Two things!
1st, the rubber gromets under the throttle servo seem to have worked. I drove 2 tanks through it with no problems. I did, however, run a durability test(flew off biggest jump on track, straight into chain link fence post at 30+ mph, only cracked the hinge pin retainer...
!)
2nd, I got my body back from the paint shop(father-in-law, he paints all my bodies) It turned out perfectly, I told him to try and match the box: