In this post ill show you how ive built the front end of my cr2 ready to bolt on to the chassis.....
The std xxx cr nose cone is designed for the standard chassis to mount to it. As the CR2 has a carbon fibre chassis you require an alternative. This come in the form of the xxx-nt nose cone this comes in either plastic or graphite. I personally went for the plastic version this was for two reason's. 1. The plastic is black so matches the EA3 of the CR 2. Im a bit stingy at times and its cheaper than the graphite version. Part Number: Plastic LOSA4160, Graphite LOSA9714.
Ive decided to build this car with as many new parts as possible. I stripped the front of my cr and cleaned all of it. I havent taken any pictures of all the parts, but i have taken pictures of the build so dont worry......
Helpful Tip: Some of you may know this i always recomend you tap all the threads in losi parts before installation.
Time to begin. The first thing i did was to install the steering assembly to the xxxnt nose cone as you would on the std cr....
Next i rebuilt the top plate of the nose cone as per normal. I am currently still waiting on my AC front tower so ive built it with the losi carbon fibre one for now but ill replace it at a later date. Then attach the top plate to the bottom part of the assembly....
Alot of people recomend using a brass bulkhead personally as not a very good driver i find i clip things often and using a brass bulkhead IMO would increase breakages of the front wishbones. So instead i got some sheet lead and bent it into a sape where i could fit as much as possible into the front bulkhead as pictured below....
After this it is a simple procedure of replacing the front suspension as per normal....
So there is the front end ready to bolt on. More to come soon.....
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