RPM Ultra Molded 10t "purple monster"

[lowrydesign]

i purchased a rpm 10t off eBay, missing some rpm parts, even though they guy said every thing was rpm,
it was completely covered in red clay.. even the shock oil was red... eww... but i got what i wanted, a rpm ultra truck that wasn't so nice that i could not use it.

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after a ton of scrubbing and some new parts it was nice and clean.. and then my imagination went bizzerk when i found a trinity purple 10t screw set on eBay.....
then i wanted to anodize everything i could purple- so....
I located a local anodizing company that had purple in their line up, it took a crap load of phone calls... all day actually
I cleaned up every thing i had real nice, grained every thing that was scratched with 600 grit sand paper and drove 2 hours to the anodize place.... 3 days later i got my parts back..... and here are the pics, the bracket on the shock tower is for a speed control.
-i also decided on a t4 body.. since this will be a runner

[cyclepsych0]

Wow, that came out great!! I love seeing before and after projects like this. Nice job!!

[a01butal]

Wow, that really turned out great Gregg. Now it's almost too nice to be a runner, just kidding I know you like to run em.

[bearrickster]

thats very nice!!

[lowrydesign]

Wow, that really turned out great Gregg. Now it's almost too nice to be a runner, just kidding I know you like to run em.

the thought has crossed my mind many times

[THEYTOOKMYTHUMB]

That thing is a cream dream! How'd you do the CF flames? XXX Main?

[canesXE]

Wow that looks really GOOD! I joined this site cuz I found some pics of a Outlaw Ultima Truck cuz of a google search but lookin at alot of ya'lls pics makes me want to try and put together some old RC10's and T's. Awesome job though looks damn near brand new.

[MOmo]

Beautiful!

Id love to find one too. I dig those.



MOmo

[lowrydesign]

How'd you do the CF flames? XXX Main?

yep xxx main.. super simple

[Mr. ED]

wild!

How are the shocks work after the re-anodizing? Any rubbing on the internals, or leaking?

[chris72983]

Great looking truck, one of the best I have seen posted.

[lowrydesign]

wild!

How are the shocks work after the re-anodizing? Any rubbing on the internals, or leaking?

they work just fine, i was worried about that too, but the anodize'er assured me the material dimensions would not change, they were right.. the parts are spot on...

Great looking truck, one of the best I have seen posted.

thanks!! i put alot of time and effort into this project, i hope it shows!

[Diggley]

Too cool!

I love the aluminum treatment & the carbon fiber flames!

Was the anodizing expensive?

[lowrydesign]

Too cool!.....Was the anodizing expensive?

55 to dye and 30 to strip
it was 55 per color ''lot''
i had 16 parts ........ that wasn't near the maximum for a minimum lot, they said i could have had 3x that many parts and it still would have been 55 ........

[Mr. ED]

wild!

How are the shocks work after the re-anodizing? Any rubbing on the internals, or leaking?

they work just fine, i was worried about that too, but the anodize'er assured me the material dimensions would not change, they were right.. the parts are spot on...

I should have been clearer: the anodizing wasn't my main worry: it just changes the characteristics of the top layer of material. What worried me more was the removal of the old anodizing.

Anyway, glad it works out well; it really looks top notch and unique