Scx-10 first upgrade

[ryan98]

I have had my scx10 for a while now and i want to start to upgrade it.
Could someone please tell me what would be the first upgrade. i have already looked at the steering upgrade and thinking of buying that

[railripper]

Steering is a good start if yer gonna be running bigger tires or tires with weights. Get some aluminium chubs and steering arms. Robinson racing all steel gears in the tranny so when you put a better motor in, you won't break your outputs on the tranny. Any of these can be a good first upgrade.

[stigno]

Wheel weights in the front wheels, makes it more fun to climb with

[AsILayDying]

Upgrades: Just to name a few but it really depends on how much you are looking to spend on your toy truck. Im not even going to write how much I have spent on even one rig just in case my wife happens to see this....lol

Steering
Servo
C-Hubs
Knuckles
CVDs
Robinson Racing Trans gears
MIPs Drive shafts
HH BR-XL (waterproofed)
Good hand wound 20t - 35t motor
Castle BEC

[PhantomRS10]

Trans gears (best money you will spend RRgears)Dont forget the spur gear either
Drive shafts
Good steering servo
chubs knuckles beef toobz (keeps the weight low)
Good electronics
HD gears

DONT forget tires, TSL's rock beats baja claws ect ect

[arcanecrawler89]

i started with mip shafts and beadlocks with a good set of tires cheap up grade to the wheel tire combo was hacking some target shot 12 guage shells and putting the lead shot in them my next up grade is aluminum shook hoops broke my back driverside a while back tryin to keep up with a brushless slash and monster truck :P

[jeepguy77]

I regeared mine and went with aluminum links since mine was a TR. since then I mirrored the trans. I would say weight is a good one, and definitely browse the tips and tricks thread. There's lots of info in there.

[Jus]

Too vague to help really... Tell us a little about it.. Which model? Is it a RTR? What type of terrain do you drive it on most? HOW do you drive it? Like a maniac or super slow? What are you using for a battery?

[winnerone23]

Mirroring the trans is a free upgrade, that works! Flip ur skid, pull ur trans apart an put ur output shaft out the other side an mount ur motor back on forward.. its a deff improvement!
Aluminum chubs an knuckles for sure.
Mip drive shafts.
Ur gears will last for some time, but steel outputs are a good thing to change or have ready for back up.. my stock gears lasted till I ran my HH 35t handwound on 4s for a couple rough runs.
Weight in the front wheels, beef tubes are sweet..
1.9 pitbulls, have watched them outperform many of diff tires.
Lol, easiest way to say it, is.. in the end, everything..lol..

[bouncyroof]

enjoy it and upgrade as things break. i went with 2.2 tires and started to upgrade things i broke. i bent the plastic links pretty quick after going to a 55t motor, the drive shafts didnt last much longer, with the links came the steering links and then shortly after i managed to strip the teeth on the steering horn, thats what will go first, after that its all in how youdrive it, i beat the tar off mine and i havent done anything to the spur or trans gears yet. stock knuckles too but theyre on the list as i expect them to go next

[waw]

got to check out this thread also

have fun, and if possible, upgrade only the broken ones to save your pocket

[snapon boy]

Castle bec! When the rtr servo tanks get a good hitec servo and locking metal horn. If you have the new wild bore drive shafts keep them till they fail. Metal links are a must. After that just enjoy it fix what brakes. Read up and watch a few videos like Harleys deadbolt one. To give you a few ideas. Then watch the classified section there is some good deals to be had.

[three2won]

if you plan on any axle upgrades DO THEM ALL AT ONCE!!!

put the beef tubes, new stronger lockers, under/over drive gears, CHubs and Knucks, steering, CVDs, and whatever else you find in at the same time

I've stripped my axles down too many times to count as I slowly put these upgrades in, it would have saved a ton of time and hassle if I had done it in one go

[fj40jay]

just a heads up guys, its been 3 years, i think he may have upgraded a few things in that time.

[RiderZ]

Aluminum suspension & steering links would be my first upgrade.Tires & beadlocks after that.Then whatever breaks,wears out or obviously needs replaced after that.Enjoy!!!

[jeff22]

I just installed the aluminum steering links today. I think this going to be a really worthwhile upgrade. As the weather has gotten warmer I've noticed that the plastic links are way too flexible.