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[MINKIN2]

Well I have finally got round to starting the rebuild... YAY! (for me)

Many of my parts are have been ordered and received but a few other parts are shipping in from the US so they should be here by the time I start putting it together. (weather permitting)

I have owned this baja v1 for two years now and boy has it been blast! These things are so much fun. Anyway my plans for a build have been coming for a long time now, when I first bought the car, I gave it a full strip down and added the essential parts (Battleswitch, new radio gear, High tec servos) and then had the plan to buy parts as I went along. This was working well for a time and ebay always had some great bargains every now and again but I began to feel as if the car was just a mix of random parts. So I thought sod it, lets just get it on



Here are a few picks of the car so far...




Stripping down..

Edited by MINKIN2, 04 March 2012 - 11:53 AM.

[Bazzokajoe]

support your local hardware store, its not expensive

[MINKIN2]

Bazzokajoe, on 03 February 2012 - 10:58 PM, said:

support your local hardware store, its not expensive

Thank you! I never realised they would stock it. Cheers I do hope that I have some left over... I wanna make my own Hydrogen

[JayJ]

Looking good fella, some nice upgrades coming I hope although it has some already!

[Bazzokajoe]

home made hydrogen ballons are fun really echos around the neighbourhood when you set them off too

[MINKIN2]

JayJ, on 04 February 2012 - 12:08 AM, said:

Looking good fella, some nice upgrades coming I hope although it has some already!

Yeah, I have a predator pipe, Numb-nuts creations 6mm billet front&rear braces and a lovely set billet alloy front brakes that I have been running with for some time now

The roll cage, wing and fastrax exhaust were not really to my taste but as I only got them all for £15, I can't complain

[Payney]

Pm me if u wana get rid of your roll cage!

[stebro]

You can always use drain cleaner too mate

http://www.msuk-foru...nodising-alloy/

[MINKIN2]

Payney, on 04 February 2012 - 08:41 AM, said:

Pm me if u wana get rid of your roll cage!

Will do mate, it may be a couple of days yet but I will get in touch.

stebro, on 04 February 2012 - 08:43 AM, said:

You can always use drain cleaner too mate

http://www.msuk-foru...nodising-alloy/

Awesome mate, thank you!

[stebro]

no worries mate

[MINKIN2]

Got some new bits today



So here's a quick rundown of what I have and bought so far...

Billet alloy cable from brakes set*
Rovan 6 spoke wheels and knobblies (front and rear)*
Proline Under tray
KM Alloy diff case
KM Alloy gear carrier
KM front bulkhead brace*
KM rear suspension brace*
KM spur alloy gear mount
29cc piston head kit
Roof Gaurd
Stebro Creations bumper set
Numb-Nuts Creations 6mm billet front chassis brace*
Numb-Nuts Creations 6mm billet rear chassis brace*
New Pre cut baja body shell
Uber-RC predator exhaust
Black Perspex window set


All items above marked with " * " were bought and used on the car previously

There are still more parts to come and I need to get in touch with Abbots as the have not sent me my HPI Decal sheet with the rest of my order

[norcoforever]

those wheels look mint =p should look great when done =p

[JayJ]

I have Desperado's on my v2, they're great wheels and look even better with Silverback beads!

Edited by JayJ, 04 February 2012 - 06:08 PM.

[MINKIN2]

Thanks for the replies guys, got some more pics for y'all

Well I have managed to get the car completely stripped down and had a go at de-anodising all of the ally...


As you can see, it look likeed a well ragged chassis (had some good times)









Never having done this before, I decided to try it with a test piece as I will not need this anymore. Most of the Chassis parts are that shade of Grey... Quite nice IMO



Happy with the test and moving on....



Job done... Shiny





However, it all did not got too well. The anodising of the KM top braces must only held on to the alloy by the collective will from the sweatshop workers of the factory that made it. Really it came off within moments of me putting it in the caustic soda, In fact the Alloy started to go black with what was left of the anodising was still coming off. Maybe they should use the same adhesive that's used for the bloody KM logo!  XD



It's a good feeling having a little progression already. It might not last too long if I have to wait for the postman, he still has to bring my roll cage and screw set.

Edited by MINKIN2, 04 February 2012 - 09:47 PM.

[stebro]

looking good mate.

Just rub any " black " alloy with finest wet and dry and it comes up good