Spaz Haulers

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Even though I am sure it is unnecessary, I have been running the stella metal helical gears. Probably just just because they look really nice, even if you can not see them once they are in the truck. I also am using a bunch of aluminum parts from rcdamper and rcvincent on ebay. The aluminum bumpers I really like. The chrome started falling off my original bumper before I removed it from the parts tree. They are almost exact copies of the plastic parts. I don't like how the parts are anodized silver. When I am able to I will polish them out to a shine. Speaking of shine, I also got a drop visor from Stepside and it was like a mirror.

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I am also using a set of fenders from PMD. I used hot glue to hold a tube on the fenders and used the post that came with them on the frame. I drilled and taped the tubes to hold a set screw so that I could position them and so that I would be able to remove and replace with tools verses more glue.

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A couple more pictures before I start in on my Knight hauler. The lowbow is one I got from Joe's. My other trailer is just a Tamiya flat bed pup trailer. I put a box on it and a piece of cloth to look like a tarp and it is not too bad. It is odd that they make them so short.

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I have also added a set of RC Channel axles. I have a RC4WD rear axle. I was fairly unhappy with it. The threads were stripped out. As I was taking it apart to put the Tamiya parts into it, there were several screws that just turned, I have seen faux screws on some of their other products but after I got it opened I saw they were just striped. I did not contact RC4WD so I can not really complain (very loudly). Still looks better than the Tamiya diffs. I used red locktite and it has stayed together. I have moved it to my Knight hauler. I had not seen the inside of one of these axles so I opened one. Everything looks like it is of decent quality. I have heard of people having problems with these. The ring/pinion gear mesh seems ok. I was thinking if I shimmed the diff I would not have the problems others have had. I did go ahead and buy the replacement gear set just in case.

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My other hauler is a Knight. I cut the roof/sleeper spoiler off of this one. I used part of an aluminum spinner from a plane as a guide to cut off what i wanted to keep from the spoiler. After I would cut one side I taped it to hold every thing in place. I glued the screw post back where they needed to be and used the only putty I had. After paint I was alright with it. I don't know how realistic it is but I think the stacks should be behind the cab also. I really like the sound of the Knight with a MFU.

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after paint