matisse

IIRC the colour of the bladder matched to the bore of the damper. the TRF oil seals are an upgrade, and fit the DF03 and Aeration shocks which i think are 10mm bore

But Keen Hawk shell FTW

IIRC no, just that the shell is short at the nose.

Indeed, and i liked the original battery layout for the is reason, it was just a pig to get in and out. if you remove the top “brace” its a bit easier to access.

If i had another crack at this i’d do the same servo position with a transverse lipo.

Yeah, which is why i fitted the Madcap to my TD2. It’s about the only shell that fits and looks good, tad short at the nose though

Ummmmm nothing iirc, i left it out

Man, Stompers…that takes me back

All the salient points have been covered really, but to precis: CVA can be made to work well with a few small upgrades. Any well known brand alloy damper is a decent upgrade Tamiya TRF are excellent, if pricey X-Rings or TRF O-rings are a must Build with a good shock slime. AE/VG/1up. Oh, and remove the blue anodising ;P

Quality of this should be good, Carisma make good parts and OEM for many of the bigger names, inc Losi.

2007 i think.

Fabulous build, love it

Grab some 1mm spacers and go for it. It will make a difference in areas like the ackerman angle for the steering, so by using these you're adding in extra tuning options!

Stunning Work!

literally a thread on all the mods for the TD chassis cars

Rebound, is a good tuning tool for shocks, and it’s important to set/match both sides of a pair. Set the pair of pistons to the same length, body to eyelet, and then you can use a combination of spring cups to set various rebound rates by setting how far the piston is into the body when you build. I like more rebound on the front than the rear, allowed a little extra tuning for understeer iirc. Adam Drake’s video is very good on this subject This vid is the reason I ran the Aeration buggy shocks with bladders and foam inserts and the option for vented caps.

Wow, just wow. this is truly magnificent work, bravo.

The AGC-RZ low profile i fitted to my TD was great, little more costly than the etronix but higher specs and not as much wedge as a savox. Looking forward to the end result

Looking forward to the end result of this.

looks great!

Excellnt work! I’d looked at the TRF arms for mine too, but ultimately decided against.

Sold

Delightful. its a much better looking car with the TRF/DB01 front hubs isnt it? what arms did you use?

Andersen was the Brand who did OEM work for Duratrax and LRP amongst other brands.

it looks incredible!