Building a kit..

[Geochimica]

Building a kit from the ground up (box up..?) soon. My question is, what parts should I upgrade during the assembly? I have a mental list of "upgrades" and "just plain cool" parts I've found about through lurking that I'll want in the future.. but what parts are best thrown in as I just build the kit? Electronics are mostly sorted out, so I'm talking hardware. I've heard shafts are a "must do", but which ones..? And is there anything else I'd be replacing within a few months that I should just upgrade as it's being screwed together?

Thanks!

[Jboucher]

It's been answered a couple of times on this forum.

Personnally, i've thrown in upgrades where i don't want to work twice.

Spool lockers, beef tubes, tire foams, fast eddy bearings, RPM rod ends, etc.

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[durok]

Originally Posted by Geochimica

Building a kit from the ground up (box up..?) soon. My question is, what parts should I upgrade during the assembly? I have a mental list of "upgrades" and "just plain cool" parts I've found about through lurking that I'll want in the future.. but what parts are best thrown in as I just build the kit? Electronics are mostly sorted out, so I'm talking hardware. I've heard shafts are a "must do", but which ones..? And is there anything else I'd be replacing within a few months that I should just upgrade as it's being screwed together?

Thanks!

When you say "shafts" are a must do, what are you referring to?

Driveshafts?

Shock shafts?

Neither are a must do...

[Lavaheadache]

Foams and links/rod ends.

The tire foams only work good when the vehicle is on the shelf. When turning at any speed faster than a walk the tire will fold causing terrible handling.

Now on the links.... Unfortunately the rather decent aluminum link are paired with terrible rod ends that at best get sloppy in just a couple packs and at worst fail rapidly if you are an aggressive driver. The easiest solution to this problem is to grab vanquish incision links and be done with it.

[Jboucher]

Originally Posted by Lavaheadache

Foams and links/rod ends.

The tire foams only work good when the vehicle is on the shelf. When turning at any speed faster than a walk the tire will fold causing terrible handling.

Now on the links.... Unfortunately the rather decent aluminum link are paired with terrible rod ends that at best get sloppy in just a couple packs and at worst fail rapidly if you are an aggressive driver. The easiest solution to this problem is to grab vanquish incision links and be done with it.

I went with RPM rod ends from vanquish and SSD M4 spacers to keep stock lenght.
Looks pretty solid and costs less than the incision links.

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[PileDriver]

Originally Posted by Jboucher

I went with RPM rod ends from vanquish and SSD M4 spacers to keep stock lenght.
Looks pretty solid and costs less than the incision links.

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You had to use spacers with rpm rod ends to keep the stock length? I am getting a kit soon and was thinking about using them but not if you need spacers, I'll prolly just get the Axial metal pivot balls for now AXA1331 as I don't plan to replace the links until they bend.

[Jboucher]

Originally Posted by PileDriver

You had to use spacers with rpm rod ends to keep the stock length? I am getting a kit soon and was thinking about using them but not if you need spacers, I'll prolly just get the Axial metal pivot balls for now AXA1331 as I don't plan to replace the links until they bend.

Yeah the RPM rod ends are about 1/8th inch shorter so you need an M4 spacer per rod end.

I took pictures in my build thread.

It's a very minor price to pay for 10x the strenght

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[PileDriver]

Originally Posted by Jboucher

Yeah the RPM rod ends are about 1/8th inch shorter so you need an M4 spacer per rod end.

I took pictures in my build thread.

It's a very minor price to pay for 10x the strenght

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Thanx for the info.

[Bliss_RC]

Starting with the kit, you're already off to a good start IMO. I have the rtr version and so far I've upgraded a lot...Incision steering and suspension links, boom racing trailing arms, promodeler 470 servo, hobbywing 1080 wp esc, HH 21t 550 can trailmaster motor, incision aluminum motor mount, vanquish aluminum steering horn, brass pivot balls (revo balls have too much slop IMO), and I just put in an order yesterday for some SSD beadlocks, ci two stage foams, aluminum wheel hexes and axial u-joint front axles.