I was asked what parts I used to get the Beetle body on, so here is what I did:
DTXC6340, Roll Bar Set Firehammer. I used the three parts circled, the two wing mounts and a plastic extension.
Here is how easy the wing mounts mount up, they fit right on to the shock mount and connect to the main roll bar:
As for the body mount posts, I used FG parts:
http://www.davesmotors.com/store/product2593.html (2 sets of these).
Here is my rear mount "rigged", I'm embarrassed for what poor work I do on stuff like this, but I'll know how piss poor it really is once I take it out and roll it a few times! :blush:
As you can see, I drilled a couple holes in front of the original crossbrace and used one of the pieces that came with the dtxc parts above as an additional crossbrace. Here I used a couple metal pieces from the hardware store and mounted up the body posts with a plastic spacer underneath the mounts between the rollbar and the metal piece.
For the front:
I removed the original body posts from the Firehammer, but left the crossbrace piece mounted.
I used those angled metal pieces for the front (again cheap parts from the hardware store) and just screwed in some screws to the front brace to hold them in place, then put on the body mounts. Again, majorly rigged, it may not stand a chance in a good roll over, but Firehammer parts are cheap so I'll just remodify once it happens. Side shot below:
The way I have the mounts in the front, the body is pretty much right up on the bumper:
That's basically it. The body I purchased was from Daves:
http://www.davesmotors.com/store/product2351.html
As for the wing, the HPI Baja 5b wing fits PERFECTLY! I would suggest that over the Firehammer wing.
