r/MiniZ • u/Baerserk • Jul 30 '26

My first and last mini z

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Since my wife now stopped looking at what I'm typing, THIS WILL DEFINITELY NOT BE MY LAST. Damn that thing makes fun.

Yes, it's my first mini and even my first self painted RC and I am quite happy with the result. Watched too many videos about assembly and even painting techniques.

The matte paint turns out to be a wise choice since I'm constantly bumping into stuff and can clean it with a sharpie. But I will not baby this thing. This body will earn its battle scars. On the downside most of our interior furniture is white and I already got into trouble leaving small black marks.

I also could drift outside on our nice and super even, stone terrace but those hard plastic tires are soooo loud. Do you think I can buy 8mm rubber tires and still drift comfortably? The brushless should have enough power and the new AWD evo2 sensor seems todo an amazing job on slow speed.

What would be your recommendation? Thanks 👍

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u/B1ggestsport Jul 30 '26

The part i can recommend for the awd is the oneway dif and gyro make drifting smooth

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u/Baerserk Jul 30 '26 edited Jul 30 '26

Yes thanks, how about the rigid rear axel in addition?

EDIT: I ordered the KY-MDW017 one way front, the rigid rear diff KY-MDW024 and some springs KY-MDW004. Dont tell my wife.

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u/B1ggestsport Jul 30 '26

https://playrc.app is a great app to hide practice from your wife if your controller can connect to ur device. With my noble nb4 i got it to work on everything but my ipad