What upgrades would you buy with a $200 budget for a stock yeti?

[monstersobe]

Alright, so my little buddy (he will soon be 11) and I made the jump and got ourselves a yeti (got an awesome deal on a lightly used one)! and I will say it has been a BLAST to drive! However, during the research process before buying and they have really been evident while using, there are a few weak points oh this car. As you can probably tell, im very new to the RC Car side of things, ive only done drones for a long time.

The issues that stand out the most are,
Front links
Trail Arms
Front arms


ive recently replaced one of the front arms (with another stock one).

I was already planning on replacing/upgrading a few of these parts, but the more I look into it, the more I get stuck on which parts would be best making this thing more solid so we can minimize the amount of downtime due to broken parts.

So finally my main question, with a $150-200 budget what parts would you get for it and get the most bang for your buck?

I appreciate your time and input on this!

 

[monstersobe]

Also how do I get rif of the wiggle room on the back tires?

 

[doublej]

Rpm lower arms
Front links can be made by hand with all thread, brake line and revo ends
Then front steering parts, start at the wheel hubs and work your way in.

The rear trailing arms may give out over time but for a kid, let it run its course. Plastic is more forgiving than metal.
the drive shafts worry me, but they seem to be holding for now, but traxxas max shafts are cheap and easy.

This is what we have seen with the two local that get beat on weekly. And I can drive go fast to save my life.

 

[lostonthetrails]

Vanquish Steering Rack $25
Vanquish Lockouts $35
Vanquish Shock Mount $12
Vanquish Knuckles $35
Vanquish Lower Links $45
Vanquish Upper Links $20
RPM Front A Arms $13
Vanquish Front Link Kit $30

 

[RaceMod]

Servo, the free axial hub upgrade (go to their website, you'll find the link in their blog), 30 wt shock oil (only for the rear), strc knuckles and carriers.

Personally, I would pick up some tires too.

 

[monstersobe]

Lost- I was actually looking at a list very close to that. Just most of it is out of stock.

Racemod- I'll definitely try out the 30w oil I'm the shocks. AMD how would the strc knuckles compare to vanquish?

 

[802coma]

Scratch the tmaxx shaft idea. A maxx shaft with a single female end is much weaker than the stock HD shafts. Where the stock shafts are having issues, carter fab has a little item to help that. CFM did a comparison between both shafts. Here is Carter fab and machines post about the comparison. Hope the quote works lol.

Next on the agenda, one of the most hotly debated parts on any rig and always seems to be the Fuse in the system.....driveshafts!!

Introducing(released already under SCX kits) the Wildboar HD driveshafts. It's no secret we here at CFM are Maxx shaft fan boys. We use them on nearly every custom build and have huge success with them as far as durability. In the plastic driveshaft market, they are King.........stop the press......Were King!!
We intentionally decided to stress test these two shafts head to head.
We decided an asphalt surface, R35 tires, and 3s lipo was necessary to provide a high power, high traction stress test. We also put a tune in the ESC making sure there was zero lunch control and no power restrictions. We installed the Maxx Shaft first. Not even half a pack in and we broke a yoke. Installed another Maxx Shaft(completely new, not just replacing the broke part) and within about the same time we had twisted a male spline half and egged one of the yokes to the point it would not stay together.
At this point I'm worried that we're gonna have problems.
We installed the RTR Wildboar HD driveshaft and proceeded under the exact same circumstances. We made it through nearly 3 full 5000mah packs before we had failure.
We ended up splitting the joint at the yoke in one end. No signs of stress anywhere else on the shaft.

Spare parts are included with the truck.
Now this was a severe stress test and unless you're running on parking lots, I believe these driveshafts are gonna shine.....and we've got a simple fix that will prevent this type of failure from happening either way....more on that later.

 

[802coma]

If you are worried about the driveline they have the retainer rings available. $10

 

[SteveC6R]

Axial steel spur gear, Vanquish trailing arms, MIP rear driveshaft and a good set of wheels and tires. Throwing money at the steering is a waste with the stock servo, really no point. Now if you upgrade to a high torque servo then you need to get all the Vanquish steering pieces, links, and knuckles but that's going to be more than $200.00.