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[SamIsSoAwsome]

What you will need:
1 VV car
1 small screw driver
4 pennys


Step 1:
Unscrew the two small screws on the back half of the car (the front of the car is NOT taken off).



Step 2:
Take your four penny's and stack them in the hallow body of the car as the picture below illustrates (hot gluing them in place also helps a lot).


Step 3:
keeping the body of the car in the upside-down position take the rest of the car and lay it over the body of the car making sure to line up the screw holes.


Step 4:
Screw the screws back in.

[finrollercoaste09]

nice tutorial, fast and easy.

[Maxlaam]

Great, if you use some hot glue you can secure them even more and prevent them from moving around causing speed loss!

[SamIsSoAwsome]

^ Ya I know, but I wasn't sure once I did it if I wanted to glue them so if I made another launch I could still use these cars.

[Maxlaam]

The fun thing about hot glue is that it peals away from K'nex very easily. One thing, if you get any silicone lubricant onto hot glue it will dissolve!

[SamIsSoAwsome]

^Good to know. I'll try hot gluing it.

[Maxwell58]

My cars are weighted very complicated-ly

1: unscrew back of frame
2:get 2x2 square of saran wrap or foil
3:Put desired amount of tungsten powder on piece of saran wrap
4:fold saran wrap into pouch shape with the tungsten inside it.
*5:wrap pouch with double sided tape to prevent it from shaking inside the car
6:Place inside frame
7:screw top back on

*optional

This might not be the cheapest way to wieght your cars but it sure is the most effective.

[Dragon]

i really don´t build w/ micro knex but i´m sure that if you weight your cars you will need to use standart knex for support it.

[SamIsSoAwsome]

^I've had no problem with it on my woodie.

[RNB]

i really don´t build w/ micro knex but i´m sure that if you weight your cars you will need to use standart knex for support it.

Nut urgently needed. On my previous coaster I weighted my cars, and if you support it very strong, it works, and looks much better then standard.