jstunner

That really looks nice! What a great job. Is the Autobot symbol a decal or is it painted? If it is a decal where did you get it?

Sorry, didn't realize the rule. Won't happen again. Next time I'll pay better attention.

I've come across these in my search for Fox wheels. I'm just not willing to pay $103 plus shipping for wheels. No links to live auctions, unless they're your own

Thanks terry for the recomendation. I just ordered the astral dishes...since they were in stock. There were no pictures, but aren't these the Desert Gator wheels? I have extra hex adaptors, but I tried some DF-03 wheels and they seem to bind on the rear arm...same with hot shot wheels...these won't bind? Thanks again for your help.

This restoration project is coming along. However, I am wondering if there are other wheels that can fit on the Fox? Is there anything "modern" or readily available? Hopefully offered from Tower Hobbies? Ideally in white or chrome. I'm afraid if I run the car with original tires and wheels they will crack.

This car looks great. What dampers and shocks did you upgrade to? I just built a re-re and put a sidewinder 4600 brushless in it...almost too much power for the car... at least with the stock dampers.

Thanks for the information. I was afraid that was going to be the case. Luckily I was able to find a Fox D part tree on E-bay. I have another question, what purpose does the metal clip thing that is labeled "tie rod guard"in the manual actually serve? The ones on this Fox are coroded a bit. I could easily clean them up, but they seem like a useless part.

I just got another Fox off of E-bay. It turns out is is missing a few parts...dissapointed it wasn't in the description...so this is going to turn into a restoration project. The major part that it's missing is the servo parts from the D tree. How critical is this? Would I be able to use some of the spare parts from a rere hotshot or boomerang? I think I have a couple of extra servo savers...

Thanks guys, you are a tremndous amount of help and knowledge! I cut a piece out of the plastic and it didn't have a film on it. The plastic has a slight yellow tinge to it from age. I forgot I had a can of PS-14 metalic blue and PS-12 silver left over from my DF-03MS project. I might go with that. I noticed there is a repo body on E-bay, might have to pick one of those up, just in case I screw this one up. Also, this car has an older 540 motor in it that has a plastic cap. The wiring looks ok, but the metal on the can looks slightly corroded with age. Did those older engines have any more rpm than the stock 540's that come with say a rere Hotshot? I'm thinking about switching out that motor, I have a few unused 540's from my Hotshots. This is a really cool car, I was surprised at how big the car looks compared to the frog or Hornet 2WD's. This also came with the front stableizer hop up too.

I just got a Fox off of E-bay and it came with an original body and wing. My question is, the body seems like it doesn't have that protective masking film on the lexan. Did the bodies from the 80's have that masking plastic, or do I have to mask the entire outside body before painting it? Also, what is the box art blue paint used for the Fox? The car looks as if it has never been run, but it is equipped with a modern ESC the TEU-101BK, it doesn't have the heat risistors attached and were not included with the car, are those an important part? This is my first real vintage car. I have plenty of Re-Re's and "modern" buggies, this one just seems much different. (in a good way) Thanks for your time.

Thanks for the input guys. This is certainly the car I had as kid. Actually my friend had the black one, and I had the red one when I was a kid. I was always envious of him as I had wanted the balck one. Well, now thanks to E-Bay I can now fullfill that "want". LOL It's a fun car, but a bit difficult to drive because you can only steer the car when you have the acceleration stick engaged either forward or reverse. It took me a few tries to manuver this thing around. It has a "turbo" boost on it and a switch on the bottom which switches from high to low gear. I think the switch just moves a gear into place. Kind of cool for a toy. It's a rather quick car for what it was. With fully charged batteries, its just as fast as a stock Grasshopper with the 380 motor in it. Here are some pictures of the car. Enjoy!

Thanks for the info! That pretty much confirms my childhood memories. Thanks for the tip too, I just purchased a black one on E-bay. Hopefully it will get to me in good condition. Anyway you can take a picture of the red one? Is it numbered "27" and has "Shell" stickers on it? I can't remember what was on the wing. I remember the one I had, the wing broke off on it.

I have a DF-03MS with a Mamba Max 5700 in it. I had to use the 23T pinion and the 85T spur with the slipper to keep my engine from getting too hot. The car is insanely fast, and just about uncontrollable with a lipo. I actually run it now with a Nihm pack and have 0 heat issues. The car is a lot of fun, but I have been blowing through wings and tires with it. I think if I were to do it over again, I'd just get the 4600KV Sidewinder instead of the Mamba Max.

My first RC car was a "Sears" Lobo. I think this was made by Nikko. I think it came in 2 colors red and black, one had a transmitter freq of 49 and the other was 27. It used to take 8 AA rechargeable batteries. I had the red one as a kid and my neighbor had the black one. Was this a Lobo 1? Do these cars exist any more? I just can't seem to find any information on the Lobo 1's. I can't even find a picture of them. Does anyone have any info on these. I would love to buy one for the sake of nostalgia. Thanks for your time.

I'm not sure about the wheels, but i have purchased a few replacement bodies for mine. Here's a Grasshopper body from Parma: http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti00...=LXNAV2&P=K There's always the stock body too: http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti00...=LXLDV9&P=K Hornet stickers: http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti00...=LXLDX3&P=K

Yup that's a Keen Hawk body just painted black with some Skull Upgrade stickers and some left over stickers from my DF-03MS and Hornet build. I also did the windows with the Tamiya smoke, but it came out darker than I thought. It shows better in the sunlight. I did a box art Keen Hawk shell for my actual Keen Hawk build and I really liked that shell. I've beaten up my DI shell with the DF-03MS learning to drive the car with the Mamba Max. Now that I've got that a bit under control now, I'd thought I'd make the car more "me" as pink and blue just didn't quite do it for me. Hopefully these Anaconda tires hold up better on pavement than the Tamiya K tires. I tried the pro-line tires and I didn't do a good job of putting them on the rims. They seem to wobble and balloon up which makes the car shake and vibrate. I'm not sure if I can pull them off, trim the foam and re glue them??? I'm new to this hobby and for the time being I may just buy some pre-glued wheels till I can figure out how to properly balance tires. As always, thanks for your knowledge Terry! You have been very helpfull!

I should add, that I am looking to find something that will match this shell.

After a rather frustrating weekend of badly gluing some Proline Dirt Hawg I and III tires to the DF-03 MS wheel hubs, I am thinking it may be better for me to buy pre-glued wheels. Can anyone tell me if any of these would work on a DF-03? http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti00...LXTPN8&P=SM http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti00...LXRLP1&P=SM http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti00...LXRLP2&P=SM I'm looking for tires that will be best suited for asphalt pavement. I also have a Mamba Max 5700 installed in my DF-03 MS with 23t pinion an 85t gear...the standard Tamiya Spike K tires are going bald after about 5 lipo battery runs. Thanks for your time!

Well I got it fixed. The rear diff was really loose. Didn't realize that this should have been about a 15 minute fix. I had disassembled the whole rear of the car to get to the diff. After I had it apart I realized all I needed to do was remove 4 screws, pull the dogs out, and slip the diff out of the back, tighten the diff with the alan wrench and stick it back together. On the bright side everything got cleaned out and re-lubed! Now I can do some major doughnuts!

I'm sure it's assembled properly, but how tight is it supposed to be?

I seem to be getting too much power distrubeted to the front wheels, what do I need to adjust to make it even? It seems like the car is a front wheel drive buggy. I noticed this as it seemed to "pull" through the grass.

I curently have two rere Hotshots. I have one set up with the Dirt Tuned motor and one with a Superstock BZ. I have the BZ Hotshot with DF-O3 wheels which makes a huge difference in the control department. I'm running the 15 pinion on both. I run mostly on pavement, so it seems to give it a bit more top end. I am getting to the point where I am going to have to pull the BZ out and do some maintence. I think if I am going to pull it out I'd rather just install a brushless and be done with it. I am fairly new to this and I am still trying to figure out what the best brushless system is for this car. I am not afraid to spend money on it either. I also have Keen Hawk, Hornet, Grasshopper, Frog, and the Countach LP5000s, but out off all the cars I just love my Hotshots. I'm kind of leaning to the Sidewinder from Castle. I think a Mamba would be a bit too much power... I am also considering a Novak Havoc 10.5 turn system as well. I think the Taraxas one would kill the car, I think that's the one that's put in the Slash that goes 65+mph...which would be hilarious in a Hotshot, but I don't want to destroy my car. I guess what I don't completely understand is the batery part of these. If you want to limit the power, could you just use a standard nicd pack and tymia conector? Or is a NiHM pack better, or is Lipo the way to go?

Would this Traxxas Velineon Extreme Brushless power system work? http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti00...LXSDB8&P=SM Is there a Novak or Castle Creation system that is better? I'm not too concerned about price, just want to get it from Tower Hobbies since I have gift card money.

Is there an appropriate brushless system that would fit a re-re Hotshot without modifications? Anything that you can buy from Tower Hobbies?

I'm glad I read this thread. I must have sounded like an idiot all these years. I thought it was pronounced ta-my-ya.