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What did you do to your TRX-4 today? I currently read alot of the posts on the TRX-4 page. Sometimes i don't have or the want to scrool through the juicy build threads. The information is great on those don't get me wrong! However sometimes a few quick picture or blurb s are all i am looking for while my searches for work are waiting to load ;-) I also peruse the Axial Bomberr trheads as Iown one of those too. I love the What you did to your Bomber thread and figured maybe just maybe it would work int eh TRX-4 forums as well. Anyway I am going to start it here and see what happens! Plost a quick blurb of what you did with your TRX-4 today. Maintenance, upgrades, crawls, trails, pics, a video what do you have? What Have you done with your TRX-4 today? |
Re: What did you do to your TRX-4 today? I will start it with a lame one! I don't have a fancy build and I need to stop and takes some actions shots at some point. It is too fun to keep driving and challenging myself to stop though! Today I looked over at my dusty dirty Bronco and decided to start cleaning her up and checking for issues after 2 days of trails and crawls this weekend, I may get crazy and see what I can do with the multitude of scratches the lexan has acquired in 2 months... Pics of before.... https://i.imgur.com/Rbar9ZT.jpg?1 https://i.imgur.com/QnIp2UW.jpg?1 https://i.imgur.com/zdYZiKV.jpg?1 Pics of the after will come soon. |
Re: What did you do to your TRX-4 today? Added some cooling to help my motor push this 10 lb beast! https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...98a116023f.jpg Sent from my SM-N910P using Tapatalk |
Re: What did you do to your TRX-4 today? Got mine in the mail. Plan to do a budget build deal for my business and youtube pages. Should be fun. For the money this truck is probably the best bang for the buck as far as sub $350 rigs go. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...587115a308.jpg https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...5bd6b7a75d.jpg Playing around and put the body on my lc70 build chassis. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...827d07834c.jpg Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
Re: What did you do to your TRX-4 today? It looks so amazing |
Re: What did you do to your TRX-4 today? Relocation of rear shock tower. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...e5b51dff30.jpg Sent from my FRD-L14 using Tapatalk |
Re: What did you do to your TRX-4 today? Great thread idea. Like others, I never started a thread for my TRX4's so this is nice to be able to post pics of mods and actually talk about them... unlike in the TRX4 picture thread where discussions are understandably discouraged. Anyway... Haven't done anything today but over the last couple weeks I've done a few more upgrades to my Defender TRX4: Knight Customs 3Dp windshield wipers and lower-front exo-cage tube. Was a lotta work just to get things "right". Tube needed a lot of sand/ paint/ sand/ paint before I was even remotely happy with it. Used Krylon Fusion satin black after the final sanding and although it still has some texture to it, it looks a lot better now and doesn't stick out like a sore thumb. Wipers obviously don't come with any hardware so you have to find screws small enough to work. I actually had to bend one of the wipers to get it to lay flat against the windshield and lemme say... these things are REALLY thin and flimsy so if you do this mod, just be careful not to break 'em. Final result was I guess worth the effort... Defender looking much more scale with them in place. If I was to do this again I think that I would simply move the original Traxxas tube down lower rather than add the bent Knight Customs tube. https://s8.postimg.cc/4yhkwyalx/IMG_5605.jpg https://s8.postimg.cc/moj9i212d/IMG_5606.jpg Next up was some Injora cheapie bead-locks. I actually intended for these to go onto my Bronco but had a change of plans. Anyway.. no issues with these wheels and they were only about $50 including some Swamper knock-offs. OD of the tires are small at approx 110mm but I'll use them on something else. The bead-locks really look killer imo... nice machining, great finish, and no issues with mounting some Flat Iron 1.9's. One thing maybe worth noting is that you can't use scale hardware because the wheel face is angled/ not flat... meaning that you can't get a typical nut-driver or wrench in there... Only a standard hex tip will work to secure the bolts. https://s8.postimg.cc/4yhkx4xt1/IMG_5610.jpg Added a little "splash" to the rear end by way of license-plate with home-fabbed bracket, cheap-o China alum D-rings, and a third "brake light". I used reflective tape for the brake light which is cool cause it looks like it's actually on when the sun hits it at certain angles. The D-rings look good imo compared to some of the others out there that use a pin that is WAY out of scale. Really happy with these mods. https://s8.postimg.cc/tiy5loe05/IMG_5611.jpg Next was a Yeah Racing rear chassis brace and front servo mount. Happy with them although the front mount/ brace uses a couple small nuts to secure the servo ears on one side and they are a B!^@H to access! Still though.. much more rigid and nicer looking than the stock plastic parts. One reason that I did this mod was because I also upgraded to a HH SHV500v2 and wanted to make sure that with the xtra torque, things wouldn't get all twisty lol. https://s8.postimg.cc/a2dfz8b79/IMG_5612.jpg https://s8.postimg.cc/bvgcnjoo5/IMG_5616.jpg I also installed a pair of Yeah Racing diff covers front and rear. Only $11 each and they look much nicer than the Traxxas offerings. Fit and finish are A+... Highly recommend! I also went ahead and painted the fill holes silver just for the heck of it. Sorry for all the dust lol. They look much nicer than what it looks like in the pic. https://s8.postimg.cc/mia5t19p1/IMG_5614.jpg Onto the front/ rear SSD drive-shafts. They're certainly a good deal heavier than the Traxxas plastic shafts so if you're looking to shave weight, don't get these lol. They seem to be well made... definitely heavy-duty and no issues so far although I think they take a little time to "break in" and get smoother. I went ahead and used a liberal amount of graphite powder to lubricate the telescoping parts as I didn't want them to attract contaminates like grease would have. I picked up a pack of xtra M4 drive-shaft pins just in case one of the pins backs out on the trail but I also used a good deal of thread-lock to assure that doesn't happen. Really happy with these although not something I would consider necessary for a lot of TRX4 owners. https://s8.postimg.cc/hap2o90px/IMG_5620.jpg https://s8.postimg.cc/4jawi3tmd/IMG_5621.jpg Lastly for this phase was a Hot Racing stainless off-set steering rod. Pretty cheap and although smaller diameter than the Traxxas rod, these seem very strong ( as well as the ends). Tolerance is tighter too so... less slop than OEM. Even with end-points adjusted, I would still slightly rub the diff covers ( the OEM covers fwiw) during full lock drive side. With this new steering-rod there is no contact at all and no binding either. Highly recommend if wanting to get your steering rod away from your diff covers. https://s8.postimg.cc/sx96pp8p1/IMG_5619.jpg |
Re: What did you do to your TRX-4 today? Good info about the steering rod, I’ve been wanting to reduce the slop there. |
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Re: What did you do to your TRX-4 today? Sweet! |
Re: What did you do to your TRX-4 today? Trying to design a roll bar for the sport the old fashioned way by hand. Lol. It will come to me soon and everyone will have a awesome roll bar. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...d142d143ec.jpg Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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Re: What did you do to your TRX-4 today? Some new TiNi shafts. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...11735bbfe9.jpg Sent from my SM-N910P using Tapatalk https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...826bc6f6d5.jpg |
Re: What did you do to your TRX-4 today? Started the Flysky conversion... The stock control and receiver are working fine, and I especially like it now that TSM is no longer "helping" and the locker switch is setup to Rear only, both, front only. However I got a cheaper Flysky GT3b an was just curious as to to process of modding something this way. https://i.imgur.com/5EPEdPf.jpg?2 https://i.imgur.com/qcdbtwJ.jpg?1 Also bound it to the Flysky 6ch I purchased. Figured out the how and where the receiver will mount up. Tested the control and setup the throttle and steering. Upcoming is setting up the transmission and dif locks on the controller. Over been fun researching this and performing the mod. |
Re: What did you do to your TRX-4 today? Currently mocking up my Land Rover chassis with the Thunder Tiger K-Rock body, as well as trying to find a wheel/tire combo to fit it, as I'm considering taking this with me when I go to drop my oldest daughter off at summer camp at the end of the month. It's a 250+ mile trip, each way, and last year I learned not to do it all in one day, so I'm going to stay at a campground overnight, before coming home, and the place I found has some good open ground and park-like trails (not rocky), so I'm wanting set this up to go a little faster and be less top heavy. I'm also looking through my stashes, to see if I have some tall 1.9 tires (or 2.2's) that perhaps have a little less traction than average, so it'll slide before rolling over. https://farm1.staticflickr.com/851/4...2a7a861c_c.jpg This is with the Axial 1.9 Nitto Trail Grappler (S30 compound) https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1785/...3bdc74d0_c.jpg |
Re: What did you do to your TRX-4 today? added wipers, side mirrors, high-lift, fire ext, spare tire and a few decals. tail light buckets and 4" light bar to be added soon. https://s26.postimg.cc/6tmedcat5/20180719_112503.jpg |
Re: What did you do to your TRX-4 today? Made a lcg battery mount. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...f6b77dc070.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...e842a9c4e6.jpg Sent from my SM-N910P using Tapatalk |
Re: What did you do to your TRX-4 today? 2 Attachment(s) Added some PIAA lights. Not super bright but they look okay on there. $8 on Amazon. I used the two other white lights on the strands as rock lights. https://www.amazon.com/Light-Truck-T...dp/B07BKVHXCQ/ |
Re: What did you do to your TRX-4 today? 1 Attachment(s) Bit more lights... |
Re: What did you do to your TRX-4 today? Do you have some better pic's from the side? Im considering the same cage/body on my new sport, but im not sure if i woud like the fitment (think it sits to high for me). Trying to do some planning wile waiting for the sport to arrive. Anyways, i ordered the Bowhouse LCG battery tray, and the GRC one piece motor mount to start of the new build. Got a Tekin roc412 3100kv and a Tekin RSX on the way to. Unsure how i wanna upgrade the axles yet. |
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The bowhouse battery tray is great, makes a big difference over stock. Please update on how you feel about your wheel speed with that motor and the single speed transmission. |
Re: What did you do to your TRX-4 today? Well that doesnt look too bad considering you run the smaller Swampers? I plan on running Hyrax, and with alittle droop on the shocks, it might look pretty good accually. Thanks for the pic's "thumbsup" |
Re: What did you do to your TRX-4 today? My #3 TRX4 came to life this week. This one started as a bare chassis I picked up from ebay several months back. It is equipped with a stock TX/RX, Savox 1230SG, TRX4 Titan 550 21t motor with a HW1080 ESC, underdrive gears, Yeah racing axle housings, all aluminum axle parts, SSD portal weights, MIP driveshafts, Dravtech shocks, VP 2.2 Method 105 wheels, 1.9 PitBull Growlers. Truck drives really smooth on my rock pile, looking forward to spending some trail time with this one. I have both the red decal set and the sunset decal set but I like it all black. https://scontent.fric1-1.fna.fbcdn.n...33&oe=5CBE307E https://scontent.fric1-2.fna.fbcdn.n...be&oe=5CF22565 https://scontent.fric1-2.fna.fbcdn.n...58&oe=5CF120D5 https://scontent.fric1-2.fna.fbcdn.n...63&oe=5D01158E |
Re: What did you do to your TRX-4 today? the all black does look sexy.^^^ so tonight went over to a buddy who crawls and we did some drenching(drinking and wrenching). managed to wire up a heyok "the lighting controller" and get my vanquish lightbar mounted to my rollbar. had to fab new brackets from alum L so I could use the stock mounting holes in the rollbar. when moding my front inner fenders to fit the highlux I lost the front rocklight holes so I fabbed up some light buckets from mirrored styrene and screwed them to my front fenders. then screwed the front rocklights to the buckets. rock/headlight https://s26.postimg.cc/5smm7q0ih/headlight.jpg brackets https://s26.postimg.cc/z7sagr7mx/bar...ts_mounted.jpg https://s26.postimg.cc/4qcfp8mux/sideshot_bar_lit.jpg https://s26.postimg.cc/g2p17139l/frontshot_lit_up.jpg 2 trx4's mine and my buds https://s26.postimg.cc/cvuhngvp5/bruce_and_chuck.jpg |
Re: What did you do to your TRX-4 today? wired up some rear tail light buckets for the hilux but am waiting for paint b4 I install. plugged em in to the light controller and all worked well. liking the hey ok controller straight forward and ez to use. worked on me and my buddies backyard crawler course for a bit and then broke the cherry on the hilux body and did some crawling. https://s26.postimg.cc/pca1jb755/ramps1.jpg https://s26.postimg.cc/r430e8dnd/ramps2.jpg https://s26.postimg.cc/bvd30grop/ramps3.jpg https://s26.postimg.cc/vd7qgf421/ramps4.jpg |
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Re: What did you do to your TRX-4 today? Order a back up Bullhead body for my trx4 trail build. Sent from my FRD-L14 using Tapatalk |
Re: What did you do to your TRX-4 today? Finished the roll bar finally. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...aae0fe9a34.jpg https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...5aa8ad1aee.jpg https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...d15b866838.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...ac62cd89b7.jpg Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
Re: What did you do to your TRX-4 today? New shiny wheels.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...f1a098eef0.jpg Sent from my SM-N910P using Tapatalk |
Re: What did you do to your TRX-4 today? screwed down some accessories and made some bungee anchor points out of 18gauge staples. https://s26.postimg.cc/vht60ge1l/loaded_bed.jpg https://s26.postimg.cc/drrhfl889/underbed.jpg |
Re: What did you do to your TRX-4 today? Added a gopro mount to the rear bumper: https://i.imgur.com/0utaTsh.jpg https://i.imgur.com/OaV3i7C.jpg https://i.imgur.com/Ou1PFYV.jpg https://i.imgur.com/oAynWBm.jpg |
Re: What did you do to your TRX-4 today? https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...28e937f518.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...019bba77a3.jpg Installed new Vanquish Method 101 beadlocks! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
Re: What did you do to your TRX-4 today? got a package from shapeways today. a front grill from rcnerds and a 0v 0h bumper mount. I had a 0v 11.5h on my front and a stock traxxas front on my back. put the 0v 0h on my front and gained a bit of approach angle. took the 0v 11.5 and put it on the back so gained a bit there to. before https://s26.postimg.cc/4c7xrdyp5/oldmount.jpg after https://s26.postimg.cc/b7s6al8mh/newmount.jpg need to do some polishing on these lenses https://s26.postimg.cc/wvh4krlsp/grill.jpg and some super fine sanding on the grill to get rid of the step lines |
Re: What did you do to your TRX-4 today? Put some Proline Hyrax 1.9 x 4.73 on my SSD wheels. Made a snatch strap from a shoe lace. Reattached the hitch on my rear bumper & made a receiver for my snatch rope. Getting prepared for my first comp on Sundayhttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...050f7a8fe9.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...432ec60e66.jpg Sent from my SM-S975L using Tapatalk |
Re: What did you do to your TRX-4 today? RC ADHD, Still have not gotten the servos lined out on the Flysky trans/receiver combo, but it should happen this week as I am home alone. Instead of working on that I went for an evening crawl with a biddy and his Ascender. We ended up on a small outcrop of rock near a creek after an unintentional change of plans. It was not a huge area but provided a few hours of trying different lines some more challenging than others. On a side note my last "mods" to my simpleton Bronco were an oil change on the shocks (team associated 30wt), and setting the diff lock switch to Rear only, Both, Front only. I am loving these changes. I can do donuts on loose surfaces with out rolling now, I also seem to have way fewer tips and flips than previously, though this could be increasing my driver mod skill points from more and more driving. We waited to the last minute to stop for some photos. https://i.imgur.com/6VqCvPi.jpg?1 https://i.imgur.com/VnAA3gF.jpg?1 https://i.imgur.com/r87I3A1.jpg?1 https://i.imgur.com/svjzyzM.jpg?1 |
Re: What did you do to your TRX-4 today? 2 Attachment(s) Got some more shock oils to try out (losi 20 and 25 and team associated 10). Ordered the hot racing high clearance steering rod. and got the trx4 a friend Update: got the high clearance rod installed. Much more clearance and improved my steering radius after resetting end points. I had to use the stock rod ends though because the hot racing ones wouldn’t fit with the Samix brass, they were too thick. |
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Re: What did you do to your TRX-4 today? Installed new bumpers front and rear on my #3 TRX4 Bronco today. https://scontent.fric1-1.fna.fbcdn.n...a2&oe=5BC6E479 https://scontent.fric1-1.fna.fbcdn.n...ee&oe=5BC5E250 |
Re: What did you do to your TRX-4 today? Fabricated a factory antenna and started modifying a high-rise dual carb for the Bronco today... Obviously this wouldn't typically be seen on a full size crawler but I really dig the Bob Chandler vibe so why not? https://s8.postimg.cc/qsowzd3o5/IMG_5697.jpg |
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