XV-02RS Pro

[svenb 4240]

Some meaty carbon damper stays 

[skom25 2179]

Is this light or excess of CA glue above screw on left side?

[Old_Corny 315]

Nice to see this build. This is one of the kits I am considering - are all these hop-ups worthwhile / necessary?

[svenb 4240]

5 hours ago, skom25 said:

Is this light or excess of CA glue above screw on left side?

Definitely not glue my friend it's the light.

I never glue the carbon as I like to see the bare edge 

[svenb 4240]

2 hours ago, Old_Corny said:

 - are all these hop-ups worthwhile / necessary?

Er.... probably not but they do look good and I'm sure some of them will be a useful upgrade.

The chassis being the 'hard' version is very stiff 

[Elbowloh 1296]

8 minutes ago, svenb said:

Er.... probably not but they do look good and I'm sure some of them will be a useful upgrade.

The chassis being the 'hard' version is very stiff 

What do you mean? Blue = faster!

[svenb 4240]

21 minutes ago, Elbowloh said:

What do you mean? Blue = faster!

Correct 😅

[svenb 4240]

I cheated here and used a set of dampers that I'd already built. Wrong spec top caps but I'm not bothered 

[toyolien 5908]

10 minutes ago, svenb said:

I cheated here and used a set of dampers that I'd already built. Wrong spec top caps but I'm not bothered 

Looks great so far. Are those dampers shorter than the kit XV-02RS dampers? They look a little shorter in the pic.

[svenb 4240]

58 minutes ago, toyolien said:

Looks great so far. Are those dampers shorter than the kit XV-02RS dampers? They look a little shorter in the pic.

I thought they were the same length 🤔 but looking again you maybe right. The shafts are the 53850 titanium, could be shorter!

[skom25 2179]

5 hours ago, svenb said:

The shafts are the 53850 titanium, could be shorter!

I think the whole damper is much shorter. I think you used "standard" Touring Car shocks, which are also used in XV-01. XV-02 uses longer shocks I believe.

[toyolien 5908]

1 hour ago, skom25 said:

I think the whole damper is much shorter. I think you used "standard" Touring Car shocks, which are also used in XV-01. XV-02 uses longer shocks I believe.

The xv02rs uses #42102 dampers but with slightly longer damper shafts. From memory I think the rears should be 66mm eye to eye and the from 64.5mm. Or something like that. 

[svenb 4240]

1 hour ago, toyolien said:

The xv02rs uses #42102 dampers but with slightly longer damper shafts. From memory I think the rears should be 66mm eye to eye and the from 64.5mm. Or something like that. 

Correct 

42102 on the left and the kit supplied on the right

[svenb 4240]

The manual shows a O ring on the front dampers to limit the travel of the shaft which would make it approximately the same length as the titanium shafts(maybe🤔)I used in the pre built 42102's , the rears don't have the O ring.

If the chassis doesn't sit right I'll swap them but I'm sure it'll be ok 

[svenb 4240]

Electrics done, spaghetti everywhere.

Will finish off the build this evening 

[svenb 4240]

Stabilizer set done 

[svenb 4240]

And fitted 

Front 

Carbon bumper thingy

[svenb 4240]

Rear.

[svenb 4240]

Very clever if not bulky battery holders

[svenb 4240]

Last job for tonight, my eyes are sore 😵‍💫

One of my favourite tyres, really like the squareness of them, and they look great

[svenb 4240]

Chassis done and quite a good build 

I'll start the body this weekend 

[Rinskie 1025]

Such a beautiful chassis. Have you ran it yet?

[svenb 4240]

1 hour ago, Rinskie said:

Such a beautiful chassis. Have you ran it yet?

Not finished the body yet.

Doubt I'll ever use it

[svenb 4240]

Painful slow progress on the body, which is the least enjoyable but satisfying part.

The track needs widening a few millimetres. The back has some 4mm thick spacers to give me an idea by how much.

[toyolien 5908]

6 hours ago, svenb said:

Doubt I'll ever use it

What will you do with it? It's such a great chassis to drive.