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Polished up the roll cage and fs plate then finished cleaning the bumper, fitted them altogether using some clamps instead of just cable ties I notice that when the cage hoop is fitted I can't have the top bolt in the motor cover? Am I suppose to trim the cover or not have the bolt? the cover does fit snug against the hoop

Nice and shiny looking car you got there !
Excellent work Andy

andyaus wrote:

... Am I suppose to trim the cover or not have the bolt? ...

You're _supposed_ to use the cable ties, that way the offset between the end of the bar and the roll bar doesn't matter ...

I guess whoever measured up for the offending part was one mistake away from getting fired & rather than own up, they called dropping the clamps "cost reduction" and "weight saving" instead

That will be why the hoop on the rere Fighting Buggy is a different shape.

Could you seek a mm or so by machining bolt/nut down, it would still 'look right' but clear case.

nodtec wrote:

Could you seek a mm or so by machining bolt/nut down, it would still 'look right' but clear case.

Nah it wouldn't be enough The only way would be to trim the plastic case and I wont be doing that To be honest the hoop is fitting very snug against the case that I'll just leave well enough alone

You could make a replacement rear bar (it's "just" 4 bends & 3 holes) with a bit more space between the first two bends

Jonny wrote:

You could make a replacement rear bar (it's "just" 4 bends & 3 holes) with a bit more space between the first two bends

Absolutely I expect it would be a heck of a easier than the XLT roll bar

Finished assembly of the steering after polishing up the servo mounts and cleaning all the rod components I changed out the steering arms with the pressed ball link for another set with threads Next I need to clean up the msc and fit the rest of the radio before continuing with the bodywork, but the body can wait till I've spent a little time on the XLT

Made a copy of the chassis to create a top deck for the XLT, shaped and cleaned to test fit I'm not sure yet if I'll keep it covering the servo (everything clears) but I do like how fitting over the front mount gives plenty of chassis stiffening added an ESC and that's it for tonight