since it was really stiff and found bushings installed which is cool, but I've seen them discolor brand new parts before, so they're outa here!

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[Charlie don't surf]

Finished, other than wing tubes and mounting the XX shell

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[lowrydesign]

Looks so much better!!!

What about the mip lite drives?

[Charlie don't surf]

Looks so much better!!!

What about the mip lite drives?

It looked really good as you had it too, but without all the pink accents like the wheels and wing, it just wasn't the same.

One pair of the Lite Drives are for my CW Enforcer...the other are undecided at the moment

[SofaKing]

Looks so much better!!!

I have to agree with Gregg on this one, not taking anything away from it before (it still looked cool) but this just looks flawless!

Man Reg, I don't understand how you were able to knock this out so fast and keep up your GPA. I must be a bum because I can't seem to get anything done