Need advice about WLToys 12429

[Snowman110011]

I was wanting to know if the WLToys 12429 and The 12428 had the same Chassis parts. I know the bodies are different but will stuff such as suspension parts, motor, esc, etc from the 12428 work on the 12429? Also I’m thinking about buying a 20t crawler motor would this be possible to add to this truck just plug and play it’s a 540 brushed

Also would locking the rear diff be a good or bad idea?

I’m new to RC Trucks, Buggy’s, as I have retired my drone hobby and find these trucks to be more fun.

[ferp420]

pics would help or a link to a pic of the rig you have wltoys makes alot of different kind of rigs from toy grade to just above toy grade some of there models are a direct clone of the vitara twin hammers and can be upgraded to a hobby grade but your basicly replacing everything at that point however you can upgrade as parts break

depending on what model you have you could replace the motor but i dont know if the stock esc will handle the upgraded motor if it is the vitarra clone i would recamend replacing the esc and servo and reciver when you replace the motor also know that once you start down the upgrade road you have to go all the way once you upgrade the motor yiur gona break parts so be ready if you leave it stock it will likely hold up for a while
i have the one that looks like the polaris razor on the vaterra clone chassie and i havent done squat to it but i only run it every now and again i just like the way it looks and its a fun little rig aslong as you dont exspect to much from it

in my opinion if you find you realy enjoy the rig step up to a twin hammers or a crawler of some kind and keep that one around for freinds to break lol

ive ran this rig side by side with vary exspensive rigs and it dose almost everything my scalers will do stock and would keep up better with just puting silly putty in the diffs

[Snowman110011]

12429 40 MK/H water proof truck with lights - CIS-Associates, LLC

That’s the truck I have.

[Jim85IROC]

Yes, the 12429 is the same as the 12428 aside from the body. The JJRC Q46 is also the same.

I do a detailed review of the JJRC in this video. It may answer some of your questions.

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Ugh! I see that youtube embed code doesn't work on the forum again. Anyway, here's a direct link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-IJIF1P95A&t=12s

Replacing the brushed motor with a different brushed motor should be OK at crawling speeds. If the new motor is faster than the stock motor, the ESC may complain if you do too many full speed blasts.

As for crawlability, I'd say no. That body is ridiculously top heavy, and the wheelbase on that truck is pretty short, with very little belly clearance. The 10428 can be made into a decent crawler, but the 12428 is a lot smaller.

[ferp420]

urine luck thats a clone hammers rig

theres a hole section about the twin hammers on this forum

[Snowman110011]

Thanks for the useful information! Greatly appreciated, and I do agree it is very top heavy esp with the battery being up on the top in the rear.

[Jim85IROC]

Originally Posted by ferp420

urine luck thats a clone hammers rig

theres a hole section about the twin hammers on this forum

Not really. It's a shrunk-down 1/12 scale Twin Hammers clone with 0 parts interchangeability.

[ferp420]

looks like a twin hammers clone to me has the same front end mine dose same wheel base the parts look the same and mine is compatable with vitara

i always thought the twin hammers was 1/12 scale

anyway i dont have one in hand maybe jim can pick one up and make a you tube video on it and back up that statement other wise.were just guessing

[ferp420]

heres a crappy video of my bone stock wl toy crawling with other rigs one scx10 based 1 wraith based both over 1k to build
https://youtu.be/gMnnptvGLw4

[Jim85IROC]

Originally Posted by ferp420

looks like a twin hammers clone to me has the same front end mine dose same wheel base the parts look the same and mine is compatable with vitara

i always thought the twin hammers was 1/12 scale

anyway i dont have one in hand maybe jim can pick one up and make a you tube video on it and back up that statement other wise.were just guessing

I have both, the 10428 and the 12428/9/Q46 that this thread is about. I assure you, the 12429 absolutely is NOT the same scale as the TH. The larger 10428 is the TH clone, and the 12429 is notably smaller with zero parts interchangeability. I've made Youtube videos on both the 10428 and the Q46 (12429). No need to revisit.

[Jim85IROC]

Originally Posted by ferp420

heres a crappy video of my bone stock wl toy crawling with other rigs one scx10 based 1 wraith based both over 1k to build
https://youtu.be/gMnnptvGLw4

Based on what little time it spent on screen, it appears that your truck is the 10428C, which is the 1:10 scale that does share parts with the TH, and not the 12428/9/Q46 that this thread is about.

[ferp420]

Originally Posted by Jim85IROC

I have both, the 10428 and the 12428/9/Q46 that this thread is about. I assure you, the 12429 absolutely is NOT the same scale as the TH. The larger 10428 is the TH clone, and the 12429 is notably smaller with zero parts interchangeability. I've made Youtube videos on both the 10428 and the Q46 (12429). No need to revisit.

ok then sorry to the op for the bad info not having that model and just looking at it it looks exsacly like the one i have right down to the blue anadized parts on the front end



ya the video sucks but the wltoys is keeping up with 2.2 rigs on the trail

[meatmonkey]

My friend had the 1/12 clone and even after he bought just about every upgrade part available it was never reliable. Front axle shaft, driveshaft, and trans gears were all nonstop problem areas. I certainly wouldn't reccomend it.

At least the 1/10 version will accept genuine twin hammer parts, although I'm not sure if you save anything in the long run once you've upgraded the friction shocks, the soft metal front diff outputs, the front axles, and a few other premature wear items.

[Snowman110011]

Anyone know where I get WLToys 12428 part number 0081 (then cups) for the front diff, from the US fast shipping