Hi friends. Greetings from Malta.
FRONT BUMPER _ EASY SOLUTION.
Have a look at the pic. This is how I did it.
Remove the circular front section of the stock plastic bumper. In other words you now just have a mounting for the body posts.
Trim another bumper to fit on top of the foam and bolt up as in the pic.
It's been on this car for almost 2 years and is still like new despite being raced constantly. I have done the same conversion on about another 6 or 7 TC3s and they all work OK.
Incidentally the foam is Yokomo MR4 or YR4.
NEW TC3 CHASSIS>
I too have heard that the new one is a tub with subtle mods like repositioning the cells and steering geometry.
I suppose it's understandable. Why replace something that's perfectly good and still winning after 5 years.
Regards
Joe from sunny Malta.