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FAQ

Most common questions are answered here, including mounting guidance and supported chassis. If you still can't find the answer you were looking for feel free to reach out.

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Do you sell physical products?

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Not at the moment. All of our products are digital models in .STL format for 3D printing.

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Do you accept custom requests? Scaling down?

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We are unable to accommodate custom requests at this time. This includes new body shell designs, and modifications to individual parts for specialized use.

We do not provide scaling down services or recommend scaling down our models. This is due to walls being too thin to work correctly. Instead, we are dedicated to gradually re-engineering our 1/10 scale body shells to fit 1/18 scale chassis.

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Do I need any experience before assembling your body shells?

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Our body shells are designed for users with intermediate 3D printing and hobby skills. You may need to file, cut, trim, or sand parts to suit your specific needs. Please note that we are unable to offer support for custom projects or design modifications.

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What chassis do your body shells fit?

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Details about chassis compatibility are included in the product description of each body shell. Most of our designs are intended for 1/10 scale market available chassis such as the SCX10, SCX10 II, SCX10 III, TRX4, and VS4-10 Pro. We also offer more specific 1/10 and 1/18 scale body shells for chassis like the TRX6, TRX4M, and CR18P. These supported chassis are clearly listed in both the title and description.

Some designs require a chassis equipped with a low-profile transmission to fit properly. If this is the case, it will be clearly noted in the description.

Body shells that do not reference a market available chassis are intended for scratch builds, these are fully custom setups that do not fit standard chassis.

Before reaching out to ask whether a body shell will fit your chassis, please read the full product description carefully. The answer you’re looking for is likely already there.

Unless explicitly mentioned, all of our body shells require all inner fenders removed. In some cases where the shock towers are integrated as inner fenders, such as on the TRX4 and TRX6, aftermarket shock towers are required.

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Are body mounts included?

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This information is again provided in the description of each body shell. Body mounts are included only when specifically mentioned in the product description. If they're not referenced, they are not part of the package.

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How do your body shells mount to the chassis?

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Specific information for each body shell is in the product description. But in general for 1/10 scale, if body mounts are provided, they are mounted onto the chassis rails. i.e. not mounting posts.

This means removing all inner fenders, relocating electronics, relocating the battery if necessary, removing shock tower braces or original mounting posts, and using aftermarket shock towers if necessary.

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What is a low profile transmission?

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Low profile transmissions refer gearboxes that are mounted lower or have a lower stance than a standard 3 gear transmission.

Vanquish VFD, TRX4, TRX4 Sport, TRX6, SCX10 iii JLU, SCX10 iii Gladiator, SCX10 ii Cherokee KIT version, are low profile transmissions.

NON low profile transmissions include the standard 3 gear type seen on SCX10, SCX10 ii, early VS4-10 (non VFD) chassis. As well as most Element Enduro transmissions.

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Tips on printing

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A decent amount of 3D printing experience and technical knowledge is needed before printing our body shells. It is usually recommended to print with the largest flat surface on the bed. However for more complex parts where the curves of the part needs to be kept smooth, rotating the orientation of the part in the slicer will help.

We recommend using tree supports for printing irregular or complex shapes.

We design our parts to fit in a 256x256x256mm print volume by splitting assembly parts up.

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Do you provide commercial licensing

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We don't provide commercial licensing and have never done so. Do not use our models for commercial purposes.

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I've seen your models being sold by others

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We’d greatly appreciate it if you could email us directly and report the unauthorized listing to the platform where you found it. To avoid giving these unauthorized sellers additional visibility, please refrain from sharing the link on public forums and messaging boards. Thank you for your support!

Our email: aheadRC@gmail.com

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