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One thing to consider, if you beef up the shock tower what is then the weak spot for breakage - those extra holes might not get used but perhaps they are there as much to create a weakness in high stress landings ?

Only issue with the extra material might be the top cap of the shocks rubbing if you used the inner most holes - if you don't want to use the inner holes then don;t drill them, and retain some strength.

Associated SC10, Traxxas Slash or Blitz ESE all very robust. One thing most short course trucks suffer though it that they throw a lot of dirt into the shell from the front wheels in particular

I have rebuilt and lightly run two Boomerangs and one BigWig - whilst there is some theoretical benefit from the twin front shocks of the BigWig I can't say i ever found the Boomer lacking or the 'Wig superior. I never weighed either model, people say the 'Wig is heavy (and i wouldn't disagree) but from recollection I don;t think there's an awful lot between the two models.

Either make your own (use old one as template) from some 2mm / 3mm carbon fibre sheet, or perhaps ask Fibre-lyte to give you a quote to make one (not cheap, or quick unfortunatley)

The offer was 59.99 euros, so 30 euros discount - after shipping to UK it worked out about £67 - great price for a XB kit with radio gear !!

Last day yesterday, now its the Boomerang on a slightly reduced price.

Next part of my clearout.. DF-03 parts as shown in photos, various used parts such as wheel axles, front and rear diff cups (one quite badly chipped), front and rear shock towers, gears, dogbones etc etc etc. Close ups.. new prop shaft joints.. Thanks

Did you power up and centre the steering servo before installing ? Just checking as often they are not on centre when new in box - if not power it up now, you may be lucky but if not its a lot easier to disassemble now to centre the servo saver

Nice start Jenny - not sure it's going to keep you busy for many winter nights though at the rate you are going !

I dare say, thanks to someone 'advertising' them on here lol!

Nice early delivery, before 07:30hrs.. Tamiya M03M Suzuki Swift XB from Tamico 😃😃😃😃😃

I'll throw a wild card in, in the form of the Levant. Never a great seller due to the Traxxas Slash /EMaxx presence and silly initial Tamiya pricing, but they are 100 euros at Tamico currently which for a reasonable tough (lexan body) big tyred stadium truck that will shrug off a few knocks and work weel in the garden thats a good deal.. XB prebuilt and painted, just add eletrics.. https://tamico.de/Tamiya-XB-Levant-ohne-Elektronik

Nice job on the painting. Been painting myself; silver coat on the rough rider shell plus two coats of clear. Just wet sanded with 1200 grit so off to fire more clear now

For Sale - Vintage Traxxas 2401 Bandit 2WD Buggy Chassis in great condition Was stripped and cleaned several months ago and just been on the bookshelf since New wing wire and wing holders New Tamiya rear wing Oil shocks all round Reliable Traxxas drivetrain 'Silver can' Traxxas motor No ESC (old MSC and servo included, but resistor missing) Steering Servo fitted (Traxxas) Radio Receiver fitted ( Traxxas 27mHz with crystal) Front tyres like new, Rear tyres plenty of life Shell in good condition Vintage original decal sheet included - not sure how sticky these are, i found them eventually in a French model shop but they'd been stored folded Downloaded printed copy of build manual Would make a great, tough runner

Received thank you

Laid fresh plastic primer on an original rough rider , spotlight buckets and roof. added some items for sale section

Provisionally sold pending payment

Many thanks Details sent provisionally sold

Not only that but you're giving your email / paypal account details to someone with zero feedback, located goodness knows where.

Only selling together sorry - the turnbuckle set is £16 plus postage from Modelsport , so best part of £20 No point selling a pinion on its own.

New in packet Tamiya DT-03 hop-ups as follows.. 54572 - Full Turnbuckle Set 54629 - 19T steel pinion £11 posted within UK Payment by paypal

SOLD – Tamiya F103 / F104 hybridOK guys, this one started life as a F103 Ferrari that I bought with broken front wing and a shell fit only or the bin.It received a full strip down and clean, and was rebuilt with all the following ..New F104 wheels and rubber tyresNew adjustable gear case partsNew carbon drive shaftNew alloy diff partsNew diff ringsNew Tamiya long carbon fibre top deckNew D parts for the battery holdersNew hop-up alloy body postsNew friction damperNew 3 Racing alloy shock absorber/damperNew RD Kingpin setNew reinforced front axlesNew 0.4Mod RM spur gear New shell painted metallic white with Tamiya 'flag' draped over the top New front and rear wings Also has a new Hobbyking servo that is good enough for fun running. £40 posted within UK Payment by Paypal, buyer pays fees at this price

Perhaps you should buy the treadmill they have for sale too - at the same £23.66 with free worldwide postage.

Stick to the stock gearing or perhaps one less if you've not got much room for full throttle maxed out speed.