Gmade Stock To Stage 1

[TheManCave]

After owning my R1 for quite some time now I have finally tapped into the aftermarket world and upgraded mine to what I call a stage 1. I ordered the following list of parts from RPP and installed them this afternoon.
Aluminum skid plate
Adjustable Upper Link Mount x2
Aluminum C Hub Carriers
Aluminum Straight Axle Adapters
Aluminum Heavy Duty Steering Rods
Aluminum High Clearance Links ( lower )
And now for the transformation pictures from stock to where it sits now.

Stock setup


Stock Underside


Chubs, Upper link mounts


Front lower links


Rear axle with upper mounts and lower links


Skid Plate ( much needed )


New stance with Vanquish 2.2 SLW-1 Respuns with Interco TSL Super Swampers articulation shot 1


Articulation shot 2


To get rid of the "turtling" problem I ordered the make your own packs from maxamps, and plan on making 3 2S batteries and lowering the CoG to correct the problem

[TheManCave]

Update: 8/1/12
After a good 3 hour testing yesterday I have decided to jump to the next level with my R1 and I ordered even more parts for it from CKRC:
Gmade R1 Rear Steering Kit
Aluminum C-Hub Carrier (2) for R1 Axle
R1 Heavy duty front steering rods
Stealth Rock Crawling Chassis for Gmade R1 Rock Buggy
Gmade Team ZERO Shock Red 104mm
Ax-10 Fully locked Metal Gear Transmission
Since the R1 stealth chassis supports both a stock Gmade tranny or an AX/SCX tranny I will be converting over to the AX and going with a Goat 3S esc paired with a ballistic 21.5t brushless motor.