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Actually, I'm not sure now.

These are what I got www.rcgeeks.co....-77mm-2pcs.
What sort of connector do I need for these? Do they just screw on?
(sorry, probably a dumb question)

Yes. Only 3mm screws. Balls are already in the shocks. They work a little like uniballs.

Cheers

Shocks are fitted.
Should have gone for longer rear shocks though. The ones I got were 85mm and it doesn't quite give it as much ground clearance as I'd like.
Oh well, they can stay sat on it whilst I do the rest of the car up and when I can afford to I'll get some 95mm ones.
Replaced the o rings with Tamiya Red and refilled the oil (front shocks were pretty much empty on arrival)

Upon fitting the shocks, I noticed I have got a slight crack in the rear mounts. Not sure how I missed that before.
I guess I'll have to get hold of some B-Parts as well now.

did you mount the longer axle ends on the shocks (on your picts they were sold with shocks)

Yep.
Tried long ends and at full extension the clearance wasn't quite as much as I'd like.
Should have measured better before hand.

Replaced the Rear shocks with some that actually fit.
Nice to see it with suspension that is actually working.

Was about to switch the motor back over to a 27T,but realised I no longer have all my old tools and so don't have an allen key small enough to remove the grub nut. That'll have to wait a bit too.

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Was about to switch the motor back over to a 27T,but realised I no longer have all my old tools and so don't have an allen key small enough to remove the grub nut. That'll have to wait a bit too.

I recommed Wera part # 05118066001

Ok, been a while since I posted due to real life getting in the way and awaiting my new wheels (Carson 900027 2WD All Terrain), which only took 2 months to get dispatched .

I've now fitted these new wheels and downgraded the motor to a normal, less insanely powerful one. Apart from fixing / replacing the shock tower and the motor / gear cap, the car is pretty much done.

As for the customisation, that's come on a long way too.
I got hold of some perforated metal sheets which I cut and stuck in fit for windows and then fitted a black heat sink onto the engine and covered the wiring with corrugated tubing to give it more of the look I was after. The wires 'should' be ok as they didn't get very warm at all before and there is some air space around them inside the tubing.

Then I painted the parts of the car that looked like metalwork in silver, masked it up then sprayed the rest matte black.
Once that dried out, I worn some of the paint down and added scratches (which I filled with a dull metal paint to mimic scratches reaching an underlying metal surface) then dirtied and very slightly rusted up some of these areas.

Just trying to decide if I leave it there do a little more. I was thinking of replacing the bumper with an aluminium one, perhaps tubed adding some chain to it. Maybe adding a bit of black netting inside to cover up the insides a bit more.
I may go back and improve some of the paint work too, but need to get more practice.
For now though, I think I may just leave it as is.

For my first car mod, I'm really happy with it.

Here are some pics, although they don't capture it that well.
Looks a lot better IRL, I guess it's the lighting not catching the details.

Wheel, heat sink and piping



Paint, damage and windows

Very nice . It has a mad max style.