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Vintage Manta Ray customisation quest 13 years 9 months ago #17709

did I miss something, where was that auction? :blink:

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Vintage Manta Ray customisation quest 13 years 9 months ago #17712

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Okay, eBay. So it may end up in the $$$ topic you started after all...

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Vintage Manta Ray customisation quest 13 years 9 months ago #17714

There is one on ebay uk for 50 gbp plus 20 postage but bids arent finished yet still has 3 days. Tried to link and failed

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Vintage Manta Ray customisation quest 13 years 9 months ago #17715

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Vintage Manta Ray customisation quest 13 years 9 months ago #17723

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Cool but I don't know wich is a good price for him...

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Vintage Manta Ray customisation quest 13 years 9 months ago #17770

I got some new ball diff bearings and washers to rebuild my top force diffs, opened her up and she has gear diffs front and back derp. was not sure wether to use silicone diff grease, moly or ceramic. Ended up slathering it in moly does anyone know if this is a bad move? Oh and i stupidly took the screws out of the rear damper stay and managed to crack the plastic putting them back in so have had to order a new b parts sprue. :cry:

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Vintage Manta Ray customisation quest 13 years 9 months ago #17776

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As long as there's no stuff in it that'll attack the plastic, diff gears are pretty bullet proof. ;)
Couldn't you fix the crack in the shock tower with the soldering method?
May as well go FRP and J parts otherwise...
I'd send you some B parts if I hadn't given them all away already.

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Vintage Manta Ray customisation quest 13 years 9 months ago #17777

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Btw, that Evo above had only one bid on eBay and didn't go for top dollar! :blink:

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Vintage Manta Ray customisation quest 13 years 9 months ago #17789

If i had the money i would have snapped that tf evo up, had it in my watch list. It looked to me if seller pulled it before it expired. I cant see it selling for so little and wonder if someone e-mailed him and offered nice money. The Carbon fibre piece is fine apart from the holes look oversized, looks like last guy stuck larger than standard screws in. So yeah the 2 holes in b7 ruptured. So when new part arrives i will put some washers on standard size screws, if theres any movement of the rear shock mount due to sloppy holes i will try some tiny o'rings to bush the hole if possible. If i learned anything from this experience its that 20+ year old plastic is best left well alone if possible, found a website selling b parts for 11 gbp + postage which is alot cheaper than ones on ebay atm. Oh and Edou how about making a manta ray shell to look like this- artwork.ant-onl...toryRC.jpg

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Vintage Manta Ray customisation quest 13 years 9 months ago #17793

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Haha, I do like that green actually.

Got some plans for the Manta Ray shell too - when the sun starts shining again so I can use the balcony.
I put a huge amount of time in it with painting and fiber glass reinforcement but I think I'll go gunmetal on it...



Looks like indeed that Evo got pulled. This one only had one bid and went for a very decent eBay price :



Even if there's something not quite right about it. :huh:

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