whats the easiest way to line up body holes?
08-13-2004, 01:31 AM
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whats the easiest way to line up body holes?
yeah, so whats the best way to line up body holes on a new body? the last one i did i just sorta sat the clear body on the posts and made a dot....yeah....didnt work at all. long story short i need new body posts now too. anyhow, how do you do it?
08-15-2004, 04:39 AM
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RE: whats the easiest way to line up body holes?
two ways you can do this. one is that if your going to add graphics and stickers to where the post holes with be in the front or even in the rear. before you paint your body find a black or red or blue marker and dab some ink on your body post of your car/truck and then align your body with your chassis and press down so the ink tranfers to your body. the second way you can do it is if you already painted your body basically do the same thing but be careful when you align so you dont miss[sm=tongue.gif]
hope this helps.
hope this helps.
08-15-2004, 05:20 PM
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RE: whats the easiest way to line up body holes?
-- Most people do things one way, but i always choose another. I always drill and line things up before I put any paint on the body. This way I can see through the body still and line things up nicely.
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RE: whats the easiest way to line up body holes?
I get bodies that say in the info "Fits the RC10GT Plus or Factory Kits" Becase those comes with little dents to where you should drill the holes. Makes it a lot easier.
08-15-2004, 05:57 PM
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RE: whats the easiest way to line up body holes?
well then what i do iswhen everything is painted and trimmed i put a dab of white out on each body post...then i set the body down, press it alittle and drill where the white out is. 
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RE: whats the easiest way to line up body holes?
i did cut before paint but it was still off just a LITTLE bit. the paint/white out on the tops of the posts is ok, but what if the whole thing is still shifted to the left/right, front/back? i think i have a new idea anyway so we'll see.
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RE: whats the easiest way to line up body holes?
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-- Most people do things one way, but i always choose another. I always drill and line things up before I put any paint on the body. This way I can see through the body still and line things up nicely.
-- Most people do things one way, but i always choose another. I always drill and line things up before I put any paint on the body. This way I can see through the body still and line things up nicely.
08-16-2004, 09:25 AM
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RE: whats the easiest way to line up body holes?
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See, I trim and cut everything before I paint. I find it is easier to line everything up that way.
See, I trim and cut everything before I paint. I find it is easier to line everything up that way.
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RE: whats the easiest way to line up body holes?
ruined another one. im just buying yokomo bodies from now on. that sucks because all i can find is a porsche or rx7....none of the cool bodies that hpi makes. oh well. [&o]
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RE: whats the easiest way to line up body holes?
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ICrashThings - Funny, you just need more practice. if you do it right you wont even get any over spray.
ICrashThings - Funny, you just need more practice. if you do it right you wont even get any over spray.
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RE: whats the easiest way to line up body holes?
When i got my body it was clear so i took a blacksharpie laid the body on the car and marked the post with a dot on the portective film
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RE: whats the easiest way to line up body holes?
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When i got my body it was clear so i took a blacksharpie laid the body on the car and marked the post with a dot on the portective film
When i got my body it was clear so i took a blacksharpie laid the body on the car and marked the post with a dot on the portective film
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RE: whats the easiest way to line up body holes?
and make sure your body posts are STRAIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!. mine are angled off the stay for some reason so it's like 4.5 inches at the top and 4 inches at the bottom. i'd mark the dots at the top of the posts thus trying to stretch the BOTTOM of the posts from 4" to 4.5".....simple laws of physics prevent this from happening so i need yet another new body.
