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this rc12l is the first i have ever owned a pan car. of course this one is a wreck. This will be a heavy pic thread on my progress.
Hears what it looked like as i recieved it and during disasembly.
















Im dying everything black and will have an update later today.

Hmm. Check the rear axle with a magnet to test if it's steel or titanium.

and now need a few more thing. looks better.

Phin wrote:Hmm. Check the rear axle with a magnet to test if it's steel or titanium.

It is not magnetic...Good or bad. It also dont have a flat spot where the hub bolts on like the manual shows. its perfectly strait.

If it's not magnetic it's good...means it's Titanium.

Phin wrote:If it's not magnetic it's good...means it's Titanium.

is that hard to find? Ive never owned a pan car. dont know much. Im more off road type.

Stock RC12L rear axle was graphite with an aluminum diff end so the Ti one is an aftermarket piece sold by a couple of companies BITD. T&A Machining is the most common seen on eBay. Pre-RC12L AE 1/12 cars had steel axles which is why I said test it with a magnet.

Not super hard to find but a decent part to have. They're sturdier than the graphite but weigh more so suffer from more rotating mass. (Less than steel though.)

I almost bid on that car. I needed the parts from it but found them elsewhere. What a transformation! Amazing what a bit of dye and polish will do. BTW, you have your front tires on backwards.

rraeford wrote:I almost bid on that car. I needed the parts from it but found them elsewhere. What a transformation! Amazing what a bit of dye and polish will do. BTW, you have your front tires on backwards.

I thought i might lol. oops. I need a nylon washer for them anyways ill flip em when i get it. I think ill put a novak 410 and a camealon 19t i have and see what she will do. If i dont like it ill put it back on ebay.

Any idea what i need for foam tires. im having trouble finding info on that? and maybe any general newbie info for pan cars? I literally have never drove one.

decided on electronics just gotta do a lot of soldering!!! Fixed the front tires too. was missing e-clips and washers.

i think she is going up for sale. just dont have a place for it. just a bit more than i want to get into with all my offroad stuff.

I kind of liked the pink.

ChisaiKuso wrote:I kind of liked the pink.

lol some of it was red some was pink. 20 years of fading.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=171307943825

well its on ebay electronics included

everything in the pictures is included nothing more nothing less.

So the empty bottle of Trinity oil goes with the car too?