It's been 21 month since I cleaned up the G3R

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It has been some time since I had the G3R apart. I planned to do it this winter but lost a rear differential and well the screws just kept coming out of it until it was apart. My original plan was last winter, but Shawn’s (TDC57) post of what one is suppose to look like after a good cleaning was just to damn tough of an act to follow. So I put that off until the thread slipped away. It's obvious now it will never go away so I'll have to just face that. It looks like I never posted a build thread for my G3R here at RCM. So just for historical factors this is the build thread that I had at TRX forum.
http://monster.traxxas.com/showthread.php?t=395978
It's not a long and drawn out one like Marks (mkrusedc) "My Neu Maxx is almost done" is. Just kidding you Mark. Although ironically Marks post was the one that got mine to be 2 page long over there and still is only 2 pages. Thanks again Mark. A goal I thought it might never reach. Anyways pics of what the G3R looks like after such neglect. At one time I made some lexan protectors for the g3r skid plates. These eventually broke and never got replaced. I thought back then no big deal. If the two plates get chewed up too bad I will just order up some replacements. Well as the old say goes you only have one set of teeth so take care of them. If I knew I had only one set of skid plates. I may have lived the last 21 month differently. The G3R chassis where the batteries strap onto has a little bit of a bend to it on one side but nothing bad. Got it bent back close to original

I got some cleaning and polishing tips from Shaun before his sudden departure from us. So I tried some wine and started working on it between 1:00 am and 4:00 am. I think he was pulling my leg. lol If anyone has any tips for the restoration of aluminum product please share. In the meantime I will be substituting his taste for wine with something that I prefer. I started on the front plate and took some off the top to try and smooth out some of the gouges. Looks a little better but is going to take some more work.

blah, blah, blah,.....on to the pics.....