Wow, now I learned something. I basically have everything needed ,also. Thanks for sharing, I guess I'll have to try this out.

JT, I wear the gloves because a little strand of carbon fiber under the skin is painful and very hard to get out. It happened to me once and I had to dig with the hobby knife to finally be able to get it with tweezers. The gloves give me some protection against that. The gloves I use for this are nitrile gloves because they are thin and tear easily. I don't use latex or urathane gloves because they are too thick and tough and stretchy. They would pull my finger on the bit instead of just tearing.
Also, it is a small bit with fine teeth on it. If your finger touches it, it will take off some skin but you need to push and keep the finger on the bit for it to dig deep enough for it to bleed. Would I wear gloves and get my fingers that close to a saw blade? Never. I know my tools, I respect the damage they can do. So don't be yelling at me no more :lol:

Alright, I'll quit now!!! Whiner.....:lol:

This should protect my shock shafts from dust and debris. Party balloons and electrical tape. This worked very well on my E-Revo so it should work for the LST.

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w...on_shocks1.jpg

You Sir are ingenious & an inspiration, that video has given me tons of great ideas for the future. :yes:

Thanks for the kind words peeps. :smile: Nice to know that I inspire people. When I get an idea, I always have these two things in my mind: Make it work, keep it simple. I love to find out about projects that someone is doing because they got ideas from my build. That's what it's all about, share ideas to help others and in return, they'll have something cool to share with you. I love it.

The HPI Flux motor mount came in yesterday so I went to work on it. I only use one half of it so I was able to show the modifications I had to do to make it work on my truck.

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w...r_support1.jpg

It's a good motor mount and it holds the rear of my motor very securely. The ugly hose clamp worked well, but this is much stronger and it looks a bit better.

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w...r_support2.jpg http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w...r_support3.jpg

I would say that this truck is done! It's functional, handles really well and is tough. I might think of little things to do on it in the future to improve it but for now, it just looks and feels perfect to me.

One last pic.

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w...e_lst_xxl1.jpg

MC,

That is an awesome job....I may have to get an LST and try it as well....It looks like an assload of fun!

Nice final product there MC! Looks pretty factory to me.

I think it's time to say : Félicitation ! Travail de pro, beau boulot ! (Congrats ! top-notch work, great job !) :yipi:

Looks good, sturdy and reliable. Bash it hard to see if it deserves all these kind comments :lol:
I like durable MTs :yes:

Popoxx

Plus durable c'est certain, chaque fois que je roulais mon E-Revo sur 6S quelquechose brisait. Alors je le roulais plus souvent sur 4S mais j'aime bien la performance sur 6S. J'ai déjà plusieurs cycles de 6S de fait sur le LST et je n'ai brisé qu'une seule chose qui a pris 12 minute à réparer. Un ''outdrive du diff arrière. Peux tu t'imaginer combien de temps ç'aurait pris pour changer un outdrive sur un diff de Revo? :mdr: J'adore ce Monster Truck (Camion Monstrueux). T'as besion d'un camion comme ça également. :smile:

this heres MURICA speaky tha engrish! LOL ,great build MC--josh

MC, do you think I could accomplish the same CF part duplication using a Dremel tool with the small Dremel router table attachment?

http://www.amazon.com/Dremel-231-Sha.../dp/B0000302Y9

You could,I've done it before but it takes Longer and I ended up clogging the end up and had to clean it out,and where goggles too. The fan inside the dremel is going to blow that crap everywhere.--Josh

Actually,it might be easier with a dremel to use the router head attachment and cut the CF with the template on top--Josh

Yes you could, that is exactly what I was using before I found the router and table. The thing I didn't like about the Dremel table though was that it had too much flex and the Dremel moved. But it can be done, like it was said, you just have to go slower. I used to take off as much material first freehand leaving 1/16'' all around the part so that the Dremel wouldn't have to work too hard.