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06-28-2011, 02:11 PM
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| Rock Crawler  Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Colorado Springs
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|  Ldogg's Wraith's
Well fedex just dropped off mine and my son's wraiths. A quick unboxing revealed the scratches on the radio on one of the units. All the links were fine though. The plans are to swap the links out on both with vanquish stuff, along with the steering. Skinz are going to be ordered this week and I am going to swap my wheels for some slw v6 respun. I also want to swap the shocks on both with proline powerstrokes and lower the ride hight a little. Here's a few pics       Last edited by LDogg; 06-28-2011 at 02:21 PM. |
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06-28-2011, 03:14 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Colorado Springs
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Glad you got them  |
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06-28-2011, 04:38 PM
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Thanks! got deans on and a 5200mah lipo in there and got them outside. a new steering servo is a must.... over all though it's pretty sweet! gonna take it to work tomorrow, and get some trail pics at lunch. got some pics outside though.... need to build a scale course at this house this summer..     |
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06-28-2011, 04:38 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: israel
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lol man enjoy the wraith me and my dad waiting to one of the guys in his works to visit the US so he can buy us 1 or 2 wraiths  |
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06-28-2011, 04:41 PM
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Yea first thing I did was put a 5645MG, even before I ran it the first time. Have fun
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06-29-2011, 02:19 PM
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So I went out to Palmer Park, PA12 for the locals, at lunch today. only had about 30 minutes to play, but had a blast with this thing. got some pics and video while out there. mind you I was driving and shooting this video on my iphone, so it's not the greatest... Popped a rear shock within about 5 minutes at first, but was able to pop it back onto the screw... Was kinda weird how it popped off, but was a quick fix. Overall I was impressed with how it behaved stock, and can't wait to take it out again. Video is here http://s98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...t=e0c53be1.mp4      Last edited by LDogg; 06-29-2011 at 02:21 PM. |
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06-29-2011, 02:27 PM
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PA12 is where I took mine the first time I found it crawled better with the shocks moved to the inner most holes both front and rear
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06-29-2011, 03:14 PM
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I will have to play around with that then.. Thanks! That was the first time I had been to pa12 and I was impressed with the area. I usually turn at the first left when entering from academy. What other spots over there are decent? I drove back to lazyland, but it seemed more flat. I didn't walk around there though.
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06-29-2011, 07:51 PM
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06-29-2011, 09:33 PM
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Cool. So I moved the shock locations in to the inner most hole front and back and I like the height. Was thinking about tweaking the shock setting too...
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06-30-2011, 10:29 AM
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Going to flip the link mounts tonight, and work on a battery cover for the back I think...
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06-30-2011, 08:27 PM
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ok, flipped the link mounts and moved the shocks to the inner hole. I also swapped in a new hitec 5645 servo. here's mine next to my son's. I had not moved anything on his when this pic was taken.   Ordering skinz this week, and vanquish links next week. |
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07-01-2011, 07:05 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Colorado Springs
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Tonight I ordered vanquish upper and lower links, chubs, knuckles, lockouts, and steering links. Working on the skinz.
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07-01-2011, 09:05 PM
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need to tear down my sons wraith tomorrow to tighten the slipper it seems.... power goes to the wheels, but it slips way to much....
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07-01-2011, 09:22 PM
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Slung low is deff where its at. Awsome
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07-01-2011, 10:13 PM
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yup, it crawls much better lowered.... here are a couple video's i took today. Please excuse the POV at times, as I need to get a GoPro HD. I was driving, climbing, and filming with my iPhone at the same time...  Last edited by LDogg; 07-02-2011 at 07:55 PM. |
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07-02-2011, 05:20 AM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Olathe, KS
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With those drivers, I think it looks more like a Puma.
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07-02-2011, 07:55 PM
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haha. Lowered my sons Wraith tonight, and had to move the pinion. it was not catching the spur gear completely so I had to tear his down, and set it. not to big a deal though. Can't wait for my vanquish order to get here, and I am working on the skin design with FreqE.  |
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07-03-2011, 06:28 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: milton,wv
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great vids,moved my shocks also,and ive been waiting a few weeks for my skins
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07-05-2011, 08:45 AM
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thanks! my vanquish order should ship today I hope. |
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