matisse 1704 Posted September 8, 2021 5 minutes ago, djmcnz said: I agree that ball diffs are worth the effort and once you've got the knack it's much easier than tuning a gear diff with oil. I'd default to a gear diff up front, ball diff down back and a slipper. I'd run the gear diff dry on a loose surface first to see how the chassis behaved. The slipper would probably be harder to get perfect than the ball diff. Sage advice 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
matisse 1704 Posted September 14, 2021 Servo arrived. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
matisse 1704 Posted September 17, 2021 Picking up on the shocks now that I’ve successfully used a caustic chemical with our damaging myself!…. The CC01 x DF03 mash up didn’t work, so I decided to investigate stripping the awful (imo) blue from the alloy parts. Tested on a TT01 drive shaft/cup combo which worked great and so cracked on with it. During the process I noticed a patch of tarnish appear and it got me thinking that when I’d checked how the bright silver of e stripped drive cup looked against the flourine coating I was underwhelmed, so what if I deliberately tarnished all the shock parts? Popped them back into the drain cleaner for 20-25 secs and let them all tarnish a bit. Rinsed off and “polished” with my polish rag that still has some autosol residue on, just to clean it up a tad. The result is, I think, pretty ******* cool. You can see the effect of the deliberate tarnishing against the freshly stripped drive cup. Muy Bueno. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
djmcnz 755 Posted September 17, 2021 That looks very good indeed. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Frog Jumper 4066 Posted September 17, 2021 1 hour ago, matisse said: Picking up on the shocks now that I’ve successfully used a caustic chemical with our damaging myself!…. The CC01 x DF03 mash up didn’t work, so I decided to investigate stripping the awful (imo) blue from the alloy parts. Tested on a TT01 drive shaft/cup combo which worked great and so cracked on with it. During the process I noticed a patch of tarnish appear and it got me thinking that when I’d checked how the bright silver of e stripped drive cup looked against the flourine coating I was underwhelmed, so what if I deliberately tarnished all the shock parts? Popped them back into the drain cleaner for 20-25 secs and let them all tarnish a bit. Rinsed off and “polished” with my polish rag that still has some autosol residue on, just to clean it up a tad. The result is, I think, pretty ******* cool. You can see the effect of the deliberate tarnishing against the freshly stripped drive cup. Muy Bueno. Wow that’s awesome!!! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
matisse 1704 Posted September 17, 2021 6 minutes ago, Frog Jumper said: Wow that’s awesome!!! 14 minutes ago, djmcnz said: That looks very good indeed. Thanks Both, plan is to begin building them this eve, so we'll see how they look fully assembled. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
matisse 1704 Posted September 17, 2021 Undoubtably the manual will be essential in making shocks fit and work correctly, infact if the Tamiya USA livestream is correct then it has details on how to make the DF03 shocks fit. I assume this is because they are longer than the CVA v2. Still, I wanted to see what the “best shocks Tamiya never sold” looked like. DF03 shocks were joined by: TRF Low Friction V Parts, TRF Oil Seals, TRF X-Rings, TRF Tapered Pistons and 5mm Ball Collars. I don’t think we need another shock build post. So here they are… Spring wise I may use the kit springs, mostly as they aren’t that garish gold of the DF03 set…… 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
matisse 1704 Posted September 18, 2021 Somehow i missed the Live RC video where MS went through all the upgrades to his car, sure spent a lot of money on it! one interesting nugget is how to adjust the DF03 dampers to fit in a screenshot from the Manual, looks easy enough, simply build as per the damper manual and change the mount. Dunno what to make of the advice to "not replace the rear damper" though..... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
toyolien 6296 Posted September 18, 2021 50 minutes ago, matisse said: Somehow i missed the Live RC video where MS went through all the upgrades to his car, sure spent a lot of money on it! one interesting nugget is how to adjust the DF03 dampers to fit in a screenshot from the Manual, looks easy enough, simply build as per the damper manual and change the mount. Dunno what to make of the advice to "not replace the rear damper" though..... I saw that about the rear dampers. Must be a bad translation maybe?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
matisse 1704 Posted September 18, 2021 15 minutes ago, toyolien said: I saw that about the rear dampers. Must be a bad translation maybe?? Yeah, it’s very strange. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
matisse 1704 Posted September 26, 2021 This ******* car needs to turn up soon…..rumours that I may have bought 5&8mm hard hex head ball connectors, Low friction suspension balls and a DF03 Spring set are, as yet, unfounded. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
toyolien 6296 Posted September 26, 2021 Same here. I'm glad I order some 3/32 ceramic diff balls though. Almost went with 3mm... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
matisse 1704 Posted September 26, 2021 54 minutes ago, toyolien said: Same here. I'm glad I order some 3/32 ceramic diff balls though. Almost went with 3mm... Ceramic/tungsten/HCCA? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
toyolien 6296 Posted September 26, 2021 4 minutes ago, matisse said: Ceramic/tungsten/HCCA? https://www.plazajapan.com/4950344421947/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
matisse 1704 Posted September 26, 2021 6 minutes ago, toyolien said: https://www.plazajapan.com/4950344421947/ Nice. I did indeed just get some Ceramic balls, went with some from MB models, they had 1/16 ones I stock too Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
toyolien 6296 Posted September 26, 2021 46 minutes ago, matisse said: Nice. I did indeed just get some Ceramic balls, went with some from MB models, they had 1/16 ones I stock too Nice. I don't think I've ever been so excited about a new release! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
matisse 1704 Posted October 9, 2021 Once again I’ve fell foul of the service stock issue with a local website, I want to buy from the U.K. but it’s so frustrating when it shows as instock and then you get an email saying it will be months away…. in the meantime another PJ package arrived with Hard hex head balls and a DF03 spring set, so I thought I’d finish off the dampers. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
matisse 1704 Posted November 13, 2021 Life issues will put this on hold for a while, so I won’t be getting one of first drop of kits. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toad16v 282 Posted November 14, 2021 Boooo. Was looking forward to this. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
matisse 1704 Posted November 14, 2021 31 minutes ago, Toad16v said: Boooo. Was looking forward to this. I know, sad times indeed Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
matisse 1704 Posted December 21, 2021 Not that i want to get people overly excited, but this MAY be back on...... more news to follow as i get it. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Superluminal 3999 Posted December 21, 2021 Did you sell the dampers in the end or have you still got them? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
matisse 1704 Posted December 21, 2021 51 minutes ago, Superluminal said: Did you sell the dampers in the end or have you still got them? i did sell them, so i'd have to come up with another plan. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DaveBuildsRC 219 Posted December 21, 2021 2 hours ago, matisse said: i did sell them, so i'd have to come up with another plan. The stock cva shocks are good no need to upgrade. only thing you may need is univerals atleast for the front for better turning radius. then maybe slipper and one alloy diff nut for rear. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites