Yes, I've figured out the chrome needs to be removed through trial and error. You would think they would mask it off or something when painting the wheels. Lazy so and so's!

I haven't broken any diffs yet, well, maybe. Something broke today (but the tires stayed on!) the car will move forward under light throttle, but give it any gas, and it just revs and sits there. I haven't had time to tear into it yet. I DID find that the screw was out of the end of the clutch bellhousing, and was missing some parts, I think. It may have stripped the nylon gears, will check it out tomorrow. I have a pretty good assortment of spares for it, so hopefully I can fix it without resorting to ordering more parts online. (none of the LHS carry Cen).

Ken