Lowering the R32

[God|Zilla168]

To all the modellers that has done this to the tamiya r32 could you tell me how to do it. to lower this car is not that simple, I think because the suspension seems to be fixed and there is no way of doing it. I got some new rims and it just does not look right with the current height. Any help and pic would be great. And yes i looked in the FAQ but does not apply to the car I think maybe I am wrong.


THanks

[.porkchop.]

well i don't know how the tamiya version of the R32 is, but i'd hate to see a fellow modeler in a bind, so here is my Aoshima version that I recently lowered, im assuming it not that much different.

All i did, was shorten the front struts by cutting a piece out of it, and then regluing it back together. Depending on how low you want to go, you cut accordingly (put your wheel on and measure so u make sure you dont cut away too much). I wanted it to me slammed, so mine is lowered to the max, just enough to that the wheel is not touching the inner fender to maintain moveability. After that, I basically cut away the lower A arm of the suspension on both sides and mounted it at a higher location to compensate for the length of strut that I removed.
And viola! front suspension is lowered.

For the rear, because Aoshima uses a metal rod connecting both rear wheels in this model, I cut upward and opened up the slots or "track" that the rod rides in further so that the rod will sit higher in the fenderwells. After that, I made some cuts to the lower suspension parts to make it sit higher, agian to compensate for the cutting. With the wheels, make sure the car is sitting straight, glue all the new modified parts together, and bingo.

this is what you get:

[.porkchop.]

oh yeah, u will notice after you do this that the steering rod will be in the way and the opening in the fender is not high enuf for it to pass freely. i forgot to mention that you also need to cut the fender where the steering rod passes, so that needs to be trimed as well