[Ben The Bike]

Originally Posted by Dandare

Well, no pics but a brief update...

Things not going well with my little project. The second chassis has started to crack just like the first, not as bad but close. Also, the hinge pin blocks are cracking.

I carefully made up a 1.5mm alloy rear plate to secure to the underside of the chassis in an attempt to save it, it fits well but I've also noticed a section beneath the shock tower mount has also cracked !

I feel like giving up at this point, it's getting expensive & I've little to show for it except a pile of parts, some of no use or cracked. I'm still awaiting the arrival of my brand new (old stock) chassis, but I haven't decided whether i dare use it for this car or to bin the project entirely.

I suppose I'll have a look at things again soon with a different frame of mind, but not tonight...

NEVER GIVE UP DAN I'm sure you could get an aluminium chassis made if you look around a bit, is the plastic cracking on bits from just one car or are they all brittle? I heard somewhere that you can soften some plastics by boiling them, but can't remember which plastics they were.