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welcome in the club Iridium!
With Edou we are 2 ta0102 addicts:$addicts. If you need spares nuo problem. You have here a nice on road ta01 with its blue shocks. This is the beginning of a nice collection. Ta01 on road, ta02 on road, ta02t like chevy s10 and ta01at like mantaray and ta01 t like hummer. And ta02w and ta02sw:-P |
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New ESC and motor arrived today. Also stripped the entire TA01 down to individual pieces and screws, working my way upwards again cleaning and making a list of "will need replacing soon" parts, the front gearbox is the first major complete section i am done cleaning/re-greasing. Left damper - before Right damper - after The now-clean damper in that picture must has suffered a harsh impact at some point because the main rod was bent and preventing proper movement, after some time on a vice and pin hammer its now straight again, i am trying to avoid going too nuts on the change-it-for-new temptation, and sticking with changing only the wheels, tires, speed controller and body...... for now. |
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I believe it already is steel! Feels too heavy when removed to be ALU Yeah no idea on the color either, since that part was inside on the red rear gearbox. I can't seem to find a single model or picture of this greeny yellow front gearbox anywhere! |
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I had only seen limited edition stabilizer sets in that yellow color so far...
But this guy Tizer (I actually know him, he's a walking Tamiya encyclopedia) seems to have most of the other parts for your car : www.tamiyaclub....?cid=94741 |
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Went to another thrift store and, completely unintentionally, found some op-590 ball joints in a "everything 100yen" bin, even though they were marked as 300y on the old sticker and 500y on the original card.
But more importantly, i chanced upon a compatible, unused body, complete and boxed for 500 yen! (ball joints and the boxed body came to $6 basically). Blue model spray isn't tamiya brand and is slightly lighter blue than suggested but it's the color im going for! I am reminded a lot lately of why I like Japan so much. |
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