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05-18-2012, 09:48 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: "The Grove"
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|  derek's Wraith Build, "Wanda"
"Wanda" will be here Monday  Oh and remember I wasn't upgrading?? Well those will be here Thursday... oops. No more after this. Now lets get to the good stuff before I bore you. Trail and crawling rig only, no mud, snow, or water allowed .1. Wraith Kit Electronics 2. Brushless Hobbies 80A 3. Reedy Sonice 17.5t 4. Savox 1256mg 5. 2x Blue Lipos 2s 5000mah 40C Upgrades 6. Light kit 7. Diff covers 8. Chubs 9. Knuckles 10. Tow hitch cover Mods 12. Lower ride height 13. Reinforce drive-shafts 14. Battery to front 15. Mod rear cage... MAYBE Scale Accessories 16. Made by me That's all for now folks  Any more advice or tips feel free, please please!!
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05-18-2012, 09:57 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: nashville
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| Re: derek's Wraith Build, "Wanda"
Not upgrading didn't last long. Lol
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05-18-2012, 10:01 PM
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| Re: derek's Wraith Build, "Wanda"
Oh yeah when you build the trans make sure you don't over tighten the screws or it will bind up the drivetrain. Buy some 3mm machined screws and use thread lock when mounting the c-hubs to the axles.
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05-18-2012, 10:03 PM
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05-22-2012, 08:20 PM
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| Re: derek's Wraith Build, "Wanda"
Update of what I got done so far. Battery mod (tray cut in half and bolted in pre drilled holes) simple   Cage  Tranny  Shocks ( very disappointing axial )  Tires w/ weights.. OMG Sticky  Lights  With 9 volt in receiver box and interior switch     Paint. Metallic magenta and the black is truck bedliner spray. Awesome paint job turning out to be.  More to come tomm. Last edited by derek_18mt; 05-23-2012 at 07:51 PM. |
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05-22-2012, 08:59 PM
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| Re: derek's Wraith Build, "Wanda"
Looking good man. Can't wait to see what's next. Yeah I was disappointed in the shocks to. Ended up to Crawler king springs and pistons. It helped a lot.
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05-22-2012, 09:28 PM
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| Re: derek's Wraith Build, "Wanda"
Hopefully links and drive-shafts tomm. Along with a few scale mods. Thanks I appreciate the comments, I think for the price axial charges for this thing they can add a little more quality to the shocks imo  8th scale buggy shocks maybe |
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05-23-2012, 04:14 PM
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| Re: derek's Wraith Build, "Wanda"
Been working on this thing since 8 o'clock. Waiting on my upgrades to finish :( Here is where I am at... Custom antenna home made (servo horn and pen spring) Custom roof rack $2 (doll house fencing) Tow rope (Shoe string) Spare beadlock 1.9 17 mm hobao shocks, no springs. Had to drill the gear cup to get the axle to fit... Check it check it... Do not even want to run it's so nice lol.                    Last edited by derek_18mt; 05-25-2012 at 09:44 PM. |
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05-23-2012, 05:00 PM
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Rear end on. Like my flag LOL?    Last edited by derek_18mt; 05-23-2012 at 07:52 PM. |
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05-23-2012, 05:19 PM
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| Re: derek's Wraith Build, "Wanda"
I like that antennae idea. Gonna have to steal that one. Looks good man. Can't wait to see how those shocks work out.
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05-23-2012, 05:39 PM
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Done for today. Awaiting chubs, knuckles, & diff covers to finish front and rear.   Last edited by derek_18mt; 05-23-2012 at 07:52 PM. |
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05-23-2012, 05:41 PM
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I used a hitec servo horn, m3 screw, servo mount, and a pen spring. Glued the spring to the horn with a nut going through and slid the antenna in and glued it as well. Then mounted it to a flat servo mount and bolted it to a hole in the wraith chassis. The flag is part of a cloth, just cut and glued. Hopefully that is not confusing lols. Shocks are so smooth, but I will get pics and such showing how they work. They have 20 wgt. in them..
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05-23-2012, 06:30 PM
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| Re: derek's Wraith Build, "Wanda"
What is up with the pickett fence on the roof????
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05-23-2012, 06:41 PM
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 That's a poor mans roof rack. I will trim the triangles off.
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05-23-2012, 06:48 PM
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Trimmed   Last edited by derek_18mt; 05-23-2012 at 08:23 PM. |
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05-24-2012, 04:53 PM
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| Re: derek's Wraith Build, "Wanda"
Quick test run and pretty sweet. Need to gear down pretty hot, and also the hot racing knuckles rub the rim a bit. Other then that it crawled everything in its path. Real test is tomm, and hopefully will get more pics and feel the truck more on some tough trails. The weight in the front is perfect, keeps chugging, I have not found torque twist yet, but like I said I was on some basic stuff.             |
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05-25-2012, 02:20 PM
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Update for the real test. Crawls great with a 1.9 scx10. It was a trade off though, we both were better in certain areas. Tore the screw out of the steering link and the rims grind on the knuckles where the steering link mounts too. Had to cut and dremel them down. The shocks are awesome and the lcg makes this thing sit low. The r35's are sticky and the lugs grab into ledges, I need to add more weight up front and slightly more to the rear. Other then that it works great... Check it out, more pics tomm going back out. Had to grind these down                            |
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05-25-2012, 04:18 PM
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| Re: derek's Wraith Build, "Wanda"
haha my white jeep lol idc if the tires are not the best ill learn to crawl with them  |
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05-25-2012, 04:38 PM
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05-25-2012, 06:08 PM
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| Re: derek's Wraith Build, "Wanda"
Guys I would like you to meet the driver of this rig, Wanda. A very lucky lady in deed, found her all lonely in Dollar General and used the perfect pick up line. She seems happy...   Last edited by derek_18mt; 05-25-2012 at 09:46 PM. |
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