hey Pie, im only 14 man,...haha no car for me. so i'll be pretty hard. btw, im also asian.


C_CRX , thx for the great advice! :) i bought a WRX tunder fighter. it looks pretty good, and i plan to paint it.

umm...what paint should you use? i have these Tamiya spray cans for plastic models that you build, do you guys think that will work? i bought it at commex hobbie.

Tamiya paint works excellent. It's actually the most highly recommended paint for Bits :)

Lol and Pie, stuff ain't that cheap over here! Bit Char-Gs retail for $60, and Microsizers for $50. However, I did manage to find some clones for $10, and some Nakamichis for $20.

ralliart - model paint should work just fine! Good luck with that and post pics/tell us how it turns out. I suggest doing a forum search for more on painting bits.

Pie - There has to be more than 1 Walmart in Edmonton! Might also try other toy stores, it is a Hot Wheels product so anywhere that carries their stuff should have access to it.
My current 2 cell plans include an nearly idiot proof approach. It makes a sort of insert that fits between the battery and the prong.
If I'm in Edmonton I can help but chances are I won't be. It's just a little out of my way if you understand. I have been planning to build a foldable/portable track lately for testing and such (yes, it will have a lap timer!).

hey, there are a lot of places (i think) in edmonton with mini-r/c's.
go to www.microsizers.com and theres a dealership locator and shows hobbie places with addresses. I think you probably heard of this site already, but just wanted to make sure...

yeah i'll be happy to post pics after im done painting.

how do you know what batt and motor (?) your running?

btw, to remove the stickers, you use a hairdryer, but how long should i hold it under it? will it melt the plastic? and should i go 'high' power or 'low' power.

thx.

Well, all batts in mini rc's are 1.2volts. The only difference is they are either NiCad or NiMH (which affects mAh). The motors in clones are nearly impossible to identify since most are have different colors than Tomys and aren't marked usually. I guessed that these ThunderFighters come with 1.6's or somewhere around there I feel, the 2.2 I bought seperately in a KIT Racing parts car.

Well, I put the hairdryer on high and only heated it up for a few secs, no more than 5. I've also heard that vegetable oil works well with no problems to the plastic/paint. They look much better without it, especially my silver Mercedes!

For the 2nd battery mod:

1. bend metal clip here up and down until it breaks off (sorry for no pictures without the battery)

2. Solder a wire from the negative terminal of the inside car battery to the second positive terminal battery.

3. solder a wire from the negative terminal of the second battery to the "gnd" point on the circuit board.

4. Cut the plastic top of your car to fit the additional battery and to secure it and voila!! I made my body secure the second battery instead of something else becuase this way i can take the body off and then pop the motor cover off if i still want to change motors.



I'll post something a bit later on the charger you have to make to charge this bad boy. You can either make an ac or dc charger for it (ac being WAY better of course becuase your not wasting batteries)

Cut out area on back of car:

Nice mod! How does it run? Negative and positives of doing it?

whoaaaaa... so many replies... ! lol

heh ralliart, i got a car.. but im so unfamiliar with the north side it's scary.. i been there a couple times for like.. kloindike days but nothing else.... k first things first...

pojo- yeah, stuff here's pretty expensive.. but it's cheaper than ordering from the states or hong kong... i got my bit for 54.90... not too bad, but still kinda pricey.. the clones, im gonna have to look for...

C_CRX, heh thx for the thought :p
hmmm do you think you could get a pic of your dual cell and post it here or something? im gonna go out 2day and see if i can get like a 10 dollar clone... or a kit racer... yeah, toys r us should have them.... they better :mad:

Nice mod dieselboy! damn.. i dun have a soldering iron.. thingy.. whatever...

pros:

very quick. You can still use different gear sets / motors to adjust the speed of it. You can pull huge wheelies (4-5 feet) and take jumps with more speed now. Turning isn't even a though at full speed though besides tapping the steering button to make minor adjustments. But with the extra weight over the rear tires it makes turning at higher speeds possible.


cons:

heavy. Even though with the extra speed of a jump the weight now has to be taken into consideration.
And you will need a different charger to charge this over a one battery car. Not so great if you have a very small space to operate your car.

:eek: you cant use the stock charger?!

Hey Pie, i dont have a car but a have a bike :) hahaha.

how was Toys R Us? was there anything good clones? the first mod i think im gonna do is the intercooler hahaha...but how do u stick it on the 'black' part? what kind of glue?

dieselboy - thats some CRAzy stuff you did there, i hope i can do that one day when i have money...

One more thing, NIIICCCCEEEE paint job dieselboy, and i like the decal WRX haha. also the intena through the front window...NICE JOB!

thanks ralliart. But that body is a stock microsizer body besides the hole in the front window. The only reason i did that was becuase it make stock antenna a little longer and so that it doesn't get in the way of the battery which is in the rear window (where the antenna normally is).

I also lowered it on a differn't body if you wanna check it out (sorry for the poor pic).