Spec R S1 Upgrade using aluminium parts

Hi and welcome to another blog. This one focuses around upgrading the S1 using the aluminium bulkheads and suspension mounts from the R1.
I'm happy with the S1 and for the price it has really exceeded my expectations performance wise, and I've suffered very little in the way of breakages. However, due to wear & tear and the need to replace some parts, I decided that replacement parts should be upgrades.
The parts below are the upgrades which have been added to the chassis :-

I also added the Tamiya ballcups and some Yeah Racing turnbuckles,

and Yeah Racing aluminium pivot ball suspension mounts to give more rigidity to the suspension mounts and arms.

The finished car looks like this :-

 

The aluminium servo mount and steering rack had already been added :-

Another worthwhile upgrade is the addition of Spec R aluminium spacers on the suspension mounts to replace the kit plastic ones. This makes the whole suspension mount more rigid and prevents any compression, movement or wearing which can happen to the plastic ones through time.

I also added anti-roll bars to the car. The car looks great and is enhanced by the edges of the chassis parts being red following treatment with nail varnish and super glue. 

I can't wait to run the car and to see if these changes have made any difference.

Here is the finished car with my new bodyshell :-

My next blog will detail how the car performed, and what tuning I've done to improve it.