I'm not going to lie I was cringing a little too. I'm confident in the reinforcement but it's a really thin body. Held up great though :-) thanks for watching!
Yeah I think we've all got a body or two glued to the side of the house :-) Seriously though it can be a pretty messy process especially the first couple times you do it but it does get better with practice and it is worth it.
Awesome yeah it's definitely worth it! Let me know how it turns out :-) Thanks for watching if you enjoy the videos a sub to my channel is appreciated.
To be honest I wasn't even sure what would happen when I stomped on it. It took it like a champ though. Can't guarantee that everybody would survive like that but it certainly wouldn't have without the reinforcement. Thanks for watching!
I use ice cubes to smooth out the shoe goo so it's nice and even. The goo doesn't stick to the ice cube and it has always worked great in my experience!
That's an interesting idea! I've never really worried too much about it being too even but definitely sounds like something to try in the future :-) thanks for watching and if you aren't already subscribed a sub is appreciated!
@@DoRC that sounds like a better idea I will have to give it ago when I next do one probably saves a lot as well as your scrapping off all the unnecessary excess I come out the rc hobby for awhile but getting bored was sat on eBay & just grab myself 5 cheap rc projects so will definitely give this a go on one of them mate and see how it holds up so yeah appreciate the information buddy 👍
Great video!! I love that you were stomping on that poor body lol. Thanks for the great info! I've done the gorilla tape and it works but I can tell that this method is stronger!! 💪 Keep em coming!✌🏻
Yeah I have a video on gorilla tape as well. I think it's the best quick and easy method though like you said not quite as strong as the one shown in this video.
In what way is it better? I'd have to imagine they're pretty similar material but the window screen doesn't have any self-adhesive. Doesn't that make it a lot more difficult to apply? Have you tried the cement board tape on the video? It's a lot with than drywall tape
You had me at e6000. That stuff is great. I'll have to test out this method next time i get a new rc body. | Post watching whole video edit: Okay no need to test. The stomping on it sold me. I did say out loud "no." when you did that. If it can survive that, then it can mostly anything.
I mostly do amateur stuff and nothing as violent as bashing, so I'm using aluminium foil tape - mostly to handle tire rubbing. I like that damage eventually shows the metal underneath 😅
Yeah pretty much anything that will reinforce it definitely helps. I use gorilla tape on bodies that aren't going to be getting beat up too badly or just what I'm feeling lazy. Thanks for watching and if you enjoy my videos a sub is appreciated:)
I've always just used Shoe Goo on my race bodies, monster truck, 1/8 scale buggies and Short Course mainly in the corners and right around the body mounts, and never use a stock body or a pre-painted body, jconcepts are more thicker and stand up better in off-road racing, plus I like my paint color scheme so it easily identified on the track
Yeah if you just want a little light reinforcement goo works fine. If you do find that you need a little bit more try putting bits of the drywall tape in as well. It makes a huge difference.
I’m gonna have to try e6000. Addam at addams playground said it’s the same as shoe goo but as you said cheaper. You can get a tube and a caulk gun cheaper than a small tube of shoe goo.
From what I can tell they are identical. They behave exactly the same look exactly the same and smell exactly the same. Even if they are different I don't think it matters. E6000 in the caulk tube is the way to go!
Hey I don't normally do links cuz they're always changing and then I end up putting stuff up that isn't valid anymore. It also depends on what country you're in. I was able to purchase both of these things from Amazon without any trouble though. Thanks for watching and if you aren't already subscribed a sub is appreciated :-)
You mean e6000? Yes they do seem very similar. I like the e6000 though because you can get it in a caulking gun tube. Makes application a lot faster. It can get pretty messy though cuz it tends to ooze but I like it better
Yeah that was with a 2S lipo in it. I actually took it camping with me this weekend and so far I'm really happy with it. I'm going to buy some upgrades for it and put a brushless system in it. Thing is a lot of fun!
@@DoRC , you really don't need the brushless. A Gens Ace 3200Mah 3s made my dirt bug a very angry drunken baby. I bought a VLX Traxxas brushless set that wound up in my Kyosho Fazer Chevele.
Yeah definitely do it outside. That's why I showed it being done outside and mentioned it in the video :-). It is not an indoor activity as I'm sure anybody who tried to do it indoors would find out very quickly. Thanks for watching and if you aren't already subscribed a sub is appreciated :-)
I prefer shoegoo over E6000. Shoegoo is thicker. The E6000 is thinner and will run downhill. I haven't tried shoegoo on an rc body yet but I was not happy with the E6000 on my first rc body. I'll be using shoegoo on my next rc body. I've been using it for years and it's my favorite adhesive.
I haven't really had any issue with e6000 running though I do think that it being a little thinner is advantageous because it's easier to spread. Honestly I've had the opposite problem where e6000 tends to skin over really quickly but I used shoe goo for years before switching to e6000 and it works just fine!
Wow great idea! I just upgraded my RC car to a 3600kv Brushless Motor and crashing has destroyed the body so I am DEFINITELY doing this to my new body that I have ordered! Thanks for sharing this! :D
Would it be worthwhile to spray a clear coat of some type of spray paint for protection on the outside of the shell, to protect from scrapes, etc? I have a Gorgon.
You could try it though I'm not sure how well it would work. The polycarbon is already pretty durable and I'm not sure a layer of paint on top of it It's going to make a whole lot of difference. If you do try it make sure you use a polycarbonate specific paint.
@@DoRC No adhesive backing. That'll make it a little more work, but hopefully it'll be worth it. Picked some up last night, and have new bodies in the mail.
The bedliner does work pretty well as long as it's a professionally done one. The rattle can ones don't work very well in my experience they just tend to rip with the body. They downsides to the professionally done bedliner are that you have to take it somewhere and pay someone else to do it and that it makes the body very very heavy.
Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately) there aren't any skate parks near my house. Honestly though I wouldn't go if there were. You'll ALWAYS tear stuff up at a skate park. There are plenty of channels that dedicate themselves to breaking things. I like to show bash testing that is closer to how most regular ppl bash:). Thanks for watching and commenting!
@DoRC wasn't suggesting skate park because of other channels. I live in NYC the concrete jungle and seeing bashers in a skate park is not uncommon at all. It's actually my boys favorite place to and after doing some bashing there myself I see why. The down side is the beating on the car so tips like yours certainly help! I'm going to try everything you suggested and see how it goes!
Maybe though that would make the body pretty stiff and I'm not entirely sure that the resin would react well with the paint. It also would be very heavy unless you were really judicious with the glass and resin. I think overall the drywall tape and shugu is an easier method though the fiberglass and resin might end up being stronger in the long run.
I'm honestly not sure which one is more durable. The truck bed liner actually probably is the more durable of the two but it's also way heavier, in my opinion less convenient cuz you have to go somewhere to get it done, more expensive and makes the body so thick that body clips don't fit well anymore. Now that's all talking about having it professionally truck bed lined. I've tried the DIY bed liners and in my experience they really just don't work that well. They tend to rip easily and just don't provide the same kind of protection.
Yes it's been done. In my experience neither one of them works as well as e6000. I've heard a few get the professional spray in bed liners done they work really well but they're also extremely heavy.
@@DoRC I did it on a 1/12 scale basher body a while back. Total noob mistake.. I was securing light wires with hot glue like it was a foam plane, instead of taping them. I didn't think it would warp, but it pretty much melted the plastic and caused a huge dent. Just a cautionary, not criticizing I like the cement tape idea
@@scaleworksRC ah. Okay yeah sometimes those smaller car bodies can be pretty thin. It also might have been PVC and not polycarbonate which has a lower glass transition temperature. That being said I'm sure it is possible to soften a polycarbonate body with hot glue it's just not something I've ever done :-)
A body like that will take a full tube. I now use the larger caulk style tubes. If you can get something similar like shoe goo or something like that it might be better. Or is the size limitation a legal thing?
@@DoRC our restrictions are usually based on American companies using dangerous additives as is the case with the product you used unfortunately. I found a British equivalent called The Dogs Bollox (quite a normal name here). Others use it in the UK and as there's no importing, it's very cheap. I watched a guy do an xmaxx using the product I mentioned and he said one tube should do it so he had better be correct.
I'm not entirely sure what you mean. The reinforcement goes on the underside of the body so that will inherently protect things from getting scratched.
@@ryanvoogt5036 ah. Depending on the vehicle You might be able to get skid plates. They also make chassis skins that can help somewhat. That being said generally speaking there's not much you can do about it and it's just sort of a part of bashing.
The rattle can versions aren't as good. If you go to a professional installer and have them spray on a bedliner it's very durable though it also makes the body very heavy.
I've been using Clear FlexSeal. The small can. It goes on easily and thin, and I let it dry before doing a second thin coat. Works very well and doesn't add as much weight to the body.
@kristopherdonaldson9569 flex seal is okay and it is lightweight but it doesn't provide the same level of protection as this method. If you're looking for some casual reinforcement it definitely is good but it's not as good as tape and goo
Up to a point yes. If you seal the end of it well then the tube will last a while. It will eventually harden up though and you may at least have to cut some more off the end of the nozzle to get fresh product out. I would say for a normal size body you'll probably use about a third of the tube. That's not really a big problem for me because I reinforced bodies fairly frequently but if it's going to be 6 months between body reinforcements for you you might end up scrapping the rest of the tube.
Depends on what vehicle you are doing. For normal 1/10 or 1/8 scale vehicles one two will probably be enough but if you're doing something larger it almost certainly won't be.
Only if you are intent on crashing your RC on purpose. My on road RC cars i am definitely not going to run them like that, or crazy speeds, and no crazy speed turns which will inevitably lead to body shell damage .
Unless I'm testing something I don't crash my stuff on purpose but I do crash stuff all the time anyway. Reinforcing the body is a pretty simple and inexpensive way to make it last a lot longer than it would otherwise! Thanks for commenting and if you enjoy my videos a sub to my channel is appreciated :-)
Don't get me wrong I take a lot of chances that end up in crashes but I don't do it on purpose Like I said unless I'm testing something. For me unless I'm pushing the limits I'm not really having fun though so pushing those limits often ends in something going wrong.
I think it depends on what you use for the glue. As long as it could remain flexible and stuck to the body well it would probably be okay. Would fiber composite is surprisingly strong and durable. Try it and let me know! Thanks for watching and if you aren't are you subscribed a sub is appreciated.
On average just one but I will sometimes add a second layer If I know there are areas of high impact or high wear and sometimes it does overlap itself so you'll end up with two layers even if you don't mean to in places.
I've never had it happen but it's definitely a better safe than sorry kind of thing. If you have any concerns of it put a little bit of the glue and inconspicuous place and let it dry and see what happens.
Well the idea is that you learn to do it in 5 minutes and I get that it's not exactly 5 minutes long but it's also a RU-vid video so maybe a little bit of creative license is being employed. Thanks for watching :-)
Really the best thing to do would be a 3D scan it and then have it milled from a solid block of titanium but at some point the weight and amount of time and effort involved are going to outweigh the benefits.
@@DoRC I reinforce all my bodies this way, but also make a frame out of hot glue on the inside. The plastic still tears or you get stretch marks depending on what plastic the body is made of.
Yeah over time the body is still going to get destroyed. This reinforcement doesn't make it indestructible It just makes it a lot stronger. That aftershot was only after running it what you saw in the video and then stomping on it a few times. A lot of how long the body will last also depends on how heavy the truck is. If you got a really heavy truck and you're jumping very high or landing on concrete a lot the body won't last nearly as long as if you have a lighter truck or landing in dirt.
First of all this won’t take 5 minutes. Secondly, this is overkill and your body can and will still crack and detach from the rc body because it will rip off the paint away from the lexan. Stay away from these guys and their fabulous ideas. They only want likes and subscribes.
It's video that's 5 minutes long not the process :-) I've been doing this for years on many bodies as of a lot of other people. It's very effective. It doesn't make the body indestructible but it certainly makes it last a lot longer. This was not my original idea either. It's been around for at least a decade. Anyway thanks for watching and commenting :-)
@@DoRC Damn man you made me feel bad about my comment. The thing is that I’ve seen people do and I did try it myself on my first kraton body and when I crashed, all that stuff just ripped the paint right off. I’ve also done Raptor spray liner and the same thing happened. It’s the paint that’s the weak link.
@@dustburnerdustymudders5094 interesting. I've never really had a problem with it ripping the paint off. I've probably done this on 30 or 40 bodies over the years and I've never had that happen. I have seen a couple people mention it happening but it was on bodies that they painted themselves. Usually the factory screen finishes pretty tenacious It sucks that you're experience with it was bad but I assure you I don't put any videos up about things I don't firmly believe in and do myself. I try to keep my channel as real as possible. Likes and subs are good but my integrity's worth more than any of that.
