DAUER962

I think Kyosho's Pure Ten bodies are a lot more visually interesting than HPI's RS4 3 bodies. Would a Pure Ten body fit my RS4 3 Type SS body?

ctardi

go to your hobby shop, bring you vehicle, and size the body through the bag, thats teh easiest way

Tom G

It will, however, the wheel base will be off.

I've mounted an HPI body on a V1RR and the shell's wheel openings seemed to be further apart than the wheels on the car.

All I did was match the front wheel opening and then cut the rear wheels with a circle cutter using the impressions from the excess wheel shaft. Make sure you have the sides of the car trimmed and set the car down on a flat surface before your make impressions from the shaft [I mark the body post holes before painting and after painting, ream th epost holes, cut out the front wheel opening, then place the shell on the car and press the side of the body against the shaft]. This will make sure the wheel openings match up.

I would imagine a Kyosho shell and an HPI would have the opposite effect in sizing, but you can still accomplish a semi-form fitting look using the above technique.

I try to stay with Proline/Protoform bodies since most of shell's rear wheel area is flat to accomodate the different wheel bases.

I do think that HPIs shells are a bit more detailed and tougher, but really like Kyosho's shell aero, styling and models.

Good luck.