infernox 0 Posted March 27, 2008 Please someone tell me, or link me to HOW TO FIT my land rover shell on my Stock TLT chassis plates. I swear I will kill the car if I dont get help! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
B.M.T. 127 Posted March 27, 2008 Can you post some photos, so we can see what you have there, to work from?. My 1st TLT build used the stock chassis. I basically made new suspension links from m3 all-thread, with brass tube from a hobby shop over, and mounted the shocks from the ends of the chassis to the back of the axle housings. I used the standard bodymounts for the front, and screwed nylon generic fit posts to the side of the chassis at the back, to fit a Landcruiser body. The hard part is to find dogbones the right length, which you need to use with the stock gearbox. Hey, I realised my little TLT from 4 years ago looks familiar.... Don't know where?... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dready 0 Posted March 27, 2008 Thinking of the top of my head you will probably be best to mount the Body mounts out of the side plates horizontally. Here's a couple of pics from Twinsets Showroom always good for inspiration. and here's a link bound to be some more ideas in there. http://www.tamiyaclub.com/member.asp?id=169 The first pic is of the mounts and the second shows the mounts coming out of the side of the shell this is how i would do it. Before you say that's not my chassis the principal would be exactly the same :-) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
infernox 0 Posted March 27, 2008 Thinking of the top of my head you will probably be best to mount the Body mounts out of the side plates horizontally.Here's a couple of pics from Twinsets Showroom always good for inspiration. and here's a link bound to be some more ideas in there. http://www.tamiyaclub.com/member.asp?id=169 The first pic is of the mounts and the second shows the mounts coming out of the side of the shell this is how i would do it. Before you say that's not my chassis the principal would be exactly the same :-) where do i get posts like that? stright ones. i just cut myself to shreds using a drill bit, so please dont say, make them. BMT check my TLT a newby build thread here to see my crawler... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryanbored 3 Posted March 27, 2008 I used longer body mounts adapted from a TT01 (they were 50p from ebay!) on mine Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billg4 25 Posted March 27, 2008 duratrax is the popular post, others like parma and proline make posts too. 2.5 inch http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti00...LXD244&P=ML 4 inch http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti00...=LXD242&P=7 1.5 may be the shortest http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti00...=LXD243&P=7 all sizes in 1/2 inch increments to 6 I believe is the longest Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
infernox 0 Posted March 28, 2008 duratrax is the popular post, others like parma and proline make posts too.2.5 inch http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti00...LXD244&P=ML 4 inch http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti00...=LXD242&P=7 1.5 may be the shortest http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti00...=LXD243&P=7 all sizes in 1/2 inch increments to 6 I believe is the longest thanx bill ill look into that. @Ryan: how did you mount those, have you got pics? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryanbored 3 Posted March 28, 2008 thanx bill ill look into that.@Ryan: how did you mount those, have you got pics? Nope, as I scrapped them and now use the TLT ones cos Im using a different body that doesnt need longer ones. All I did was cut the bend off the bottom, enlarged one of the holes and put a bolt thru it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
infernox 0 Posted March 29, 2008 Nope, as I scrapped them and now use the TLT ones cos Im using a different body that doesnt need longer ones. All I did was cut the bend off the bottom, enlarged one of the holes and put a bolt thru it. thanx ryan, will try that. now please answer the question in my build thread on the sliders.! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites