Tamiya Sand Rover Project
Page 2: Upgrades!
Although I was generally pleased with the performance of this chassis, I
could not abide the friction dampers. Replacing them with
equivalent blue oil dampers is not easy though. I purchased a set
of DT-03 black dampers to use for hardware and then a couple different
sets of white shock bodies in the right sizes from other models.
I then used blue RIT dye to change the color of the Nylon shock
bodies. This process is explained in my description of the
upgrades I did on the Mad Fighter. The picture on the right compares the 4 new shocks (above) with two of the old shocks (below). Not a bad match.
Here the upgraded shocks have been installed. Note that the front shocks must be installed upside down.
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