Another Gmaxx is born

[glassdoctor]

Dude.. 18 pics and video!!! :D

[suicideneil]

Originally Posted by glassdoctor

Dude.. 18 pics and video!!! :D

:032: I dont get the joke..... Anyway, after the exploding battery saga due to over gearing, I sent the pack back to modelsport and they phoned mr this morning- they are sending me a new 4200mah 6cell pack as a replacement, since the 4000mah is a discontinued item. Wow, free upgrade! Only trouble is one 4200 is no good, I need a matching pair and Im not spending another 40 quid on another pack. So, my simple solution is to sell the remaining 4000mah pack on ebay (finishes in a day or so), and then sell the new 4200mah pack too. The money raised will go towards a matching pair of something else- IBs, EPs or something like that. My G3.3 suspension should be here soon, and the towerhobbies order too- photos to follow as and when.

[The*rc*dude]

man that's nice! keep us updated on how it crushes EVERYTHING lol

[Procharged5.0]

The truck is looking great..........

Now we just need to have some action videos!!!!

[suicideneil]

Patience is a virtue.... Once the new steering servo & saver arrive in a few days or so the truck will be 100% ready for action. I say action, I actually mean another test run around the carpark to check the new gearing and steering works okay, then if it stays dry I will head down to the park and do some proper speed runs etc.

[Tupers]

That trucks insane suisideniel, but I think thoose shock towers have way to may holes in them.
I hope you dont mind me asking but where in devon do u live??

Tupers

[suicideneil]

Dartmouth.... lovely town, but you wouldnt want to live there. As for the shocktowers, they have mucho-lotto holes for mucho-lotto of adjustment options. Im not a racer per-say, so I dont need low-profile towers, and I do like the many high/low ground clearance options they give me.

[Tupers]

Ah cool thats not to far away from where I am. I'm hoping to make a truck track on a piece of my dads land in Ipplepen some time this year. So you never know we may meet one day. I see where you're coming from on the shock towers. Its allways nice to have a wide range of options, but I dont hink I would want that many.

Tupers

[suicideneil]

Ipplepen hmm, if only I could drive a real car I wouldnt mind having a track to race/drive on....
Anyways, I got my replacement battery pack yesterday:-


Those are Intellect 4200 cells, very nice. I just sold my remaining nosram 4000 pack for £22.50 ($40ish), so I will put that towards another FTX 4200 pack sooner or later, but for the time being Im spent right up to my credit card limit, so I want to pay a load of that off before buying anything else- and only essentials at that. As it is once the GorillaMaxx & towerhobbies orders arrive I will be 100% sorted, so no more purchases need to be made with regards to the truck (barring breakages). I have a feeling though that HMC&E have got their filthy little hands on the Gmaxx stuff so I will be getting a nice letter from parcel farce requesting £20 or so before I can get the order- bum-holes, but towerhobbies stuff usually gets through without any problems/charges so fingers crossed by the start of next week I will finally have the truck running like she should do....

[suicideneil]

Today something strange happend. I got home from work this evening to find a great big parcel on my doorstep (I live in a communal block of flats inhabbited by mainly old people so no danger of theft)- it was my G3.3 suspension. Yippee- though it has taken 3 1/2 weeks to arrive.
Strange thing is on one side is the green customs label stating a value of $210- its actually worth $370-, and its marked as 'commercial sample'.....



On the other side of the parcel theres a nice big label stating that I owe £25.86p before it can be delivered, yet I was never sent a letter asking for the money & it was delivered anyway.....



And in the final act of weirdness I got a note from Royalmail saying I have to pay £13.22 before I can get my Towerhobbies order....



I've ordered nearly half a dozen times from Tower before and never been charged a penny for import tax or VAT (I ordered stuff totaling $150+ before and nothing was charged), yet on this last order for about £35 I get charged £13.22; now thats pretty strange stuff....

[suicideneil]

More pictures later; this could take a while to assemble.....

[ClodMaxx]

wow, those look nice! can't wait to see how it looks on your truck.

[suicideneil]

Me neither! It will take a few days since Im working some funny shifts at work hence not much free time, hopefully I'll have it done by monday evening, and my Phaltlines are already winging their way to me as I speak- should be here by the end of next week if not sooner.....

[Sylvester]

Looks beefy and shiny! Me like! Cant wait to see it together!

[suicideneil]

I had to remove the extra support areas with a dremel in order for the rear lower A-arms to fit.



Im picking up my new steering servo, saver & shock springs tomorrow, and my new Phaltlines are being held by Parcel force- should get a letter in a day or two, then I'll have the correct code to be able to pay the customs charge ~ end of next week and this will finally be 100% finished.