Now assemble the rear hubs... more plastic spacers. These are some very nice looking CVD units. They're small compared to the MIP units I'm used to, but I've heard really good things about them. I like that I can adjust roll with some spacers on these hubs. Plastic hexes show up here as well. I should have aluminum ones on this truck before I run it a second time, but these should be plenty to get me through Friday's race.



Now we assemble them to the arms. Captured pins yet again. These actually use the same style hinge pin as the Losi 8ight. Two nuts thread onto it, one on either side, to secure it. For having so many methods of capturing pins on one truck I feel confident that they will all hold quite well. Every hinge point on this truck has been perfect. No slop, but not bound up either.



Built the rear turnbuckles just like the front. Kyosho gives you dimensions for the turnbuckles that goes from the inner edge of the ball cup to the inner edge of the other ball cup. They're much easier to build than the center-to-center measurements that a lot of companies give you.



Finally attach the side nerf guards and battery mounts and the main chassis is done and ready to move on to the shocks. I really like these nerf guards compared to the other SCT trucks. Small but fairly stiff. They also snap onto the chassis before being screwed in. They're very well thought out.



That completes the main chassis. Time to start building some shocks. I've looked at the velvet shocks and my jaw dropped; they're beautiful. If they build half as nice as they look, they may very well take the pain out of building and bleeding shocks as well.