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10-12-2019, 04:57 PM | #1042 | |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Medina
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10-12-2019, 05:03 PM | #1043 |
Slow is the new Fast Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: Winterpeg
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| Re: What did you do to your TRX-4 today? ah! I use both blue and green, all green lately. Is the blue thicker? the green I am using seems thinner. Anyway, your masking job looks great, I was not really pleased with my last one. I should have taken my time to get it better. patience for me usually pays off
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10-12-2019, 06:42 PM | #1044 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Medina
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| Re: What did you do to your TRX-4 today? I’ve used the green as well, but the adhesive did not seem to work as well imo. I also make sure I go back and burnish the taped edges real well with something smooth and plastic. A rounded end pen cap works well in corners and tight spots, and I have a little plastic spatula looking thing I use on straight, open areas.
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10-13-2019, 12:38 AM | #1045 |
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10-13-2019, 03:32 AM | #1046 | |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: Austin
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Re:Thornbirds - My crawlin' buddy has a set on his Bronco, and I have a set that haven't touched dirt yet - I keep moving them from vehicle to vehicle, trying to decide where I want to run them! | |
10-13-2019, 09:39 AM | #1047 | |
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10-13-2019, 11:19 AM | #1048 | |
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Thanks. I'll have to share that with him. I was thinking that maybe the tire bead wasn't clamped down as tightly as it needed to be on a couple of his. We did wind up spinning our wheels a great deal as we encountered a lot of very loose and slippery uphill terrain. I think that he was disappointed overall because he thought that the Thornbirds were going to just hook up and walk over everything but that just wasn't the case. I suggested that next time when we hit up some different terrain... maybe some mud or larger rock, that they'd probably have better results. He's also got so much weight on that rig ( a lot of it up high) and I think that's causing some performance issues as well. There were a couple places that my lighter d110 on cut-boggers just clawed and bounced right up with hardly an issue. I don't want him to be discouraged so I try not to say too much lol. | |
10-13-2019, 11:34 AM | #1049 | |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: Austin
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I think they will work a little better than many tires in certain situations where the tire has dug down a bit into soft stuff - then the very toothy corner and sidewall lugs will come into play. I just got them because I like the look, to be perfectly honest! Not going to enter any competitions with them... | |
10-13-2019, 01:39 PM | #1050 | |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Medina
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I totally agree smog. With prepping and painting, you've just gotta be in the zone and not be rushed. So much of the devil is in the details with it if you want a nice finished project. It's taken years, but I've finally learned to just walk away and leave it for later if I start getting frustrated. In the past, I'd always plow on and end up regretting it. | |
10-13-2019, 01:58 PM | #1051 | |
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10-13-2019, 02:00 PM | #1052 |
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10-15-2019, 05:07 PM | #1053 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Medina
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I got the OD installed up front, new FJ body is mounted (although not done - need interior, lights, etc). Maiden voyage with the new Proline Krawler Predator compounds as well. Anyhwooooo - I'm going to need to trim the fender wells a bit on the FJ if I want to run the Krawlers. Definitely get some rubbing during flex, especially while flexed and turning. I'm gonna have to think on it because I really didn't want to chop this body up at all, but rather keep it very scale. I can always run my Pitbulls or the Canyon Trails when I run this body I suppose. Impressions on the Proline Krawlers. Hmmmmmm, a little underwhelmed maybe??? Stuff the rig makes it up with other tires was giving the Krawlers some grief. That said, I only got a 2000mah pack through them, so they're not even close to scrubbed in. Not to mention the brand new foams. I'm going to keep running them and see how they come on. They work well with the OE Sport body, no rubbing, so that's probably what I'll run most with them. Overdrive - I couldn't get a real good read on this with the new tire situation. I'm going to try and get out tomorrow with some other tires to get a better sense of it. |
10-17-2019, 04:31 PM | #1054 |
Newbie Join Date: Oct 2019 Location: T-town
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4WS got a spektrum rugged so I had to try out the feature......now some tuning then I’ll put it to the test..... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
10-17-2019, 05:40 PM | #1055 |
Newbie Join Date: Aug 2019 Location: Snohomish County
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New beadlock wheels! Much better than the black plastics. They are not vented, so debating on whether to vent the tires or not... |
10-18-2019, 11:26 AM | #1056 |
Rock Stacker Join Date: Jan 2019 Location: Salt Lake
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Got a couple 2000mah batteries, moved the battery up front and velcroed it to the servo, zip tied the radio to the other side of the front mount to make room for the battery. removed old battery tray. close up of battery and velcro Cant really tell in the pic but extended the wheelbase from 312mm to 324mm and put in Pro-line dual stage foam in the rear tires Crawled at a spot I was at the previous day to gauge the differences and was blown away at what a improvement these mods made...I like steep technical rock climbing and its amazing how capable this rig is, cleared a bunch of lines I couldnt get the day before! |
10-18-2019, 03:09 PM | #1057 | |
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Pretty slick RustyTaco. Did the velcro hold for the whole crawl? I just added some stick on tire balancing weights to one of my other rigs. Same deal, just blown away by the lines it was walking that used to give it grief. | |
10-18-2019, 03:30 PM | #1058 |
Rock Stacker Join Date: Jan 2019 Location: Salt Lake
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Oh yeah, The velcro works great, no issues....even had a couple roll overs. I'm strictly crawling though, no bashing around. But even bashing around i think the battery would be fine with the velcro...I really have to pry to remove the battery. Those little batteries are really light too. Dont think id recommend velcro with bigger heavier batteries. |
10-19-2019, 07:41 AM | #1059 | |
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10-19-2019, 07:56 AM | #1060 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Oct 2019 Location: Perry
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| Re: What did you do to your TRX-4 today? I have them in my Stampede and current Slash build, and they seem pretty solid. Not sure about the bearings that come with them, but I use Bocas or Avids and problem solved. I’ve read that their tolerances aren’t as tight as Traxxas and that May be, but Traxxas is almost 2x the price.
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