Complete Original Or Modified

[wongy008]

Guys

im in a little dilema. Ive got a restored Top Force Evo and its mint now. virtually new built. Its sat as a shelf queen in my living room.

Now i was just messing around on the net the other night and came across some orange suspension/shocks. i thought these would looked awesome and better then the stock silver ones...

ordered and ive now fitted these and im not quite sure.

so ive started a poll.

what is the general consensus with modifying shelf queens. it seems now ive finished the evo and a part of me wants to improve it. i want to get things like a carbon main shaft, fibre lyte suspension mounts, gpm hubs.....

as people that have shelfers are you more impressed with a completely stock car like tamiya intended or one with well chosen modifications

the car being stripped in the background is the evo im breaking. many parts still available

[sosidge]

Really it's your choice. Personally I think your mostly-original one looks awesome and the non-Tamiya parts spoil it.

The only thing I would say is DON'T modify the original parts - keep them in a box so you can return the car to it's original state again.

[backtomyroots]

Orange = Just enough to make it "yours" and looks sweet !

Silver ? Keep them in the box to return it to normal if you ever sell to a "purist".

Awesome machine too .

[Dazza1]

I think Orange as said before it adds that personal touch.

[wongy008]

is this a wind up.

The results are 50:50

dont worry guys ive kept the original springs in a nice safe place. They will never be sold.

On a different not is it only possible to lower the ride height by fitting shorter springs. i want the body to sit lower to the ground

[slimmy]

I modify my shelfers the way I want. what ever makes me happy. When ever some one starts collecting any thing they should always collect what they like. Some of my machines i like completely stock right down to the screws. Other times i like to hop them up. some times with factory hop ups only and some times with after market goodies. In the end, your opinion is the only one that matters. But in the case of the orange shocks over the stock ones. I like the stock ones. I think they look better than the orange ones. But the orange ones do look good. Try them out for a while then maybie after time you will want to go back to the originals.

[simondo]

I like my cars standardish.If i mod them it is usually a mod that would have been done back in the day, so it keeps its "period" look.

For instance, i have modified the front suspension on my frog to twin cva`s.My friend back in `87 had a frog and i suggested this mod to him, but he didn`t do it because he preferred box art and standard set-up.As long as the bits i use on my modifications were available around the same time as the car was about i find modifications acceptable.

I do use modern wheels and tyres when i run my cars though, because some of the older tyres are a bit pricey, so i fit a cet of cheap ansmann wheels and tyres for bashing,unless i have a surplus or some old worn out original tyres.

I wouldn`t have an issue with modding a re-re tho,they are fair game to do what i like with, that is one of the reasons i like re-re`s

[yellowscott]

I think the orange springs add a nice personal touch & they match in nicely. Like others have said, keep the parts which you obviously are then they can always go back on. This is the sort of mod I would do on one of my own. Nice looking evo.

[TIMECMDR]

Simon

Keep it original :-)

T

[wongy008]

thanks for all the and votes

its been about a while now and ive grown to like the orange more and more. And like many have said it adds a personal touch to it.

The votes are by no means one sided. Clearly there are the purists who think it should remain stock as tamiya intended but also those that like individual touches to make their cars slightly different from the next. But i could see Tamiya releasing it with orange shocks if they were to release the Evo now..........Or even as a hop up as a different spring rate

the OE springs are put away safely ready to return it to stock should it ever require it. I cant see that being ever has it have no intention of ever selling it. Its the by far my fav tamiya model

cheers

Simon

[Shodog]

Ultimatey it's your car. I modify almost all of my cars to some point, that's what makes them mine and differentiates them from the countless other stock builds

[Novastar]

Orange = Just enough to make it "yours" and looks sweet !

Silver ? Keep them in the box to return it to normal if you ever sell to a "purist".

Awesome machine too .

Could'nt have said it better The orange touch spices the buggy up and I think they go better with the aggressive body design.

[stu22]

Ultimatey it's your car. I modify almost all of my cars to some point, that's what makes them mine and differentiates them from the countless other stock builds

+1, It's your car, do what you want with it.

I'm a believer in that everything I have should be ready-to-run with a minimum of fuss. The result of this is most of my vintage cars have a cheap radio/receiver/servo, a silver can 540 motor, and 101BK ESC (although somehow I've collected quite a few LRP AI's and have been using them too.) I almost never run them, but when they come out there's always someone at whatever track with his kid who takes a trip down Memory Lane with me and we're back in the 80's again.

To keep the things running I've made some minor modifications, of which some would be correct (putting vintage sport shocks from a vintage Frog on the Grasshopper) and some are complete hacks (currently trying to figure out how to put Associated TC4 shocks/dampers on the old HotShot since the guy I got it from completely destroyed the rear suspension.) For me it's about keeping the vintage toy cars running.

For a shelf queen though, I think I would take a completely different approach. For my modest 1:1 car collection, I keep everything stock and do my best to restore the car to the condition it came off the assembly line. My excuse here is, there was a time I was doing all the expensive performance mods and enhancements but, as I, and the cars, get older, putting them back to stock means I can actually finish the project and have something that is respected when I take the thing to a show. I'll be the first to admit that for the most part the 1:1 collection sits around, just like a RC shelf queen would but in the garage instead of on a shelf, and putting money into performance parts would be a waste since they are almost never on the road.