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 The
road wheel upgrade comes as a boxed set
of 16 pre assembled metal road wheel
sets and separate rubber tires. If you
plan on painting them, best to do that
before you put the tires on, starting
with a metal primer. The road wheels are
designed as a direct replacement for the
Heng Long tiger 1, with the same open
hub design to facilitate easy
installation. They can be installed
using the stock Heng Long suspension
arms and axles which I have done. The
wheels are very clean with no flashing
and the rubber tires fit well. There are
no bushings.
 To
Install, simply remove the plastic road
wheels from the suspension arms using a
hex driver to back out the axles. Then,
holding the suspension arms in position
so that the axle can protrude into the
slot, install the road wheels firmly,
checking they can spin freely.
SPRING UPGRADE
This is a set of 16 springs, 8 left and
8 right side, to replace the stock Heng
Long springs. They are appreciably
stronger/stiffer than the stock springs
and are certainly something to consider
if your suspension is bottoming out or
you're adding some heavy metal upgrades.
To install, having removed the road
wheels, back out the suspension arm
axles, replace the springs and re
assemble. The suspension arm/spring
nearest to the idler on each side can be
tricky to re assemble, otherwise the
rest are easy. Something to consider
also is the possibility of using a
combination of stock weaker springs and
the stronger upgrade springs so as to
fine tune the suspension to your
specific needs.
METAL AIR CLEANERS
This is a metal upgrade of the plastic
Feifel air cleaners on the Heng Long
Tiger 1 and they can fit the stock
plastic hose outlets. It's a
reproduction of the plastic version,
clean and fits together well.
 To
install you need to separate the top
half of the tank from the hull. This is
achieved by removing 3 screws from
underneath the tank and also 2 screws
under the sponsons on both sides, (above
the wheels) being the ones behind the
sprocket and in the middle, (not the
rear screw). Remove the air hoses from
the air cleaner outlets before you
attempt to take the top off. Then you
can remove the plastic cleaners, install
the hose outlets, screw the halves
together and then attach the cleaners
with the provided screws from the
inside, replace the top and finally re
attach the hoses to the hose outlets on
the cleaners.
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