Nothing wrong with that. But I might have to side with Racer X.
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You should have seen when just the red stripe was on it ha. Then it really had those vibes
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Thanks, for the first time wrapping I would say they came put pretty good, of course it has its flaws but they arent too visible in pictures
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Aaaah finally what I was searching for when I saw the title of the topic!
GG man
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Hey I rode that board once! I call it the jawbreaker. It is a beautiful board.
Best of luck in your journey man. Build list looks like a good setup 
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Thanks man! Much appreciated
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Haha, yessir I just wanted to build up to it, didnât want to put the current board first and everything else afterwards. Gonna update it right now because I have more progress to post
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Ok, so todayâs first task was to wrap the enclosure because although the idea of a clear enclosure is something different, I donât think it fits the current herbie theme. I was a bit inspired Moreno by the herbie drag car
So I decided to wrap the enclosure in carbon fiber wrap. I do have experience with carbon fiber but I didnât want to take the time to coat it in real carbon weave with resin just for it to get scratched up. So I did some research and got the most realistic carbon I could find which was offered by Vivid. I then as before, did the bottom flat piece first and overlapped the sides of it onto the upwards facing bottom piece. This allowed me to get a good fit and secure the edges. Then I cut 4 pieces and did the upwards facing part of the bottom piece which would lock into place the edges that were wrapped over. Then I cut 4 pieces and did the same for the sides making sure to use a brand new razor blade to cut off the excess on the top to make it completely flat. Last I cut the holes which was a bit challenging because the carbon vinyl is thicker than normal vinyl but it still turned out OK. I also started to put weather strip foam roll on the inside edges of the enclosure. It will act as a second layer of protection for the battery because we built the enclosure with enough space to accommodate the foam, it will also act as a dampener and cushion on the 4 sides of the battery, however it is not going on the top or the bottom of the battery as it is much to thick for the enclosure to accomodate. All in all just a brief reflection, itâs been crazy how in a few short weeks we have went from a few pieces of paper modeling a purposed enclosure to a completely sealed and strong enclosure made from lexan wrapped in carbon fiber. To me thatâs just absolutely insane. Iâll include photos below of the paper model and plenty of this finished enclosure as well.
Paper model:
Finished product:
In the last photo you can see the weather strip foam stuff that I am adding(itâs still very hard to see, but its on the top side that fuzzy looking stuff) I only did one so you could see clearly which part it is and that itâs not part of the enclosure. All in all, itâs going well, getting very close to the end now!
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I love everything about this build. Wicked! 
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Putting your board down right on the mounts should be illegal.
Hurts my eyes.
Dope build though
Not sure what you mean by right down on the mounts? Haha your entitled to your opinion I just have no idea what your talking about, regardless thanks for the input, itâs much appreciated! 
Ok, so I have done some more work. My brother and I just finished soldering the connections to the flipsky smart antispark switch, they are good and fairly strong. The bullets were already on the vesc beforehand and same with the motors so that means we are almost to the finish. I did run into the issues with the power button tho, the hole for it is no large enough for it to fit. Instead it should be drilled 1/8 bigger to accomodate for the threads. So if you refer to my dimensions please note instead of drilling both holes on the side at 7/16, make one at 7/16 and the other at 9/16 so accomodate the power switch. As also got the trucks bolted back on. I had an issue eith the mounting hardware scrunched the vinyl wrap up on the top because of the immense pressure of the bolts. To accomodate this place a small m5 size washer between the bolt head and the vinyl that way the bolt is not directly turning on the vinyl and ruining it and instead itâs just flat pressure from a small washer.
Will be setting it up now and updating this again later tonight hopefully with a final product!
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This.
Donât do this.
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oh yea, no I didnt do that and never would. Its a no from me ha but that is an amazing looking deck!
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Oh ok.
As you where then.
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I just meant that I started there meaning it was a reference image I found on instagram and I used it as inspiration because I really liked it. But yea, I very much respect my boards and donât smash the mounts in purpose
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Nice way to start diy.
You are very welcome here.
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I appreciate it! I got a very warm welcome so far by so many people, its honestly great how open this community is! If your experienced I could use a bit of help setting up my remote in VESC tool if your willing to help!
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Forget that the thread is back in session! A massive thanks to @Paul77 he has helped me far more than you would believe. I wouldnât have gotten it working without him. Just for future people using the vx1 and the flipsky dual 6.6 plus, do not use the included cable with the vx1 that connects to the motherboard and the receiver, instead use the 3 prong cable that comes with the vesc and attach that to the receiver instead that will allow it all to work correctly. Also note to new people done attach xt90s without putting heatshrink on the wire beforehand or else you will have to redo it haha
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Alright containing on with this build thread, I got some invaluable feedback from @xsynatic and @b264 on properly sealing the soldered xt90 connectors inside the deck. It was taken into consideration and adjusted accordingly. I very much appreciate the feedback guys! Thanks for looking out, as for the one that had a bit of extra solder on it, I wasnât able to get it off so its just gonna stay that way, I donât think itâs an issue as itâs just a little bit of dried solder on the outside of an xt90 connectors so for the time being im gonna leave it be. So last night I got the board bolted together and I have to say first impressions are a bit double edges, the board feels great, very sturdy and secure. So many thanks goes out to @NullBlox for making it and making it as strong as possible! It preformed great for this first time out thismorning. Everything held up great, a few of the corners on the wrap are lifting so im gonna go over them again with some heat and seal them right back up! I also got some clear griptape applied and i have to say it looks very good, I wasnât too sure about it at first but it surpassed mt expectations and is very grippy but also retains the look of the deck without really really distortion. The one I used was called MOB clear griptape in the 10 inch wide variant which was just enough to cover the deck width. Now to address what I am not happy with⌠I am not happy with the bushings, they are crazy tight and I still am getting some wobbles at like 10 mph because they feel crazy loose. I am using white Krank barrel and cone setup btw and I am 145 lbs roughly. My brother has 98a durometer bushings and they feel really great so I am going to go up probably to around there and see if anything changes because right now itâs just far too loose. To help that I am going to go barrel/barrel I believe for added stability which should help as well. This build thread is not done by a long shot so I am going to add a list of things I want to change below as well as some current photos.
Upcoming parts list:
-Much harder durometer bushings (preferably Krank)
-puck remote probably with the batwing case
-tb110 wheels
-way to monitor battery life (might be the puck I dont know if it has that capability)
As for now I believe thatâs it, ill address the remote issue real quick, so currently I have a vx1, we had a pain in the butt time setting it up and quiet frankly it was awful, ha but @Paul77 helped me and we got through it. The remote signal dropped just as setup finished and the only thing in my room was my phone and my computer, now my computer is using eternity cables for internet so that shouldnât have had any effect on it so the fact I had a connection drop with just my phone in the room scares me and I will be moving over to a puck by the end of summer for sure. The tb110s are not a necessity I love the black tb100s and will keep them on for the foreseeable future but I am entreaged by the tb110s and their increased contact patch so I will try them eventually. The bushings I already talked about above so i wonât mentioned them again and battery life monitor is just a nice convenience! So I will keep this thread updated with any new changes or updates I have regarding any of that!
Now for some pictures:
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