Originally Posted by
snoopyrc
I understand that feeling. When you are new to RC racing the lexan rash is worse than it is with steadier hands. It can be shocking how fast that new pretty shell deteriorates to a beat up husk. Most of us on here have been racing for a long time. We are well aware of the carnage that comes against lexan. We accept it.
I remember admiring my new body on my NEW VTA car that I was going to run. #18 Manning was still with the Colts then. I took it to the RCAR track (with a bad steering rack in the used TC3 that I didn't know about) and proceeded to spend far more time on the boards and in the wall than I ever spent in the middle of the lane. The body was a mess after one day.
I took it home that night and thought, "Holy cow!
Is THIS how its going to be to run VTA???" I figured on-road bodies would last longer than off-road. Nope.
A new steering rack helped a LOT.