I designed the sticker sheet myself with Photoshop and had it printed out in a local advertising shop. If you want, I can share the sticker document. You just have to figure out where to print it.

Mate, that looks MINT. Awesome work!

Yours looks better than the original IMHO. Now fix this nest of wire!

Thanks! Much appreciated!

Thanks! The box art was too street for me, so when I found this mugen livery I knew I had to try to replicate it!

I'll have to see what I can do about the wiring.. I'm not yet quite at the stage where I'd shorten the wires to make them neater, but maybe one day..

I had my pinion wear out on my M-05 last race. Looks like a bunch of shark fins. Its a 20 tooth pinion. I run a Orca 17.5 in it. Is there any special pinion I should replace it with? As in steel, aluminum, etc. What are the gears in the trans of the M-05? I assume its a 48p gear. Anybody know for sure?

The pinion are 0.6 module (.6 mod) and are very much not 48p. Robinson Racing makes steel versions (on 1120). Tamiya, Yeah Racing and Kawada make hardened aluminum versions. I'm a fan of the Kawada. Try TQ RC Racing first if you're in N. America. The other good international option is RC Mart.

Awesome info!! Thanks for the quick reply. I woulda messed up. Maybe that.s why my old pinion wore out so fast. I have no idea what it was since it came with a used car. It lasted quite a long time though so maybe it was right .6 mod.

The stock pinions are made of cheese and do wear out pretty quick.

The stock pinions are garbage. I'll only use them in a pinch. For some reason, I never can throw them away. I've got many in my spares collection.

One more piece of info - Robinson Racing sometimes refers to 0.6 mod as "48p Metric or 48M". It's utterly wrong. Not sure how they came up with this.

It's close enough to 48p to mesh with it (poorly) that the Americans tend to refer to it as the metric version of 48p. The rest of the world cringes.

It's close enough that I've seen a guy put 48p pinions in their car while using a 0.6 mod spur, not realise they don't match, and the car completed several race days. It made a bit of noise (not as much as you might think though) which eventually prompted an experienced racer to come over and look at it (looking for stones or other damage to the gears) and he didn't notice by eye they were the wrong pitch. I was pitted next to him at that time and I asked where he got the spur from. He said it came from his Tamiya (he was running a Schumacher at the time) and that's when I realised it was the wrong pitch.

Guys our club is going from the gray to the black capet this season the tires of choice was Sweep 33f and 25r, should we run 40f and 33r or 40's all the way around on the higher grip black carpet?

Thanks

Tom

Hi,
Winter is coming and I thought to buy an M05 R to play with at the local indoor track. I will be the only one driving it, as those people are dead set on the finest 4WD sedans. I do own a T4 2014 which I drive in the lame season to have fun and stay trained, as I mostly drive 1/8 buggy in the outdoor season.
There is also a local M-chassis championship which is a bit far and has a lot of rules (like Orion electronics etc...) and I might end up checking it.
The T4 is awesome but a bit aseptic in my opinion. I would like something more... looney.
I'm sure this has been asked zillion times, however this thread is huge and I hope you can help me. My questions are:
1) On my black carpet local track we use Ride and Volante sedan tires: which M-compatible tires should I take with me?
2) I would like to recycle the T4 electronic on the M05R. Can I install my savox low profile servo, my LRP 13.5 combo and the Hardcase Lipo 2S?
3) Which pinion is needed to proper gear such system in blinky mode?
4) What essential parts I need to add for track driving? I saw the kit does not come with the spongy front bumper, for example...
5) Finally, which and how many spares?
Thank you guys.

Does any one have a screen shot Tamiya's 53343 Stabilizer set for the M03? Rebuilding mine and this is the last thing to put together and I can't find my instructions.

Thanks

Are you looking to purchase an M5 "r" spec? if so I have one for sale, still NIB.

FS Tamiya M05 VII r - BRAND NEW IN BOX