Bodyshell 190mm or 200mm??

[siv429]

Hey guys (and gals),

Just lookin for a bodyshell for my TB01 chassis! Would anyone be able to tell me what would be better a 190mm or 200mm?? And is there any real differance in apperance??

Cheers

Justin

[BiggusDitchus]

Being as most of the Tamiya tourers are somewhere between 185 and 190mm wide then you want to go for a 190mm, if you go for 200mm the wheels will be lost inside the arches.

There is nothing significantly different in appearance of the two different width shells.

[SJoerD]

If the car is wider, it will also look wider... So if you take a close look you will spot the difference. But indeed it should not be too eye-cathcing. []

The TB-01 chassis is something like 180-190mm (it quite narow), so you will definately need a 190mm shell. To use a 200mm body you will need to use wheels with quite some 'offset', which limits your wheel choises significantly.

[BiggusDitchus]

200mm shells are in general for ic 1/10 tourers, I have to admit i know of any wheels that will allow a electric tourer to fill out its wheelarches. Mind you there are always the wheels that came with escort cossie (repsol etc) where you could change offset.

[mud4fun]

I must admit I've used 200mm shells on touring car chassis before and they did look a bit silly.

Only reason I used them is that they were HPI ones which were alot cheaper than buying a Tamiya shell!

Strange thing is that I fitted a 200mm to a TL01 and fitted it with some HPI wheels and it looked fine. I think the HPI wheels had a bigger offset plus the fact that I built the TL01 chassis from new parts rather than a kit and I used some slightyl wider Kyosho hexes, thye are nearly 8mm wide. Problem then is that the locking nut doesn't have much thread to sit on.

I'd stick to a 190 shell, nobody makes Shells as well detailed/proportioned as Tamiya anyway []

[BiggusDitchus]

Ian HPI make 190mm shells as well you know

[mud4fun]

Yeah I know Rich but my LHS doesn't stock them. I don't know why he only stocks 200mm ones? mind you he doesn't stock Tamiya at all now, only car stuff is all nitro [][]

[BiggusDitchus]

[]Thats why he only stocks 200mm then[]