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Well our first race was a huge success! The car came together nice, despite a few mishaps. I woke up this morning to paint that had not cured, something was off and it would NOT dry. So I ended up having to rattle can it instead, UGH. During the final assembly, about thirty minutes before the...

Thanks, I like the color. He wanted blue so I got with a buddy of mine and we custom mixed that color. It has four different pearls in it. And he had a blast playing with the tools. He loves getting his hands dirty.

Sorry I am just now getting around to updating this thread. This week has been incredibly busy at work, and I just have not had time. We made some major headway on the car tonight, and will be finishing it up tomorrow. I was starting to think it wasn't going to get done. I got the axles...

Well it seems I opened a can of worms here. I apologize to those who posted answers I missed. I think that for this race I'm going to concentrate on the wheel and axle prep as well as weighting the car properly and I'll work up to building a proper rail rider next time. I do have access to a...

Yeah, that's why I was asking. I know it's not the preferred method from what I've read here, but if it will work for this go around, I might try it.

Wow, thanks for all the great replies. I spent a bit of time on the 5 kids site yesterday and I plan to incorporate as many of the tips there as I can given the window I'm working with. New questions: 1. Bending the rear axles to achieve cant is a no no right? Better to leave them straight...

Good Morning, Thank you for allowing me to join your forum. My 6 year old son and I are preparing for his first race and because of my work schedule I am now in a time crunch to get it done. His race is this Saturday night. To keep this simple and not too wordy, how would you go about...