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Old 12-22-2008, 08:50 PM
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Hey everyone, after our snow storm I had a few minutes of glory in the snow with my custom creation before the cold weather got to me...















Hope you enjoy them.
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looks great fun,,where's the body?
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I started building a body for it months back and it's almost finished. It's loosely based off of a Ferrari F-430. Now with my luck it's winter and the body would only get wet and weigh it down, so I kept it off for the time being. Hopefully I'll crack it out when the weather permits though.
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So paddles do ok in the snow then?
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So paddles do ok in the snow then?
Well, she's a 4WD so the paddles work really well. Compared to other tread designs like chevron or Proline dirt hawgs, the paddles work best in snow. I drove it through both fluffy as well as slightly packed snow and the results were good. Of course, I'd say a good road tire is better than these when strictly running on asphalt though.
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That thing looks BAD ASS!! like something out of Mad Max.
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Fabe looks amazing mate!4wd and a pocket bike engine,well can't go wrong with either of those!I remember a few years back when i had my mad force...It was nice on the snow...Now we only have cold and rain[:'(].Looking forward to see the body,but i think you would be better with a monster body.Idk how the ferrari with the puddles will look...
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That thing looks BAD ASS!! like something out of Mad Max.
Thanks. When I take it out to drive some people look at it funny and must think time reversed by a few decades, lol.


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Fabe looks amazing mate!4wd and a pocket bike engine,well can't go wrong with either of those!I remember a few years back when i had my mad force...It was nice on the snow...Now we only have cold and rain[:'(].Looking forward to see the body,but i think you would be better with a monster body.Idk how the ferrari with the puddles will look...
Thanks Giorgos. When deciding on the body I was looking for something to tone down the raw look. Now that it's winter, the paddles would for sure look funny under it, but I was thinking of using my current preferred on-road tires:





I think they look a little less silly than paddles under a sports car body.

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