Custom MN 168 Range Rover WPL Hybrid with Full Upgrades

This MN 168 is now a full WPL Hybrid. Taking the best engineered running gear parts and fitting them into the amazing looking new MN with the aim of improving the scale dynamics and ridding the car of the awful cartoonish carachuture looks it was supplied with.

It is now fitted with a WPL Metal axle kit. The WPL axles were chosen because of the slightly narrower track.

These have been fitted to the chassis with a WPL ball ends adjustable link kit, with fabricated longer M3 link rods to suit the longer MN wheelbase.

I currently have a WPL two speed fitted, but this does hang quite low and limits break over angle. I intend to swap this for either the new WPL counter rotating 370 single speed, or the old design 370 single speed supplied with the C34KM.

The shocks are those supplied with the MN, they work very nicely but do have quite a short throw. I'm bewildered why MN designed these with plain mountings. I converted the axle end using a WPL rod ends, and made a flexible bush mounting from silicone tube to the chassis. The shocks are mounted to the chassis with custom made CNC cut GRP mounts that I designed to give some adjustability to the ride height.

The wheels are my own design 3D prints. The file for these is available on my Thingiverse - link below. Tyres are those supplied as upgrades to the LDRC Unimog.

I wasn't happy with the way the stock MN electrics worked with the WPL two speed. The electric speed limiting of the MN transmitter/receiver maintained that with the two speed in low range, so it severely lacked power. The electronics have been swapped out for a Flysky Tx/Rx set and 1060 ESC.

You can find out more about the modifications on my Facebook Blog Page: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?...

MN 168 Range Rover
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Axles:
https://www.wpl-rc.com/products/metal...

Link and Truss Set:
https://www.wpl-rc.com/products/c-ser...

Two speed gearbox:
https://www.wpl-rc.com/products/dual-...

LDRC Tyres:
https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_Evv...

Wheel 3DP files:
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:482...

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