E-bugs test and prep
Received the E-bug, shes needs lots of love! The rear body post set up fell into 3 pieces when I turned it over to fit the battery so super glue and a bit of old mecano sorted that for now rear bumper fittings all broken, shots of the test run manual sc etc, also prepped for Sunday re oiled shocks gear box and diff filled with gunk, esc and sport tuned, body needs a refurb, needs new main chassis and other bits but that will be as and when, for now shes ready to run! more pics to follow....
Now sporting black rims
last weeks damage.
complete with detritus and finger prints
Comments
SRB Bloke
Sounds like shes ready for action, looking forward to more pics
Fernado Alonso
Aha !! Mecano Beetle
Nice one
matman
Nice , That is one good way to clean the car LOL .
Ouch !! on last pic RR sad . Ok, yes the name is rough But come on
brayling
didn't even realise it had broken untill the clean/rebuild and I hardly ran her and didn't crash, old and brittle i suppose
karooha MB
Guess I better dust off the spare MB chassis then, and dig out a rear RR wishbone? Didn't see that either. and I cant remember you taking any hits. Better go back n look at mine now!
See you've found a new home for the tailpipe too.
brayling
That would be awesome cheers Ben, yeah will only be running one scorcher so put your pipe on this heap looks cool though just sprayed the wheels black bit rushed but they match now, had a quick test run and the body mount broke again so I re glued and melted a zip tie over the break should hold a bit longer, cant resist little jumps it loves it
karooha MB
yeah, that is the 'king' weakspot on these, the shell takes a hammering when it topples over and the only things holding it on are three of the puniest parts of the whole kit! But dont worry, everyone with a MB is in the same boat there. Thats why I built an ali replacement, HARDCORE. Looking forward to some Dub action tomorrow.
brayling
if it ain't rubbin.........
MAD-BEE
The MB looks great fun to drive! must get one at some point. Looks like you had fun looking at the first shot!
mad maz
Great stuff man ( rear tyres back to front ) like the black wheels and the fix on the rear body post... some dude on ebay doin a cheap replacement 8 pound i think .... have about give up on monster beetle gear box as not very strong me and my son run them very very hard... as of late we use king blackfoot gear box as thay are very strong for what we need ...
brayling
Cheers for the info on the gear box mad, yeah I reversed the tires so they dig in more. (love your MB's)
mad maz
Thanks Brayling that a good idea with the rear tyres if it works ... thanks for looking at my MB`s
brayling
not sure if that makes a difference? just a little more grip on loose ground? Its not really fast enough to hinder performance. Don't know really just trying it
mad maz
Well thats what is good trying diffrent things never try it myself but hey worth a go . are you running a stock motor ?
brayling
It was when I tested it, now its got a sport tuned, will be giving it a proper test this week some time if the weather holds out, currently re painting the body nothing special bit of a rush job really, but I wanted to keep it basic otherwise I wont finish it, although it will be another running resto.
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