Thought you guys might like this!
I've had the Technic 8880 Super car sat on the shelf for a while but always felt the extreme ride height didn't suit it. Here it is built roughly stock:
More 4x4 than super car. So, to lower it I moved the top spring mounts up a couple of studs using some extra beams above the original mounts. At the rear theres plenty of room in the arch for the wheel to move; at the front there isn't which necessitated some re-modelling of the area. Here's what it ended up like:
I was pretty chuffed with the result, even tho there's not much suspension travel
Luckily there's no speed bumps or pot-holes on the living room carpet.
I've had the Technic 8880 Super car sat on the shelf for a while but always felt the extreme ride height didn't suit it. Here it is built roughly stock:
More 4x4 than super car. So, to lower it I moved the top spring mounts up a couple of studs using some extra beams above the original mounts. At the rear theres plenty of room in the arch for the wheel to move; at the front there isn't which necessitated some re-modelling of the area. Here's what it ended up like:
I was pretty chuffed with the result, even tho there's not much suspension travel
Luckily there's no speed bumps or pot-holes on the living room carpet.
I built mine up with the steering wheel on the correct side tho, and as the 4-wheel steer arrangement ties in quite closely with the gearbox I thought it easier to build the car "mirrored", which does mean the gear pattern is mirrored too!