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Default Ftx blaze - lrp shark

Hi guys i have bought a lrp shark lwb chassi nd was wondering are the ftxblaze whishbones the same as the lrp shark,basically i have a ftx blaze ndwas wondering what stuff u need to change on the blaze to get it to a shark?

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The wishbones on the blaze are shorter than the Sharks, but they are inter changable between chassis.

Basically to change from a Blaze to a Shark, you will only need to change, shocks, towers, driveshafts and wishbones everything else is the same.

However the blaze shocks and towers do fit on a shark. It gets confusing, but basically everything between a shark and a blaze is interchangable
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as you have purchased the lwb chassis then you could just swap the chassis over and eveything will fit ok but it will have the ftx blaze short wheel base instead of the shark which has a slightly wider wheelbase, also you will only have 2 wheel drive, see below:

if you want it the same as the shark you will need the:

front lower arms,....... lrp112505
front upper arms,...... lrp112504
front knuckles, ........ lrp112503 or alloy optional ones
rear lower arms, ...... lrp112506

pivot balls for the knuckles,

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LRP-SHARK-...#ht_500wt_1203

or these titanium ones that will last a lot longer,

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LRP-Shark-...#ht_1798wt_987


front and rear shock towers, optional,

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LRP-SHARK-...item3a7826c153


also if you swapping the chassis over you will need to buy one of these or you will only have 2 wheel drive as the chassis is 25mm longer and as such the centre shaft has to be 25mm longer

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LWB-LRP-SH...item3cc968d4e6

and one of these to strengthen the 25mm longer chassis,

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LWB-LRP-SH...item3a780def83


get them while they are there or you will have to pay a lot more new,

ps: no they are not my parts and i dont know the seller, just did a search..
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Thank you very much luckly when i bought the chassi it came whith top deck and longer prop shaft, but what you have given me is very valuble info so from what i can work out i just need the upper nd lower front arms and the rear arms and i should b near enough there.

But thank you so much for sharing tha info.........wear would we be with out oople lol

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Dont forget you need longer driveshafts for an st conversion
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Dont forget you need longer driveshafts for an st conversion
Ahh yer, I forgot about them:

He's correct you will need them also,

Cheapest on ebay at the moment are item number 251122338667

It sometimes works out cheaper to buy a second hand car and strip bits from that, and you'll also have spare diffs etc.
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