Another CORR conversion

Great looking conversion so far! I look forward to completion. I feel converting a Jammin x1-cr in my future, unless my 18t sells soon. :)

[Shark413]

BrianG, yes I do plan on adding bumpers. I have custom skids on the bottom of the chassis front and back which bolt on using the diff screws. Right now those skids end right at the front of the chassis, I plan making another set and extending them about an inch and angling them up slightly. The Slash bumper can then be mounted to this extenstion. I will provide pictures when I actually start working on it. As far as the body mounting to the shock towers, well they are after market towers and much stronger than stock. I feel that between the extra strength, the additional flex from the stock Slash plastic body mounts and the larger lexan Corr body should help absorb any crash damage. I also picked the shock tower as a mount because the stock buggy mount consist of a single small point on top of the steering plate. I could have used this as a mount point but I felt a single small point, which ok for a smaller/lighter buggy body would not be strong enough for the larger Corr body. We will see, still a work in progress..

[Shark413]

Actually after looking at the mounts I am not sure the Slash parts will hold up. The Slash is a much lighter vehicle. I will run it with the Slash mounts to see how they hold up, and if they break too easily I may have to make some custom mounts.

[BL_RV0]

Looks very nice.

[Shark413]

I was going to work on the front bumper but I found out I was out of the aluminum stock I needed so I worked on the chassis and battery tray instead. I cut a short piece of aluminum stock and drilled and countersunk the holes. This attaches to the center diff mount and serves as a brace and a place to hold the rx and ESC. I was going to run it without the mud guards, but decided to install them anyways. The battery tray is one that I have been using in all my conversions and has worked very well. It is pretty simple but effective, I have never lost a battery and it can hold the longer packs with no problem. I use either CF or aluminum as the base, cut to fit on the chassis. I then add a small stop on the side near the spur, this keeps the battery from contacting the gear in a hard crash. I will add heavy duty straps and most importantly HD velcro on the tray/battery. The straps hold the battery inplace and the velcro keeps the battery from sliding around. Since there are no walls many types of batteries will fit. I need to add padding to the stop and install the straps. The tray is then bolted to the chassis with two M4 screws, I try to use the exisiting holes in the chassis. Either rubber washers or a small rubber pad rest under the tray to raise it slightly to clear the chassis curve and also acts as padding.