jimmer7 Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 Hi I would like to put the km beetle shell on to my 5b, but are the km body shells really that bad,. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the watchman Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 Simple answer, yes, they crack/split very easily, my first 5t shell was a km beetle, i spent a few nights after work spraying and prepping ti end up with a really nice 3 tone paint job, i tried making it like a 1/5 sand scorcher :-) looked wicked, very first run the baja rolled over and basicly the roof cracked right off, looked like a convertible lol. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkfat78 Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 The original shell on mine literally melted apart, right below the fuel cap. And that was just from fuel leaking out the air hole in the cap during a roll. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmer7 Posted April 29, 2014 Author Share Posted April 29, 2014 Cheers all ,think I will give them a miss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(-:AD:-) Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 my mate had a 5b shell. 1st run it was in multiple bits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossyra Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 Yeah, they are wafer-thin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mini-man-dave Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 First run of my km baja 002 rolled and lost a complete side pod by spur gear. She'll just shattered. Got a hpi one now and that's a lot better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistonhead Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 I changed the KM shell on my Baja for a Rovan one, that was better quality, so might be worth a pop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigjimknickers Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 Mine cracked from letting go of the pull start, it snapped back & cracked it. Very brittle shells. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DARSKi-RC Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 The original 5T (T1000) shell that came with my truck 6 months ago from RC Modelz has been abused weekly in all conditions and it's still hanging in there? It's split in a few places months ago (not shattered) and gaffa tape sorted that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MINKIN2 Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 Mine split whilst tugging on the pull-start. Avoid! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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