New CR-01 owner

[J55TTC 14]

Hi, and hello from not so sunny- rather wintery Surrey UK. 

I've been a long term tamiya fan, started as a kid with a Subaru brat and delved into drifting for a little while with a highly modified DF-03ra chassis. My Son wants a CR-01 for Christmas so I'll help him with the build but I couldn't help myself and I've bought one too - a second hand one that needs a little love but I'm sure I can get it up and running. 

 

Planning on on doing a complete aluminium overhaul and eventually a custom shell so keep an eye out in the builds section

 

Pic of my second hand one

[Illogical 141]

That looks great - quite a lot of hop-ups already I see.

My CR-01m has the Rock Socker shell - I'm enjoying mine with a 13.5T brushless motor in it. I'm just waiting for a DF-03RA to arrive - mine has the Suzuki shell on it but no mods as far as I can see.

speedy_w_beans has a highly modified CR-01, you can see his build here: 

 

[J55TTC 14]

I have oggled, drooled salivated etc over speedy's build. That chassis is just awesome and I intend to do the same. 

Ive also been drooling over the jeep in matteo's  rc movies on YouTube so have some plans on making a custom shell but I'm yet to find a suitable donor. 

 

I really enjoyed the df03ra chassis I sold this to fund the cr-01. It had all the aluminium hop ups including the disk brakes. Wish I didn't have to sell it but needs must

 

[J55TTC 14]

[J55TTC 14]

I've got my hands on it now and I'm in the process of a complete rebuild, I've pulled it apart to every last nut and screw. It's seen a fair bit of use but generally in pretty good shape. 

Some of the bearings are in a bad way so I've ordered a complete new set. 

More bearings that need replacing. 

Where the locking pin sits is a bit out of shape so had to file it smooth again so I could get the bearings off. 

 

Loads more ore to follow.....

[mastino 1182]

 

 

 

I prefer 3M scotch-brite (or similar) and a cordless drill. You put the part on the drill and use scotchbrite to remove rust and dirt.

[J55TTC 14]

That's a good idea!

[J55TTC 14]

Wheels being rebuilt too

Haven't decided on the colour yet, don't know if I should go gloss black like the wheels or wait and do them the same colour as the shell. 

I don't like the blue anodised finish so off it comes!

The Gmade bighorns will do for now but I've put new memory foam inserts in. 

Wheels being painted tomorrow....

[neverfollow 599]

The CR01 is more capable than people give them credit for. Love mine and looking forward to running it again in some snow

[J55TTC 14]

Some hop ups, I'm struggling to find parts silver as standard so having to make do with blue ones.... for now

Stripping the blue anodising 

All parts are now silver

some bits responded very well and just needed a rinse off, others were left looking a bit dull. 

So they've been buffed. Made my hands and fingers ache like crazy. 

[J55TTC 14]

Cant decide.......

[J55TTC 14]

Ive loaded each wheel with 90g

[J55TTC 14]

I decided on the more contrasting look. 

[J55TTC 14]

I've ordered a few hop ups, prices in the U.K. are ridiculous so they're taking a while to arrive from "out East" but this is the first of many.....

[J55TTC 14]

More hop ups slowly arriving. 

Utter bargain on the aluminium damper set. Paid 40% of the uk price, well worth the wait!

[J55TTC 14]

You guessed it, more hop ups from Japan, again - less than half the price compared to U.K. 

The frustrating thing is I ordered the bearings last like a complete numpty so starting the building of the rig is going to be delayed as I literally can't start without them......

[J55TTC 14]

And so the build begins at last. My son got a rock socker for xmas so building both at the same time. 

[J55TTC 14]

Taking ages but looked sweet!

[J55TTC 14]

the standard rock socker chassis is complete. I've put a few upgrades parts on including Tamiya aluminium base plate, aluminium dampers, some alloy parts around the axles and steel driveshafts. Rock socker body to follow

[J55TTC 14]

My all aluminium chassis is coming along nicely too. Tamiya aluminium dampers being made:

And I made a pretty sweet looking axle guard from aluminium plate. I copied a picture of one I found online and it worked out pretty good:

[J55TTC 14]

Taking shape, thinking camel yellow or ps-3 blue. Anyone know of some decent tyres that are maximum 120mm outside diameter? Big horns too big, 1.9's look hilarious, Tamiya vice crawlers the right size but I know are poor performance wise

[waterbok 1282]

I love the proline flat irons I got on my CR those are 120x50

Sofar those got my everywhere

 

[J55TTC 14]

Thanks waterbok, got any pictures?

[waterbok 1282]

Loads of them or just the tires

[waterbok 1282]

Did you do the tyrep trick to remove play in the suspension arms?