Building a No Prep Drag Car (Part 5): Mounting the Body
In this frustrating episode, I meet my nemesis: MAGNETIC BODY MOUNTS!! Eventually, I do get the better of them – casting them aside and just mounting the body the old fashioned way with holes and body clips.
CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
00:10 - Build Recap
01:19 - Needs Electronics
01:50 - Episode Overview
02:58 - Rear Body Mount
04:02 - Figuring out the Magnetic Body Clips
05:11 - Front Body Mount
05:28 - Assembling and Mounting the Tires
05:45 - Front Hex Hubs Aren't Wide Enough
06:30 - Rolling Chassis
07:45 - Test Fitting the Body
08:16 - Posts are up too High!!!
09:20 - Lowering the Rear Body Posts
09:35 - Removing the Magnetic Body Clips
10:09 - Attaching the Front Body Posts
10:20 - Fitting the Body
10:45 - Episode Recap
13:50 - PLEASE SUBSCRIBE
14:10 - Outro
In the end it looks great and is really starting to take shape, now I just need some electronics and this thing will be running – so make sure to subscribe so you don't miss it.
As always, the full car is based off the Slash platform but there are barely any original parts in the build as I am trying to assemble it as much from scratch as possible without using an existing Traxxas Slash as a sacrifice vehicle. Which turns out is much, much harder than I anticipated.
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