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Not sure if this is any better:

22Mounted.jpg

And for good measure:

21Springs.jpg

Edit: But that will be way more expensive than the stock springs you've seen!

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...but any excuse to post pics of that stunning Vanquish eh? :mellow:

Yeah.... Pic-Whoring it up. :)

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Not seen those for sale anywhere :D but any excuse to post pics of that stunning Vanquish eh? :)

so,,, where did u reach in Egress ...:mellow:

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so,,, where did u reach in Egress ...:)

All stripped and cleaned, got C parts and front and rear lightweight Avante wheels in the post.

Rebuild with pics soon ;)

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All stripped and cleaned, got C parts and front and rear lightweight Avante wheels in the post.

Rebuild with pics soon :)

thats great mate,,,,,,,so the wheels sre they the white Vanquish one or the Avante2011?

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thats great mate,,,,,,,so the wheels sre they the white Vanquish one or the Avante2011?

These

Avantelightweight.jpg

Don't know if I'm gonna change the paint scheme and leave them white, or dye them black and go boxart. :)

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In this link, the guy talks about using a different current Tamiya front spring that is the exact same color as the Egress (slightly thicker w/ more coils). Only problem is he never gives the flippin part number. Maybe I'm just missing it or something? :)

or they may not HAVE a flippin part code unique to it itself ;)

looks suspiciously like a touring car spring in length, girty & approx 6-7 coils

some tamiya kits circa TA04 did come with a goldish spring which never appeared

as any sparepart or optionpart (tuned springs are painted red, yellow, blue, white etc)

dunno if the gold was plated or anodised, it had a matte brushed look to it when raw

but they can buff to a decent shine without losing too much of their gold tone

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is this short set for sale :D

i am serious

Sorry, mounted on the car...

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ohh,, no chance even for the Middle one? not soft nor stiff

cheers

Actually I've got two soft sets, a medium and a hard set left over but they're 20,000 km's away from me in New Zealand I'm afraid... I'm in Netherlands at the moment.

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Actually I've got two soft sets, a medium and a hard set left over but they're 20,000 km's away from me in New Zealand I'm afraid... I'm in Netherlands at the moment.

ohhhhh,, no prob. i reserve the Medium set... :D

whenever u got them, let me know....no rush, but remember.heheh

will PM u my email.....

thanks

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@DJMCNZ and Tamiya Era... Have you two quite finished? :D

I'm gonna start rebuilding the front end now, will do the rear when parts arrive :D

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@DJMCNZ and Tamiya Era... Have you two quite finished? :D

I'm gonna start rebuilding the front end now, will do the rear when parts arrive :D

hahaah,,, we have..but i am still waiting for DJMCNZ to confirm loooooooooooool

Thats great Wez-li,,,so excited to see..

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Looking great mate - keep your focus, it'll move on quickly next week once the parts start coming in.

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Yep will do, although it has become apparent that I'm missing a few screws :D

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****! OFFS D-A-M-N is NOT a *badword* (in any language). That looks brand new!

*Lust* :)

Thanks mate, took a lot of elbow grease to get it looking like that, it's not perfect but still ok for a runner :P

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You can still get all the titanium phillips head screws in separate 10 packs. They are usually pretty inexpensive too. The sets sold in 5-packs are the newer hex-head screws. The only ones you cannot get are the step screws I mentioned earlier.

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Quick update.

C3 parts arrived courtesy of Percymon :)

You can see from this pic why they needed replacing!

2011-10-24195305.jpg

You can still get all the titanium phillips head screws in separate 10 packs. They are usually pretty inexpensive too. The sets sold in 5-packs are the newer hex-head screws. The only ones you cannot get are the step screws I mentioned earlier.

Not sure which ones I need yet, but defo a few step screws missing :P

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Quick update.

C3 parts arrived courtesy of Percymon :)

You can see from this pic why they needed replacing!

2011-10-24195305.jpg

Not sure which ones I need yet, but defo a few step screws missing :P

OUCH! That is what happens when a rear dog-bone slips out. At least that's what happened to my C3 part when I used shocks that were too long in the back on my Vanquish. The dog-bone got wedged on the inside wheel the first time I made a hard turn... DOH! Dang Kyosho gold shocks. Good thing those C-parts aren't $90 a set any more... :D

As for the step screws, you can still make due with some black steel ones from the Avante of course.

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