Sounds good Mike, I will make it work one way or another. Madly polishing the motor mount at the moment, it is such a chore, but the results are worth it in the end...

Ever wondered what 4 hours of your life looks like?

Before:

http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/...106_202932.jpg

During:

http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/...106_215206.jpg
http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/...107_130356.jpg

After:

http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/...107_141919.jpg
http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/...107_141935.jpg
http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/...107_142004.jpg

Damn ....

I should had mine ship to u also ...

Nice job!!

That looks great!

Thanks guys. @Tinuss, sell me a pair of carbon straps and I will polish yours to a mirror finish, deal? ;-) I think the G1 would look awesome with a pair of carbon straps, am not happy with the purple straps that are on there now...

More work done today, unfortunately will need to wait till next weekend to finish up, have run out of time this weekend unfortunately.

http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/...108_152530.jpg

Comparison pic for Ralf with what I could do to his ;-)

http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/...108_152559.jpg

Wow! Your polish Skills are incredible!

lol ...

U do realize I will send u the entire truck ?...... :na:

You clearly have WAAAAYY more patience than I do! Looks awesome!

yes same here ....

I once started on a set of gmaxx arms .... they still need to be finished grrr

It's a pain for sure, but I just like to plug away if I am watching tv etc. I managed to put aside time this weekend to watch Game 1 of the World Series. Massive KC Royals fan so was stoked to hear they won this year... I am also always waiting for parts to ship from overseas, so I just slowly take one step at a time until the build is finished...

Ok so some help needed if that is ok. Following the traxxas slipper assembly instructions, it just doesn't seem to match what I see in Serum's assembly pics.

Here is what traxxas shows the setup should be as:

http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/...113_185547.jpg

http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/...113_185121.jpg

http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/...113_185041.jpg

But the fins on the outside of Part# 5351 rubs on the RCM Mount. If you take a look at Serum's pics, this part does not seem to have fins....

http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/...al%20V1/22.jpg

http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/...al%20V1/25.jpg

It has got me scratching my head. Maybe I'm looking at it wrong, maybe traxxas have changed the design of their part# 5351?

Thoughts?

The more I look at it, the more it looks like part# 5351 has either changed, or this part is different between nitro & electric models. The pic in the traxxas instructions show a difference in the number of fins, yet they have the same part #... If you look at Ralf's pic of his old slipperential as well, it looks like his had only 5 fins, instead of 10 like mine. Maybe I need to order a different kit...

http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/...1/IMG_0846.jpg

It looks to me there are 2 variations of this part, both seemingly with the same part#.

Looks like the one I got from amain is the wrong electric version?

http://www.amainhobbies.com/rc-cars-...-tra5351/p3376

And the correct nitro one we need can be ordered from Tower Hobbies?

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...&I=LXHGC5&P=ML

What I don't want to do is go ahead and order from tower, pay $15 in shipping and find out I still receive the wrong one and tower just haven't updated their part pic... Wish it was as easy as picking up the phone, maybe I might shoot them an email before I place the order...