Vapextech Life batteries in a Losi 8ight?

[nedrey82]

Suggestions please, I got two vapextech lifepo hump (1600) batteries today for my buggy and have just been trying to install them and have realised they are a really tight fit. Does anyone else run these and if so is there a way of getting them to fit comfortably? What sort of mods need to be made to the radio tray ?

All help welcome.

Thanks

Ned

[Jamie.T]

Hi, I fitted some of these in a losi 8ight last week with no issues, send me a link to which batteries you bought incase they're different.

I fitted the 1600 Life blue packs with the flatter of the 2 battery covers.

[nedrey82]

http://www.vapextech.co.uk/acatalog/info_182.html

[Jamie.T]

Those are the batteries I fitted. They went in with no issues at all even when using the flatter of the 2 supplied battery covers.

Lift the sponge up and check the screw that goes through the chassis isn't sticking up too high into the battery box preventing the battery from going down low enough.

[nedrey82]

are you using the standard tray or the gen 111?

[nedrey82]

And what sort of switch set up are you running jamie?

[Jamie.T]

Hi, the car is running a std switch and running a gen3 radio tray.

However a friend of mine also has the gen2 radio tray and also uses the same battery with no issues.

[nedrey82]

I think im going to have to do a bit of dremelling out of the radio tray to get this bloody thing to fit. Its where the batteries come out of the corner thats making it so tight. You dont have a pic jamie so i could makybe get an idea?

[Jamie.T]

Are you using a Gen2 radio tray or Gen3?

[nedrey82]

Im using the genII tray mate

[Jamie.T]

My mate uses this battery in his Gen2 radio tray, I'll see if I can get him to take a pic.

[nedrey82]

Got them all sorted mate had a little dremel action but its a nice tight fit now. Like a German condom - itfitsniceandtight