Grasshopper 2 or Hornet

[cas22]

Hi all.
Is this a grasshopper 2 or a hornet? The rear shock has prefloat like a hornet, but it came with the larger wheels of a later model buggy.
Cheers for your help

[matt1ptkn]

I'm going to say its a Hornet chassis because of the nerf bars. The Grasshopper 2 didn't have the nerf bars. More photos would be helpful.

[Biz73]

It's either an original Grasshopper that has had the "Hornet conversion", or a hornet with a Grasshopper body thrown on. Not a GH2, the front arms aren't right. The front wheels/tires aren't stock.

[Dadio]

It doesn't appear to have the rubber O ring friction dampers on top of the front springs so that says Grasshopper to me .

[Dom79]

Judging from the rear body mounts, I'd say its a Hornet with a Grasshopper body. The front wheels appear to be from a fox and have tamiya super gripper tires. The rear tires are standard Hornet tires.

Both the Grasshopper and Hornet came with the nerf bars.

The Hornet and Grasshopper share the same chassis/transmission. The Hornet transmission mounts are slotted with a spring (same as the midnight pumpkin/lunchbox) and the Grasshoppers are solid. They both have the same suspension in the front. The Hornet has upgraded dampers in the rear while the Grasshopper has standard springs.