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Old 2014.11.24, 12:47 PM   #1
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Toyota Vitz Pennzoil

Hi,

This is my last paint job for our short class.
With Tamiya Spray and homemade decals.




Mounted on 90mm, Pn motor pod with an adaptation of a M.E damper and Pn70trs.


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Old 2014.11.25, 01:03 AM   #2
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cool... looks like a mean chassis as well... how does it run?
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Old 2014.11.25, 04:33 AM   #3
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Interesting suspension setup. Beautiful paint job.

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Old 2014.11.25, 06:35 AM   #4
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... how does it run?
Hi herman,

It run's really good.
Battles with others 90 (fiat500...) are really fun !

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Old 2014.11.25, 10:20 AM   #5
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Very nice indeed....can you fit a normal 11mm wheels at the rear?
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Old 2014.11.25, 11:13 AM   #6
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....can you fit a normal 11mm wheels at the rear?
Perhaps with -1offset and a "dremel"...
We use narrow front and rear for our short class. With a 70trs, no need to use 11mm, on rcp with foam, GQ or Xpower. Verysoft rear/medium firm rear.

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Old 2014.11.25, 12:00 PM   #7
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hmm, all i see is the first image. nicely decorated though
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Old 2014.11.25, 12:29 PM   #8
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I see all of the pics, body and chassis look great!
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Old 2014.11.25, 08:07 PM   #9
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Very nice indeed....can you fit a normal 11mm wheels at the rear?
i believe that there are two ways to do this...

option one... is to use -1 wide offset rims in the rear... the only rim that i know that has a -1 wide offset is the one that comes with the reebok skyline r32 check here ---> mini-z guide

part no mz40gm (5spoke) / mz41gm (6spoke) from here ---> kyosho tire / wheel set spec sheet

unfortunately though the front offset is 1.5mm and it will definitely stick out of the vitz front wheel well... so you could use the rear rim and pair it with a similar looking 5 or 6 star front narrow rim with 0 offset...

option two... i believe that atomic produced a shorter axle for the ball diff which allows you to use wide rims for mr01/015 bodies normally using 0 offset narrow rims...

might be a bit hard to find... since mr01/015 parts are harder to come by these days... i was supposed to buy one along with the atomic 90mm motor mount, a while back, but unfortunately got busy and never got around to get one...

i believe this would be a great option, since you will be able to use matching rims so long as they are 0N fronts and 0W rears...

hope this helps...

p.s. i think i remember trying a regular wide rim... you just might be able to get away with using it in the rear, with slight rubbing... modification to the body might solve some of the problem...
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i believe that there are two ways to do this...

option one... is to use -1 wide offset rims in the rear... the only rim that i know that has a -1 wide offset is the one that comes with the reebok skyline r32 check here ---> mini-z guide

part no mz40gm (5spoke) / mz41gm (6spoke) from here ---> kyosho tire / wheel set spec sheet

unfortunately though the front offset is 1.5mm and it will definitely stick out of the vitz front wheel well... so you could use the rear rim and pair it with a similar looking 5 or 6 star front narrow rim with 0 offset...

option two... i believe that atomic produced a shorter axle for the ball diff which allows you to use wide rims for mr01/015 bodies normally using 0 offset narrow rims...

might be a bit hard to find... since mr01/015 parts are harder to come by these days... i was supposed to buy one along with the atomic 90mm motor mount, a while back, but unfortunately got busy and never got around to get one...

i believe this would be a great option, since you will be able to use matching rims so long as they are 0N fronts and 0W rears...

hope this helps...

p.s. i think i remember trying a regular wide rim... you just might be able to get away with using it in the rear, with slight rubbing... modification to the body might solve some of the problem...
Thanks for the info Herman.
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Old 2014.11.27, 07:20 AM   #11
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Here's a link to my vitz... There are pics of different rims on it including the -1 offset skyline rims... Hope this helps... And apologize for being off topic...
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