Black Van Dan.

Had planned to fit this to my lunchbox but changed my mind. Cost me £35 shipped from the states. Looking for £30 posted in the U.K. https://m.imgur.com/gallery/GbMXH

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/302203088236

Paint shop managed to mask off the rear lights and number plate and gave it a full repaint. Also in other news. I sold the M03 Mini and ordered FX10 suspension parts 🙈😬

Stripped the body shell down last night and its in the paint shop today for a tidy up. 👍🏻

Thank you. 👍🏻 Wheelie bar was £16 on eBay. Might get the body redone next week. It's already looking a bit battered. @khyzersoze I probably will go the FX10 route. The annoying thing is I had originally ordered the FX10 bits, then cancelled the order when I saw the shapeways arms. 🙄😊

Rear shock mounts and wheelie bar wheel painted black. Looking much cleaner now everything is Black, I even had the little U shape shock mount brackets done too. Going to have to change those silver screws for black button heads. (I know I need help) 😂 Also in other non Lunchbox related news. This lovely little M03 Mini will be arriving tomorrow 😬 Anyone interseted in these Team Associated springs before I list them on the bay.

Bagged this little gem on eBay.

In other news.. I've taken the alloy rear shock mounts off and will get them etch primed and painted at work tomorrow, so they match the rear brace bar and wheelie bar. (Yes I do have OCD) 🙈 Also redone the dampers as I wasn't completely happy with them. Now they are perfect. 👌🏻

I don't think the motor/battery power really comes into it. They just aren't strong enough. Think we all need to chip in and have some 3D printed in titanium or machined out of billet. 👌🏻

I've got a new set of the team associated springs for sale if anyone is interested as they sent me another pack by mistake.

Item number 322371740260 👍🏻

⬆️ What he said lol. Bare in mind they only added the disclaimer to the product description after I had one snap. Hopefully hear back from them later today regarding a refund.

Yeh stock arms in this video. It doesn't turn anywhere near as good as it does with the shapeways arms. Yeh the 1st arm broke from just running up and down the street doing wheelies. The 2nd snapped when I rolled it. Not a huge impact, and nothing the original Tamiya arms couldn't handle. Running a 12 turn motor and yeh Lipo. 👍🏻

Awesome work. 👍🏻 My first Tamiya was a Mud Blaster! 😎

Small clip from today's run.. I've tried to embed the video using the media tags but failed.. 🤔 https://youtu.be/EjJfONKit0c Was doing some nice little jumps over a sleeping policeman. Had a few rough landings and now am missing a bit more paint and a side window lol.

Nah I'm quite happy running around in my £300 A6 allroad 👍🏻

I have fitted the originals this afternoon and ran it a bit. It's nowhere near the same as it is with the AM PRO arms. Doesn't turn or handle anywhere near as good. I did speak with @Pintopower after the 1st wishbone broke and he is looking into making some out of ABS. Personally I'd like them made out of carbon or alloy.

Yeh I have done mate. They did say when they sent the last one that if it snaps again they will refund me. Disappointed!

AM PRO wishbone snapped again. 😡

My Daily.. My summer toy.

Loving this. Keep up the good work 👍🏻

Just ran 'The Van'™ up and down the road. First run since I've fitted the kimbrough servo saver, GPM wheelie bar and AM Pro rear trans brace. What a difference!! Absolutely mega!! 😬👌🏻

Yeh wasn't cheap to get it how I wanted it. But it's worth it. And at the end of the day it's only money. You can't take it with ya 😋

I'm not sure they make a massive difference tbh. I guess it's always good to have some adjustablity, and they are obviously much stronger than the originals, plus they look good lol. I'm actually thinking about painting them black to match the rest. 👍🏻

Fitted the GPM wheelie bar tonight. Big improvement over the stock one. That pretty much completes my mods.. Now running 20W shock oil. Still want to get some softer springs. The standard kit ones fit my dampers so I'll probably end up getting some Tamiya ones. Is nobody using Tamiya shims to get rid of the slop from the front wheels/axle? Looking forward to running it the weekend. I'll try and get some footage. 👍🏻