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Originally Posted by clem24
I gotta say: honestly, I am not a fan of orange cars, but man, WOW, it looks great!!! The carbon wing matches the model like a glove! This thread makes me want to go out and get the Hasegawa EvoIII!!! It seems to look more like a III than the Fujimi kit. (Has anyone else noticed that Fujimi usually seems to get the front lamps completely wrong, especially with the V and VI). Seeing Fujimi's rendition of the Sylvia S14 headlamps (both early and late) makes me want to hurl!
Do you got pics of the suspension setup? I'd like to actually see your mod for lowering it. Also, did you have to do any other surgery to fit fatter tires on? All my Hasegawa kits usually have suspension arms that are pretty close to the ultra-thin wheels.
And I agree with ppl's opinion on the Evo: although my fav is still the EvoIV, I think I still like the "understated" (but not overly drab) look of the III and IV.
clem..
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The suspension on this thing was a real pain to set up, i didnt have much room to play with since the struts were in the way of the wider wheels. first step was to cut the shocks down by around 3mm, yes 3mm!!! this thing rode like a humvee, it was just plain ridiculous along with the stock bicycle wheels that it came with. i drilled the 2 shocks sections and pined it both with a lenght of K&S wire just to give it strenght this was done both front and rear, after doing so i noticed that the wheels were rubbing agains the shock struts, so i filed the shocks to clear the wheels, same goes for the rear trailing arms. unfotunately i cant take any closer pics of these mods because the wheels were so much wider than stock it kept poping off so in turn i glued and extended shaft to the front hub carrier. i will be working on a Hasegawa EVO II in the next few months and im sure that i will have to do the same mods to it since it shares the same chasis as this one.