A D-Lux comeback!
 

I have been dormant for a little while. The other day i was in the garage digging through my old rc stuff when my wife cought me. That night she asked me if i was thinking about running comps again. I told her i was starting to miss it and it had crossed my mind. The next day she asked me why i had not starting ordering parts yet! I was explaining that if i was to do it again i pretty well needed to build a new rig to be up to date. She says "start ordering that shiz".

Kids sorry your presents will be light this year. I have parts coming.:flipoff: I will break down parts as i get to them in the build. First up wheels tires.

I called my buddy Kevin "kl design" and he had a hook up on wheels and tires.
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Kl design original wheel package. he even left his sanded rovers with foam. Thanks kev.
I was also able to talk him out of his beadlocks. He worked his magic on them with cf faces.
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Tires and foams on beadlocks from.
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5.5 comp cut inners with soft outer for the front. 5.5 inners with med outers for rear.
Thank you Kevin, and Crawler Innovations.

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A little info on the kl design glue on wheels. The center section was designed to come out while the tire was still installed. This in theory would allow me to have sets of tires glued to outside rings ready to bolt the centers to. The quality is second to none on the set i have and hopefully i can talk him into cutting me some outside rings in the future.

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I GOT MAIL
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Some of my orders have arived
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Haha... Merry Xmas to you I guess!!!

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indeed. I have been busy. Shocks turned down by d-lux with d-lux no preload collars. Limited on inside with factory team 35 wt oil.
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Links d-lux ti upper and lowers
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Chassis- Dlux ultra- This thing is nice. The bends it takes on as you build it are sexy. Fit and finish are great as have been the shocks and shock collars.
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Looks great thus far mang!"thumbsup"

It brings a smile to my face to see somebody get back into the game and on top of that, to be so excited about it! We could use another 200 of you.

On the chassis, put those long shock balls at the uppers on the chassis and then use the tiny plastic spacers for your rear shocks. The way you have it now, your probably a bit too wide in the center and you dont need the 3" at the back since it should be 3" at the upper links.

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Welcome back into the comp scene .. You made a great choice on an awesome chassis I've had mine for a month or longer and drove it through the house once then tore it apart to upgrade to the D_Lux CF axles . My debute of it will be our January comp ..

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Thanks Erik, sorry to bug you so much earlier. Thanks for all the help. I need to see what options you have for the front of my rig. Need to be able to mount a few different wheels all with vp hubs, just different widths.

Thanks ax, i hear ya on the chassis it is a killer set up. everything from Erik so far has been beyond my expectations.I have a lil something coming up."thumbsup"

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For front hubs, you can use an RC4wd hex and a VP hub or you could use my Delrin .225 hub. I dont know that you would want to go wider than those two but, if you do, I have delrin spacers that you could use or VP obviously sells wider hubs than a 225.

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I see the superlites in the bags! When will they be built? You'll love them!

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Yeah i would like to go with delrin hubs, just want to make shure i have all the spacers i need to get each combo where i want it.
Yes i do love them so far. I did not take as many pics building them as i would have liked. The build of them took my whole pea brain's attention.:mrgreen:

Dlux carbon fiber superlite axles, front bully knucks, axial chubs, dlux knuckle weights, dlux front axles, 300 small gears, and rcbro lightweight gears.
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Design has been finished:evil:
Thanks for the support"thumbsup"

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Thank you Michelle you made the whole process easy. "thumbsup"

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Got word today that motors and esc will be ready Thursday. I can not wait.

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Youre making a great pace!

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Thanks man, I am on hold until i get the hubs and electronics. But tomorrow will be a really good day. Im off to see the wizard in the morning.:mrgreen:
It is a roller and all mounts, chubs, and lockouts are sucure.
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Cya in the am John

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Looks pretty legit from here!

Your package shipped today so hopefully Friday or worst case Saturday.

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Looking great and welcome back..
Hoping I can make it down this year and comp a couple times with you guys.
I will make it back to elephant rocks at least one more time.

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Looks like monday:cry: oh well i have a few more things i need to get done before i drive it any way.

Thank you
Man Stu that would be awesome. Hit me up and we will put something together at elephant rock for you. You can even crash here if you need to."thumbsup"

Ok i went to see the wizard yesterday. Man i do not think that guys brain ever stops thinking about motor and esc technology. That is a good thing for us. John set me up with some electronics.
hh dual micro esc
hh 5 slot 13 turn skewed arms 500 pullers
asorted battery packs to see which i liked
I am running a hitec 7950th servo *New one is bad and searches for center, so i will be running the one from my old rig till that is sorted.*
cc bec set to 7.4 feeding reciever and servo

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I also took some better pics inside the axle while i was in there.
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