I’ll be honest I’m a little tired of this build, it’s been 99% frustration but regardless the mini build marches on…
I somehow did the impossible and found a NIP foam bumper for sale and snagged it
Along with some genuine hpi mini tires to replace the Tamiya M chassis tires I put on the car...
Stripped it down to just the chassis in preparation for some new parts. I scored a bunch of HPI carbon graphite parts (hence the silver paint over the part number)
I took a pic with the flash on to show the carbon graphite (left) next to the stock plastic bulkhead (right)
Also got a full set...
This is going to be a fully upgraded nitro mini build with tons of carbon!
This is what I got so far
Everything is kind of temporary, for example:
-the gearbox will be completely rebuilt with new gears and the shaft micro polished
-purple washers and standoffs will be replaced with...