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03-27-2012, 11:26 AM
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| Newbie Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: OC
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|  Help me spend money on my trail trekker
What do I need to buy in order to make my trail trekker look like a monster truck? How, what and where do I get big tires for it. How do I get them on the trekker? What all do I need to do that? I would prefer to just buy new rims and tires. So I can keep stock ones. Lipo batteries... What should I get for long run times? What charger and battery do you suggest? Where can I get it? Where can I find a chevy truck body to fit it perfectly? Do I need to buy a new frame to make it fit your typical 1/24th scale model trucks? Thank you in advance! |
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03-27-2012, 02:53 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: OC
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| Re: Help me spend money on my trail trekker
Well, I went out and purchased a army humvee model to use for the body. I also purchased a the excelleron? 2c lipo kit and the SCT/Rally BRUSHED high power motor for now. I just wish I knew what to buy to get monster truck like tires on it. If anyone has any suggestions, please let me know. PS: I read the miro bible, but a lot of it is old and geared towards the micro rock crawler. I know many of the parts are the same, but NOT all. Thanks! |
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03-27-2012, 03:07 PM
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| Scale Detail Engineering Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Turtle Island
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| Re: Help me spend money on my trail trekker
Most of the parts your talking about are the same... wheels and tires. tires: Mickey Thompson Baja Claw TTC Micro Crawler Tires (pair) wheels: Gear Head RC 8Trax Micro Crawler Wheels, Aluminum (4) or Losi Micro crawler Beadlock Wheel and MICRO Wheel Widener Kit [MWW001] - $9.97 : Crawler X, Rock Crawler Parts |
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03-27-2012, 03:15 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: OC
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03-27-2012, 03:24 PM
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| Scale Detail Engineering Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Turtle Island
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| Re: Help me spend money on my trail trekker
I don't know if they do or don't but: trekker v. micro crawler |
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03-27-2012, 05:26 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: In the mancave...
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| Re: Help me spend money on my trail trekker
when you say monster truck, do you mean like BigFoot and Grave Digger types of trucks? there are 2 threads in here where monster trucks were built using mcrc components. King Kong '80s monster truck (short vid added) Any Monster Truck Fans? both, i might add, are the cats @$$ |
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03-28-2012, 10:11 AM
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03-28-2012, 08:20 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: AREA 51
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| Re: Help me spend money on my trail trekker
The wheels and tires that I used for KING KONG are from Lingdberg Dodge Rammunition.
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03-28-2012, 10:29 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: OC
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Cool, thank you DVS! Where those tires hard plastic though? | |
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03-29-2012, 02:02 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: AREA 51
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| Re: Help me spend money on my trail trekker
I would say that they are a medium rubber tire, Their softer than the vinyl tires that comes with AMT/ERTL monster truck models.
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03-31-2012, 10:57 AM
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| Newbie Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: OC
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| Re: Help me spend money on my trail trekker
Thanks DVS. Well, I found an ugly model I thought I would try until I work out my tires needs. Its not perfect. Yes, its a bad build job. I know. In fact its ugly, but my son and I think its cool for now. I found the "little red van" drag racer model at my LHS. Painted it green, chopped it up and threw it on there. I also found some other losi crawler rims and tires we threw on it for now too. Now its our hack job army like truck. Anyways... just wanted to say thank you and show you what we did so far. Nothing at all like most of the work on here, so please dont bash. But its a start. Thanks!   Last edited by ILSMKU; 03-31-2012 at 11:01 AM. |
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03-07-2013, 04:40 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Summerland
Posts: 15
| Re: Help me spend money on my trail trekker
Add a sumo crawler esc to achieve 4mode 4wheel steer, i have 2 trekkers running them, awesome upgrade! no lipo cutoff, so you have to time ur runs
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03-07-2013, 04:41 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Summerland
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| Re: Help me spend money on my trail trekker
Awesome job so far! what body is that?
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03-08-2013, 01:56 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Laguna Niguel
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| Re: Help me spend money on my trail trekker
holy thread revival batman!!!
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