striker rebuild and as usual , a few q's

[chickenman242tk 266]

so im mid way through my striker rebuild , before you ask photos are coming , chassis is in the spray booth atm.

everything is ok with the rebuild , fact is I've got enough bits to build a 2nd one but I digress while waiting for the paint to dry its got me thinking about cva shocks . the manual says stuff about using cva in the rears using most of the gear from the stockers which is easy to do but what about the front ?

I don't want to go crazy with mods on this thing as im aiming for box art/stock looking shelfer.

did anyone have a striker bitd and run cva shocks front and rear if so what was the right mix of parts.

[beefmuffin 1156]

Yo Paul - in order to run CVAs up front you'll need a Sonic Fighter front shock mount. It's higher than the one on the Striker but otherwise the same - look up pics of both and compare side by side. If you want one I can probably rustle one up for you before I send off your package... let me know!

[mynameisdannyowens 61]

He's got at least one of everything in his BeefCave that fella so he has!!!

[matman 1499]

This one we are not worryed about pic's .. Oh why a striker << with a hammer ..

Just come up with that now striker with a hammer it's funny the 2nd time round HEHE ..

Come on chickenman , why a striker man "oh" why . Beef made you by it didn't he .

[beefmuffin 1156]

He's got at least one of everything in his BeefCave that fella so he has!!!

LOL if you google 'Beef Cave' you get this...

[chickenman242tk 266]

ben ,if you have a spare sonic fighter shock mount id be keen as.

mat , I wasn't 100%on the striker in the first place , my god its a weird car , the designers must of had some good drugs that day lol but after the work ive put into it it looks good, very different but good , ben has a pic of when I first got it , ive misplaced the before pic and as promised ill get some pics up very shortly.

for true the beef has everything and if not he has a unique set of skills that make unobtainable parts/ kit find they're way to me lol.

[chickenman242tk 266]

[beefmuffin 1156]

Oh, allow me!

Before:

After (currently):

My favorite part of this particular wreck was the use of every last part of the decal sheet - that's dedication!

[chickenman242tk 266]

so just to give peeps a bit of an insight , I picked this up along with the gh2 for a think like 45 bucks courtesy of ben. the gh2 is next but im waiting on bits from jasons to rock up before I start it.

this striker has had something spilt on it which had attacked the plastic and stained it badly , I've spent a good part of the last 2 days sanding priming and painting this sucker , sure its not perfect but now its a tidy example of a striker . I also had to referb the wheels which I think turned out great and the tires will remain.

next I just need to sort the receiver which has a snapped antenna , sort out mr Roop , then its decals and colour.

[matman 1499]

nice job mate for a striker . So you have decals to go .

Yer not to sure what they were thinking when they come up with that & sonic fighter .

But I was the same with the falcon , but that has grown on me , so be it . Like a pimple

, but i don't mind it & will get one some point .

So how's the heat in Perth M8 , dam it's been hot the last few days . Great for fixing RC &

sitting in the aircon , Hows your aircon going ?.

Bet your glade you have got it in .

[chickenman242tk 266]

Its **** hot mate , so glad i got the ac done when we did ,i had today off to take the wife to the hospital for baby stuff .

The last few mornings ive been getting up early and working on the striker ,decals are ready to go just got to sort out the drivers head as it has the same stuff the reat of the body had.

To me the striker is the better looking one out of the 2 old step sisters the sonic fighter just looks bizare i mean seriously what were they thinking.

I wanted to do this one in particular because of the challenge restoring the body , i could have very easily used the nip chassis and body i have sitting in my striker box but where is the fun in that.

[Darat76 265]

Its **** hot mate , so glad i got the ac done when we did ,i had today off to take the wife to the hospital for baby stuff .

and there be the reason i left that country

least here i only have to worry about low to mid 30's and not the 40+ with no ac i was having to deal with in the middle of vic as a night shift worker...

as for the reason of this thread, it's looking really good and clean now, great work

[NWarty 1325]

Although I consider the Striker to be "Tamiya's window-licking child", that paint and restoration looks great!

[chevelle 997]

Aww come on boy's stop picking on the Striker It was my first Tam, so although it's not the best it still has it's place I'm still working on a SF to keeo it company

[chickenman242tk 266]

[chickenman242tk 266]

just a quick pic for this morning , i was running late for work lol.

after building this it has really got me thinking about doing a sonic fighter , fact i only need the body to make it happen so if anyone has a sonic fighter body and want to trade a striker body let me know

stay tuned i will be starting the grasshopper 2 rebuild that came with this striker , bit of a delay due to a broken chassis i didnt see and the wife is meant to having our second child on friday......better go order that chassis lol

[matman 1499]

just a quick pic for this morning , i was running late for work lol.

after building this it has really got me thinking about doing a sonic fighter , fact i only need the body to make it happen so if anyone has a sonic fighter body and want to trade a striker body let me know

stay tuned i will be starting the grasshopper 2 rebuild that came with this striker , bit of a delay due to a broken chassis i didnt see and the wife is meant to having our second child on friday......better go order that chassis lol

So are you sure it's going to be friday ?. .

So the baby is not born yet & your ording a chassis << Oh not for baby for GH 2 ..

Hope all works out well for the next week or so M8 , Baby wise !.

[chickenman242tk 266]

well Friday is the latest , so anytime between now and Friday morning I guess lol.

after doing a bit of searching this morning for a sonic fighter body , I may have to revisit it a bit later once I get the grasshopper 2 done and hopefully a wild willy purchased.

[chevelle 997]

Found this http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Tamiya-Sonic-Fighter-Body-/291677538260?hash=item43e95607d4:g:oDAAAOSwoydWs8Ey

291677538260

[chickenman242tk 266]

spied that one yesterday , by time you convert to AU its not really worth it lol , I found a boxed body set which includes a chassis for 150 usd so ill see how the pennies go in the next few weeks

[matman 1499]

spied that one yesterday , by time you convert to AU its not really worth it lol , I found a boxed body set which includes a chassis for 150 usd so ill see how the pennies go in the next few weeks

Yes , the AU $ compaired to the UK pound is not great , mind you not to great with the US $ .

But that don't stop us from buying Beef US RC goods does it ..

Well good luck with BUB'S Chickenman .

[chickenman242tk 266]

cheers mate , should be fun.

yep the au dollar is crap atm , cost 30 bucks for a chassis from the uk , hate to know what the conversion is going to be on the hicaps...

[Scapelnz 204]

This thread is great, just picked up an old striker ready for a rebuild, thanks for the motivation and good luck with the baby 😀

[chevelle 997]

spied that one yesterday , by time you convert to AU its not really worth it lol , I found a boxed body set which includes a chassis for 150 usd so ill see how the pennies go in the next few weeks

Forgot you were in Aus too

[chickenman242tk 266]

This thread is great, just picked up an old striker ready for a rebuild, thanks for the motivation and good luck with the baby

if you need any bits let me know , i have a box full and doubles of some smaller bits too