Re: topher goes Full Sendero Did I miss where you said what inner fenders those are? Those would be a great addition for my Wrangler JK Unlimited Enduro. Also, how's the paint holding up? I want to do a Fall Guy body for my Barrage, but nobody makes brown & tan lexan paints, so I was thinking about going a similar route to you and painting the outside after an initial coat of lexan paint. |
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If I were to do it a second time, I’d probably start with the clear body instead of the rtr since the lexan is thicker, and paint the inside with a tamiya ps55 flat clear then give the TS paints a shot behind that as others have reported success with this method. For now I’ll keep running this one and maybe re-spray it again down the road as I have a bunch of the paint left. Quote:
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It annoys the hell out of me that the factory body and factory option fenders aren't compatible entirely. Currently I'm running the fronts only but I might trim up the body like you did. Anyone out there with a single piece body won't have this issue. |
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I guess I'm going to have to order up a set! |
Re: topher goes Full Sendero Nice upgrades TB!"thumbsup" Looking forward to hearing how the new battery tray works out. I do like the looks of it and the front servo mount. My STRC servo/mount brace just came in yesterday. Hoping to get it installed this weekend. Seems like I'm always to steps behind you on upgrades!:lmao: |
Re: topher goes Full Sendero Great thread Topher, rig looks great! Appears you have really run through the options for stiffening and and weighting the truck down low. Would be curious to know what overall weight you have gotten her up to. I get the sense you are considering pulling some weight off? |
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I also recently posted a video on Instagram that made me realize the transmission was louder than it should have been. I tore it down and realized I had the wrong middle gear in and have fixed that and it’s much quieter now, my mistake before also prevented me from the full OD benefit so I’m even more excited to get it out now. Quote:
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Re: topher goes Full Sendero Nice man! Mine has been a goat. Definitely get that 12% overdrive set up right! I don't nearly have as much weight as you do, and my chassis isn't even stiffened up yet. Just too many projects! :). I do have a bunch of parts waiting to be put on though. I will be attempting to stiffen up the chassis by adding additional stock plastic chassis braces first to keep the weight off of the top. My RTR is definitely not going to be my best performing Enduro, and that's mostly because of the cage and the weight it adds as well as the way I have to set up the shocks for it (despite it doing very well). When I get around to my builder's kit, I'm definitely going to tweak that as much as I can for performance. I'm still waiting for the shock hoop/panhard mounts from SSD and Club5. I almost went with the Samix, but I wanted to see the SSD and Club5 versions first. The Club5 is supposed to be a double-shear design, so I really was interested in that, but he's got some delays now because of the whole US/China tariff situation. A lot of companies have scrambled to move back some of their production back to Taiwan (which I'm all for), so it's hard for him to get his designs manufactured in front of others. |
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The only iminent mod that I forsee is, like you, chassis stiffening, but I'll be doing it in my usual cheap-ass way (after all, I AM Budget RC!). I bought some 3mm ID aluminum tubing (6mm OD) that I'm going to cut to length and add to some of the unused holes in the chassis as well as across the shock towers. It should stiffen the truck up nicely without adding much weight or cost. |
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BTW, these are the bars I bought: https://www.ebay.com/itm/L-10CM-OD-3...72.m2749.l2649 3mm ID, 5mm OD. They're long enough that I should be able to get 2 braces out of each bar. |
Re: topher goes Full Sendero Jim, I used your EBay rod link. AND, I’ve got some brown and tan paint that goes in an airbrush I’ll send out to you if you’re still into a Colt Seivers edition Barrage. I’m outta town helping my step-mom with knee replacement (wish I’d known about the rods, could saved a shittonne on Ti if we coulda held her down for the Dremel Dremel work...just the left knee—-No, the right!!!)/ back Sunday. The paint will need to be REEELY WELL SHAKEN...kinda old. I’ll PM when I get back. Topher, Jim: These Aluminium rods, you threading them or just get in there with a short screw & machine washer? Quote:
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Re: topher goes Full Sendero 1 Attachment(s) 48 degrees with some humidity and a couple of tumbles and the paint was flying off the body today. Thinking it’s time for a new body and to repaint the sendero and keep it for light trail duty instead of trying hard lines. Wasn’t super thrilled with the boom racing hustlers but being that it was cold, a little wet, and these foams seem too firm I’m going to give them another shot and try some different foams. Didn’t take many pics but you can see the paint missing in a few spots in this pic, my driver also should have worn his seatbelt |
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As for the rods, I haven't tried them yet, but they're probably soft enough to thread an M3 screw right in. In my case, I'll run my M3 tap into each end first. |
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Man, the Sendero looks like an old beat up truck now!:) I often wondered how good them Hustler tires were. I almost bought a set when they first came out, but just wasn't too sure if they were worth the money. Cold and a little wet is my normal operating conditions, so they may not work for me! |
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Re: topher goes Full Sendero 1 Attachment(s) Well, after the last run I decided to change some things up again. The boom racing hustlers are coming off for now and I’ll try them again in the spring when it’s hotter out. I’m a big fan of the class 1 km3s from proline so I decided to give the tall tires a shot. Snagged some Ssd slots to throw them on as those should go along well with the new body. Using some PL dual stage foams I had around to stuff the tires. The sendero body is also going to be retired till warmer weather. After the last run I’ll need to repaint the whole thing. The new body will be a proline 66 C10 can and bed. Quote:
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Re: topher goes Full Sendero Nice combo. I have the same on my sendero except I run CI single stage foams. Works great and looks good! Gesendet von meinem TA-1004 mit Tapatalk |
Re: topher goes Full Sendero Can't wait to see the '66 Chevy. That is one body that I really like and have been wanting to get. I've heard great things about the larger KM3's. I too have the Class 1's and love they way they look and feel. I haven't bought a set of the larger cause they were a little too tall for the bodies that I run. |
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