BigZombieMonkey Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 Hello everyone, my name is Spike (yes real name) and I'm a 41 year old who has always wanted to get into RC but never really taken the plunge. I've now made a purchase, nothing fancy, I ordered a HBX 16889a Pro as a way to get started. I read and watched a lot of reviews and this seemed to be a good model to get started with without forking out a large sum of money. I've been reading a lot about electric RCs but the one thing I'm struggling with is body sizes. I spend all my time customising things, I love anything I can customise so I've already been looking into clear body shells and how to paint them but I've not yet been able to identify if a certain body shell will fit an RC car? I've seen the scales such as 1/16 etc but I've also read that you can't just pick any 1/16 to fit another 1/16 scale RC car and when I've searched on Google for something that may help me understand what body shells are compatible with a Hbx16889a Pro I only seem to find the same 4-5 body types. Is there any kind of website that shows you what is compatible with certain models or is it a case of measuring out the RC car and its clip placements and drilling your own holes to essentially make a body fit? I feel I've dived onto something very complex head first haha 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormbringer Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 hi and welcome to the forum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.AJ. Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 Welcome to the forum 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James.S Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 Hello mate, welcome to the forum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bajadre Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 welcome to MSUK spike and the hobby 👍 on the shell question do some measurements etc you can get away with different brands if you can drill the holes yourself yes !! i see that models a truck shell so most 1/16th truck or truggy shells will fit with a bit of fettling 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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