Aluminum Weights for Vanquish Products Dirty Harry 2.2 wheels by Crawler Innovations

[Nova's Ark]

Crawler Innovations is pleased to announce our new CNC machined aluminum weights for the Vanquish Products Dirty Harry 2.2 bead lock wheel. These aluminum weights fit both the version 1 and version 2 VP DH wheel. These weights are CNC machined to the same exact dimensions and tolerances as the VP stainless steel weight. These are the final production version and the fit and quality is beautiful. These are a huge improvement over the proto types we had at Nationals in both the fit and look. This is not cut down bar stock, these are CNC machined down to the correct VP DH wheel weight dimensions.

One aluminum weight is 1/3 the weight of the standard 1 ounce VP stainless weight.

You might be asking why aluminum? Well there are several reasons.

1. The aluminum weight allows for the tuning of the weight in your wheels in smaller increments. You can now fine tune the front or rear bead locks without being tied to the 1oz increments of the VP stainless steel weight.

2. Aesthetics / Looks. I like to run four stainless steel slugs in the front of my crawlers but I don't like how four stainless slugs looks. By using three aluminum weights and three stainless steel weights, I fully fill the bead lock wheel for the look I like and I still keep the same weight.

3. Deception. Now you can run fully slugged in the front of your crawler and no one will know if they are aluminum or stainless weights. Why let someone else know exactly what your competition crawler weighs or whether that weight helped you make that last climb or not? Every driver is looking for an advantage and by using the aluminum weights it can help you keep yours.

These are in stock and available now:
http://www.crawlerinnovations.com/index.php?page=products&id=6

Vendor thread with pricing:
http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/showthread.php?p=2734272

Photo of the weight of one VP Stainless Steel weight:

Photo showing that it takes three C.I. Aluminum weights to equal one VP Stainless steel weight:

 

[ittybitty]

That's great...good thinking!

 

[ax-10 crazy]

Will these also work with stock xr-10 wheels.

Thanks and great idea!

 

[Nova's Ark]

Thanks"thumbsup"

Yes, these will work with the XR-10 wheels as well."thumbsup"

 

[JeremyH]

It's good to see you finally selling these Eddie! Nice work!

 

[hardhead]

Very nice eddie "thumbsup" I'll be ordering a dozen soon...

 

[jeepsohigh]

Nice, great idea"thumbsup"

I just ordered 2 sets and some tuning rings while I was there:twisted:

 

[70duncan]

This is a great idea 8)

 

[TURBOFEST]

Very Cool! I need some! "thumbsup"

 

[DickyT]

Very cool Eddie! I will have to order some when I have hobby money again "thumbsup"

 

[Tklan Crawler]

Nice!

 

[Rig Rocker]

Great idea!

If I could ask, is it possible for you to make some lead filled brass slugs, or whatever else is heavier than the std 1oz slug? It would be great to have a heavier tuning slug about 1.5oz as well as the lighter slug.

 

[Rig Rocker]

Great idea!

If I could ask, is it possible for you to make some lead filled brass slugs, or whatever else is heavier than the std 1oz slug? It would be great to have a heavier tuning slug about 1.5oz as well as the lighter slug.

Eddie, are you out there?

Any thoughts on this?

 

[Nova's Ark]

Great idea!

If I could ask, is it possible for you to make some lead filled brass slugs, or whatever else is heavier than the std 1oz slug? It would be great to have a heavier tuning slug about 1.5oz as well as the lighter slug.

Eddie, are you out there?

Any thoughts on this?

Myself a few Team Drivers talked about this and came to the conclusion it was not necessary. The VP stainless steel weights are perfect. Plus, a heavier and more dense material is going to be expensive to purchase and harder to machine.

It seems that the average weight to be at is 6 pounds. That is the weight of the trucks that are winning National Qualifiers. They might vary a few ounces either way, but all are in the neighborhood of 6 pounds. With that said, what was needed was a way to fine tune weight in smaller amounts. That is why I had these made. There was some talk about trickery, and having the aluminum slugs drilled from the back side to reduce even further weight while from the front side still giving the fully slugged look.

I'm sure that wasn't the answer you were hoping for and I'm sorry about that. If you need heavier wheels, you could always put a lead wrap around the wheel inside the tire for a basic standard weight and then use either the VP weights or the C.I. weights to fine tune from there. Just because the VP DH series of wheels have adjustable weights doesn't mean pro drivers aren't already hiding weight inside the tires;-).

 

[Rig Rocker]

Alright, I got it Eddie

yeah, I hide weight inside my wheels too;-) I always do so I can go up or down more than 6oz that my vp's hold

It was just an idea so we could go up without internal weight.

100% agree that what you did was necessary for tuning sake and thats why I previously drilled out some of my slugs to .5oz as well.
When looking at my drilled out .5oz slugs one day, I just thought of filling the hole with lead for additional weight tuning. I'll probably try it anyway for the heck of it.

Thanks for another Crawler Innovation Eddie "thumbsup"