Should I Mod or Buy?
- Monsoon
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This year I've come to the conclusion that most people think that I'm insane to buy Super Soakers at 14. Instead of buying a Helix (which I was planning on doing, for its avalaible in a shopping store nearby), I was thinking of modding my already purchased weapons. Since I haven't done any real mods yet, I'm asking if I should go on with the modding, or igonore everybody and buy a Helix (or Secret Strike)? The mods I was going to do were the K Mod (for my CPS 2100), to QFD mod (fo my Max-D 5000) and maybe something like a freeze check valve on my XP 150 (which im not sure is possible). Can someone help me out?
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- RacerSoaker445
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- SSCBen
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Don't buy a Helix, buy only the 3A and the Vaporizer, they really are the only ones worth it. The Helix's shot is XPBackfire-esque, the spinning is more impressive than useful.
Modding is easy and fun if you don't go ahead of your own capabilities. Start with easy mods and move up, if you don't then you'll likely do something you'll regret. Read the Modding 101 article and then try to understand where all the other mods are coming from, once you get how a gun works and how to improve upon it then you can do anything, including make homemades.
Modding is easy and fun if you don't go ahead of your own capabilities. Start with easy mods and move up, if you don't then you'll likely do something you'll regret. Read the Modding 101 article and then try to understand where all the other mods are coming from, once you get how a gun works and how to improve upon it then you can do anything, including make homemades.
- BlueSmudge
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no...it wouldnt...
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- Monsoon
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Ok here's my plan. I open up an old air pressure soaker and use the guides listed here to learn the parts and their purpose. This soaker will be my leaking (and ancient) XP 150, which is showing its age. Maybe then using Epoxy I can fix the leak. Once that's settled I can move on to reading modding 101. After I try that, I can try making a backpack mod for my XP 310 shotgun and a light 20 balloon K mod to my CPS 2100.
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- Monsoon
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Ok, ok, ok! Since I'm kinda screwed for the K-modding, I'm planning on buying the vaporizer instead. Maybe I can find a Blazer (avaliability differs in Canada from the U.S., remember that discontinued soaker I found in a Canadian Tire store.) and buy that.
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- BlueSmudge
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what kind of mods can you do to a un-CPS gun other than the riot blast, or drill bigger nozzles. I mean Doom made the vaporizer awesome but he is like an expert in the area.
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- RacerSoaker445
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You Don't need to be an expert in a certain thing to do it well... (for some things-yes) although it helps. I dunno if this is 'off topic' but I think it depends more on what you do in general, if you find yourself to be a hands-on DIY type of person, then modding is easy first time around (or making a homemade). And, obviously, there is the other type of person who would rather pay to get something fixed, or just buy a new one.
Mods you COULD do to a non-CPS gun (the ones I can think of off the top of my head) -
-Make a sperate or backpack water tank
-Re-enforce the internals & freeze check valve = more pump + more pressure
-(this is what I would do, and have done) do the above step, aswell as hook air-compressor quick-connect fittings to the pressure chamber and use it all [at] 100 PSI
before doing that last step, you may want to wrap the pressure chambers with fibreglass strapping tape and ALWAYS pressure test beforehand by filling everything ENTIRLY with water and putting it up to atleast 2x the pressure you plan to normally use it at.
-blake
EDIT: I also feel odd buyign soakers at age 14+ (im 16 now) , but ive stopped now and im just making homemades from now on, I even make profits selling them to friends :Hey, that's funny.: it helps cut down on my expenses.
Mods you COULD do to a non-CPS gun (the ones I can think of off the top of my head) -
-Make a sperate or backpack water tank
-Re-enforce the internals & freeze check valve = more pump + more pressure
-(this is what I would do, and have done) do the above step, aswell as hook air-compressor quick-connect fittings to the pressure chamber and use it all [at] 100 PSI
before doing that last step, you may want to wrap the pressure chambers with fibreglass strapping tape and ALWAYS pressure test beforehand by filling everything ENTIRLY with water and putting it up to atleast 2x the pressure you plan to normally use it at.
-blake
EDIT: I also feel odd buyign soakers at age 14+ (im 16 now) , but ive stopped now and im just making homemades from now on, I even make profits selling them to friends :Hey, that's funny.: it helps cut down on my expenses.
- Monsoon
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I also feel odd even talking about soakers in public, let alone BUYING any. My parents alienate me when I even mention the word "super soaker" <_< . This really isn't fair to me because what's wrong with them?! They just have the impression that soakers are for little kids which is definately NOT true. I'm going to ignore them.
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- Spinner
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I know how you feel, I think I might just talk about "Water Warfare" which I think sounds better than "Super Soakers". You can't really blame people for thinking soakers are for litle kids though...after what Hasbro has done to Super Soaker <_<Originally posted by Monsoon@Apr 26 2004, 09:38 PM
I also feel odd even talking about soakers in public