How to magnet mount your rc car body - Redcat Gen8 magnetic mount 

Put some wax paper between the magnets when glueing, good way to not stick them together, and makes the glue dry flush with the magnet.

Be careful smashing those magnets when they are in your hands. When they reach their limit of impact they shatter/explode. Little pieces fly everywhere. I’ve used tons of magnets with my job. Great video though!!

Likely to be my first Gen8 mod. Your Gen8 reviews and comparisons are the best so thanks for that.

Great video, nice fix on the dancing lights in the background! Regarding magnets, I've been using the ones with a hole on body post and shoegoo flawesly for a while now. A quick and very useful tip, you should put a layer in between of the magnets like a piece of tape when you are glueing the magnets to the body so the glue doesn't stick to the magnets on the chassis. Great video as always.

That is incredible that it pulls the metal out! Thank you for the tutorial.

Thanks for the video! tomorrow I will get my Gen8 Scout based on your reviews and the first mod will be the magnets :)

I've been using Shoe Goo for years. In fact, I'm using it on a custom Gen8/Axe body build right now. The secret with Shoe Goo is that it really needs 48hrs to dry. Even 24hrs is not enough time in my experience.

Supercool idea! Very convenient. Keep up the great content, as usual! 👍🏼👍🏼

Great video! Love the magnet setup. Wish more companies would just do away from the body pins. Got to do the magnet with the lights connection next🤔

That cab-less body is really cool!!!

Thanks for the info, I was curious about magnetic mounts! Great vid !😌✌️🙏

I used JB Weld to hold the magnets on my Gen 8's with great success & no failures. I also used just one 3/4" magnet per inner fender placed on the outer most recess. I glue the magnets to the inner fenders first with the body side magnet attached so that I avoid the polarity issue you talked about. Once dry, I flip the body over & apply glue to the body side magnets (still attached to the inner fenders to insure perfect alignment) & set the chassis into the body & let it all cure. So far so good. Great info, good job 😜

did this to my RGT EX86100. glad i found this video , thanks a bunch.

Been using shoe goo for a couple of year, haven’t had any issues with it. Let it fully dry and it’s good.

Great info 👍

I had a 76 scout 2 with a 345ci v8. Best off road vehicle I have ever owned.

Definitely doing this to my gen 8

Отличный внедорожник 👍perfectly!!cool video, like my friend)))👍

that's all well and good if your body and fender wells line up. My group got 4 Gen8's two blue and two orange. The orange bodies don't line up even with the Velcro. Mounting magnets compounded the problem and had to resort to changing one body and the other ended up getting pins. The Axe edition recently received, the body lines up better than any of the previous releases.

I’m planning to use the magnets on a TRX 4 sport in the front and setting up a hinge in the back. I have gone with a magnet with a countersunk hole and bolted it to the body post [think it was the front set that is flat underneath] after cutting off the bit where the pin would go and then using a solid magnet on the body. Just not sure what type of glue to use as gluing directly to the lexan body, don’t want to melt the body.

That’s a great idea. The best I have is feathered clips front/back lol

did this to my gen8 but did make the mistake of not gluing the magnets in the proper pole (direction). So, when I went to redo half the magnets I just put the body magnets on the chassis magnets first, placed a sharpie mark on the top of the body magnets and that ensured I was gluing it to the body correctly. Anyway I used jbweld epoxy for one half of the magnets and shoogoo for the body half, just to experiment. the instructions on the shoegoo recommends at least a 48-72 hour cure time, so it will be interesting to see which glue holds the best over time.

Great video as always! Will these magnets be too strong for a polycarbonate body? Being they are more flexible. Thoughts?

ALL I use is that JB Weld Clear Epoxy. Thanks for pointing out WHY the standard JB Weld doesn't work. Also - Shoe Goo, E6000 and variants, DON'T work permanently where WE LIVE in the Southwest!! Why, because they MELT in 110+ degree temps! 🔥😳 Many People don't realize that. I would never take credit for INVENTING the concept of Magnet Mounting RC Bodies... But I am one of the originators. Go back to my oldest Videos, everything but my Tamiya CC01 is Magnet Mounted. I was one of the lonely fools who perfected it! 😉 We all believe that Chris at GCM Racing in Canada, was the one who came up with the concept, about 2011..... Francis, you should also do a Video on how to do Magnet Mounting RC Bodies with standard Body Posts. That's the vast majority of RCs... Come to think of it, I think I will. The 30 people who watch my Channel might be interested!! Carmine ✈🚂🚙

E600 has worked great for me

Thanks for the tips. I tried your method and it only worked for 1 pair of magnets. on the other 3 sets 1 or both magnets did not stay on after a few mounts. I let it dry overnight with lots of weight as instructed. Should I have waited longer? Any advice?

Hahaha. You had me laughing. That was funny and informative. Are you going to make it to Pro-line By The Fire?

I would love to see a video on how to do this on the SCX10iii

Hahaha. You had me laughing. That was funny and informative. Amain was out of stock so I got some off Ebay. Been looking at magnets for awhile but been using M3 velcro for years. Are you going to make it to Pro-line By The Fire?

Do you have a part # for the magnets? And where did you get them from? Love the videos. I'm new to rock crawlers.

Ive still got some neodymium mags attached to the car rails in my honda. They aren't coming off.

Great video. Very usefull. I tried to put magnets on my car but the glue didn’t hold. Oh and I tried to solder wires on the magnets for the ligthkit, but they lose much power when you do that.

hi! how to calculate the perfect heigth of the body post?

Review the redact Everest 10 it a cheap crawler but I think it will surprise you

I have some 3/4"x1/5"x1/8" rare earth magnets how close can they be to other electronics my servo is 2" or closer

Do you have a video on the yellow custom scout that you cut?

I direct in the body whit paint the glue has the same efect ??

Do you think this would work for a heavier fiberglass body shell?

Can the magnets hurt the esc or any of the electronics?

Those are easy applications. More difficult is mounting the magnets on body posts like most of us. Is the easiest way to shear the body post off the body post mounting and then epoxy the magnet to the place where the post was?

I want to use a meat on one side and magnets on the uther i fell itd work better

I use ring magnets on the body post and the body. Much better.

Any recommendations on a different brand of magnets? These are discontinued and I’ve already spent $50 trying crap ones

Did the magnet thing. On to velcro....

Where do I get a swivel mount

Can you do a vid on suspension set ups?

I build laminated recurve bows (for hobby) and use EA40 epoxy, 1700 lb per square inch adhesive strength, however it offers flexibility without becoming brittle and cracking.. The work time is about 1 hour and the setup time is 24 hours with 30 day for full cure.. Only a very thin layer is needed (best results when pressure of 50-55lb per square inch is applied (but not necessary))..

What pull force are you using?

What is the part number for those magnets and where can I get them

Shoe-Goo dude here.

Did you try E6000? I'd bet that would work.

The link to the magnet is not longer valid

What body do you recommend that fits Redcat Gen 8 Axe edition?

Watching scx24 related videos these days almost everything is sold out, from escs to lcg chassis kits and even those magcraft magnets

I'm building a proline power wagon cab to an scx 10ii chassis with Rock Pirates sliders. I run front body posts. Any ideas for rear cab mount to sliders? Magnet location?

I noticed that they clog my brushless axe system when magnets close to motor.

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How about a switch to activate electromagnets? Haha

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Can I do this to my real cars 🤔😂