DCM, a few question about your DF-03:
1) Did you break any parts while you had that car? If so, which parts did you break the most?
2) How did you protect the chassis from nasty scratches? Did you use a chassis tape like the one from 3M?
3) How did you thread the antenna through the that antenna holder? The slot in that holder seems too narrow and it seems to cut into the insulator of the antenna, was thinking about getting another after-market antenna holder (like a duratrax one or something)...
4) What was the advantage of turning the shocks the other way? I know that the stock rear arms has the extra set of mounting holes in the rear for some strange reason, what would be the best reason for doing so?
5) Final question, did you notice that the center drive shaft rubbed against the top deck of that chassis? I'm thinking about breaking in the car with a dummy motor on my motor-break-in function of my charger and just let it wear down before taking it to the track...
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Animal, one thing to also take caution is to make sure you have the "rack" portion of the steering rack in the right direction. I had it flipped the other way around, which meant it looked more like a "n" when the nose is pointing upwards from the top view instead of looking like a "u". This caused my steering to be SEVERELY limited and I was dumbfounded for hours trying to figure out why this car had such a limited steering
After fixing this, I get full travel, up until it hits the center mounting nub of the lower gear box. People have shaved that down to get more steering travel, but I'm using an aluminum one so I'll have to mill it out...
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Here are some Preliminary pics of my DF-03MS. Will list all the hop-up and upgrades after it's finished. I'm REALLY falling in love with the chassis type, the DF-03, the front kickup is fantastic for a 4WD! The layout seems like it was born out of a 2WD vehicle...
