First crawler...
 

well I built my first crawler this weekend...Everything seemed to go together pretty good. A couple of little hickups along the way but nothing major. Any good first tips or upgrades to think about for a kit ax-10?My rig has a novak rooster with a novak fifty five Jr 9100t servo.

Just need to paint up the body and it will be completely done.

Bent links are nice, grooved the lizards because i'm cheap and now they work just as good as my friends losi claws if not better but they wear very quickly. and a hand made skid out of a door hinge. did i mention i'm cheap?

I would first upgrade tires, then do the everything it says in this link.

http://www.rccrawler.com/axialcompbuild.html

after you do all that. Then you can think about other peoples ideas. Like mine for instance.
http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/axial-ax-10-scorpion/123295-my-mods-so-far-anymore-suggestions.html

Remember get as many ideas as possible and then use the ones that will help you most.