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what touring body for ta05 ?

Old 10-13-2010, 06:42 PM
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standard ta05. looking for a nice touring body.
what recommends?

seems like a lot of them have too low of a hood and will hit the shock towers
dont want to convert to a ifs




http://www.amainhobbies.com/product_...m-Light-Weight
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the protoform R9-R works well with the TA05 on our local track (flowing indoor asphalt, running 13.5 boost)
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This one looks great

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reason i ask is that i have a protoform dodge stratus and the body rests on the shock towers. i have to have tape on the body to keep it from rubbing thru.
the real race bodies seem to have even a lower hoodline
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i have a protoform R9. fits decent, but hard to get the wheel wells to line up right. I also used to run the protoform cts-vr a few years ago. I mostly run tamiya bodies now for the scale looks and TCS legality.

Why not try the Tamiya Legacy B4 2.0 Racing body. I do believe its won a few worlds in the hands of Rheinard... but don't quote me on that.
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Originally Posted by monkee


Looks to me like you are running your body too low.

The lower edge of the body should line up with, or be slightly above, the bottom of the chassis plate.

You should trim down those bodyposts too. Ugly.

I ran a Mazdaspeed6 on my TA05 and it was totally fine.
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That painted body picture was taken last winter. The posts have been cut down
So maybe hoodline/body isn't an issue if I trim the bottom lower
I'm used to bodies that have preformed cut lines
How do you make perfect wheel circles and such without the lines? Especially when the bodies painted?
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Originally Posted by monkee
That painted body picture was taken last winter. The posts have been cut down
So maybe hoodline/body isn't an issue if I trim the bottom lower
I'm used to bodies that have preformed cut lines
How do you make perfect wheel circles and such without the lines? Especially when the bodies painted?
Don't trim the body lower - mount the body higher. The cutlines are there for a reason. I don't know of any shells that don't have cutlines.

Best thing to do is to score around the bottom edge of the body with a craft knife, bending and snapping the excess away. You can cut the front arches with curved scissors of a circle cutter. Then line up the shell over the car before marking and cutting the body post holes and the rear arches.
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Hmmm. The last protoform or Parma body I got at LHS had no lines at all. Was really odd.

If I mount the body higher that just leaves a huge gap between the wheel wells and tire
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bodies with out wheel well cut lines are designed like that so you can fit the wheel wells exactly to you chassis, as all chassis' are not the same. Just mount the body without paint and trace your wheel on the protective film. Voila, perfect matching wheel wells. its actually good practice to do with all bodies, including ones with cut lines, as they are just a guide... i'd rather have perfectly matching wheel wells to the chassis... you wont notice the trim lines when your racing, but you will notice if the wheels wells don't match the chassis.
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