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jamin wrote:You can't beat a bit of Trinity blue on these XX cars!! I also like the fact that the yoke for the driveshaft is black rather than dark grey, nice little touch there - would the spur look better black also?

Ben,

Yes, I think it would......<DAMN!>.....something else I've got to buy!

jamin wrote:I'm still digging those black wheels - paint job suits them nicely too! I'm still a little unsure about the looks of the stock shell, I think the Jammin or xcelerator one looks a bit nicer, but only because of the step on the side pods makes it look too high. IMO of course..

Either way, mighty fine build my friend

Ben,

Thank you indeed for the compliment! If it wasn't for your build, this one probably wouldn't have happened....

LosiXXkid wrote: Ben,

Thank you indeed for the compliment! If it wasn't for your build, this one probably wouldn't have happened....

That's what its all about, creating something cool and inspiring others along the way

I also think the silver springs are a nice touch too, keeps it all colour coded which is always the key to a nice build. Maybe I might revisit my build and strip the springs of the blue/pink....hmmm

All this Kinwald rebuilding/talking has got me itching to build mine up!

jamin wrote:

LosiXXkid wrote: Ben,

Thank you indeed for the compliment! If it wasn't for your build, this one probably wouldn't have happened....

That's what its all about, creating something cool and inspiring others along the way

I also think the silver springs are a nice touch too, keeps it all colour coded which is always the key to a nice build. Maybe I might revisit my build and strip the springs of the blue/pink....hmmm

All this Kinwald rebuilding/talking has got me itching to build mine up!

Go on......just think of the satisfaction it'll bring you! And us...!

Paint the body first though!

While I think about it, maybe we should start a dedicated XX gallery thread so that all the XX's (trucks and buggy's) can be found in one place......? It really bugs me when I have to trawl through pages and pages of old threads to find related builds etc.

LosiXXkid wrote:
Go on......just think of the satisfaction it'll bring you! And us...!

Paint the body first though!

Ha, I don't think I'll do the body though, for 2 reasons:

1. The stickers that it comes with are more a neon green than yellow, and so I'll have to try and match that, otherwise it'll look odd, but by doing so it wont then go with the yellow wheels.

2. I'd like to have just the rolling chassis in my Oakley display cabinet. All my other builds have the shells on so it would be nice to show off the graphite/titanium/blue parts etc. The only problem here is that my display cabinet is full

I'll be sure to do a proper step by step, bag by bag build, don't worry

LosiXXkid wrote:While I think about it, maybe we should start a dedicated XX gallery thread so that all the XX's (trucks and buggy's) can be found in one pace......? It really bugs me when I have to trawl through pages and pages of old threads to find related builds etc.

Or a Losi *Build of the Month* contest, like those folks over in the AE section of the forum

Decided to change the look of my XX Graphite with some new wheels 'n tyres...
And finally (for now at least) home to roost!
I used original XX wheels dyed black with the wheel disks sprayed pearl white to match the white on the body. The front tyres are Losi's full radius rib with Losi Step-pin's on the rear, both in the 'Silver' compound.

I like the idea, but if I am honest I think I prefer the solid black wheels better. The black outer edges makes the tyres look really high profile and so the wheels really small. Kudos for trying it though, its different for sure. Just my 2p, FWIW.

jamin wrote:I like the idea, but if I am honest I think I prefer the solid black wheels better. The black outer edges makes the tyres look really high profile and so the wheels really small. Kudos for trying it though, its different for sure. Just my 2p, FWIW.

Maybe I should go with the natural (white) XX wheels instead? But you know....when you get to look at something on a regular basis boredom often sets in and then you want to start changing things around!

LosiXXkid wrote: Maybe I should go with the natural (white) XX wheels instead? But you know....when you get look at something on a regular basis boredom often sets in and then you want to start changing things around!

I know what you mean, I started off with this:



And then:



and then:



and finally I settled on the smooth look:



Apologies for the large pics and slight hi-jack!

See! You're just as guilty as me......

The first and third photo's are my favourites!