F-350 & TLT FJ cruiser

[ajohnson85]

Here are my rigs. The F-350 is mostly stock except for a Novak crawler esc, 55 turn motor, high torque steering servo moved to front of chassis, tamiya hummer wheels with mud slingers, and a couple tweaked leaf springs(need to fix that). I would like to either raise the stock tranny atleast an inch, or swap in my spare stampede tranny, I'm tired of that skid plate hanging on rocks.
The TLT based crawler is under construction with a Reign products K2-3L chassis, TLT shocks with no oil, custom shock mounts, axial tranny, rc4wd beadlocks with either mudslingers or rock crushers, hitec 645 mg servo, Novak crawler esc and 55 turn motor, and an FJ Cruiser body found at toys-r-us. I"ll post better pics when it is finished.
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[brokeass4runner]

I hate that I am saying this but, if you are building this rig to crawl well, and you don't already have the Rock Crushers, then don't waste your money unless you are ready to heavily modify these tires to get them to work.

I just got a set and ran them for the first time last weekend. You can ask a couple other of the members on here. They absolutely SUCK in the stock form. They literally won't hook up to anything.

I wish I could say it was the way my rig is setup, but NO. I stuck a set of Scarface's Moabs on my rig for the end of the day and I was literally walking obstacles that I couldn't even get the front tires on with the Crushers.

The ONLY good thing about them are the looks. I am going to start cutting them up and testing them as I go to see if anything helps. But as of now they are out. I am running the stock Lizards until the new Proline Hammers hit the shelf.

[ajohnson85]

**** that sucks, I ordered my rock crushers on sunday. I should have read up on them some more. Oh well I guess I'll give them a try, but thanks for the heads up. I know that the mudslingers have rediculous grip, both of the rear springs on the Hi-Lift are twisted like pretzels, so I need to add a panhard bar front and rear to control axle-wrap. Thanks dude.

[Silas]

the ROck Crushers will work, you just have to work to get them to hook up... I wouldn't say it was a waste to buy... :)

[ajohnson85]

Ok thats cool I guess. I mean, If I was to enter a comp with this thing I'd put some stickier tires on it, but its really just for laid back crawlin and scale looks. Once I'm done with the FJ Cruiser, I'm gonna order the Axial AX-10 to get my fix on hardcore crawlin.

[brokeass4runner]

Just don't get your hopes up the first time out crawling with them stock.

[Cajun]

Nice trucks! I really like the scalers, who am I kidding, I like 'em all. :D

[ajohnson85]

Thanks Cajun. The F-350 is my favorite, it looks so burly with those mudslingers.

[Cajun]

Thanks Cajun. The F-350 is my favorite, it looks so burly with those mudslingers.

That thing rocks! :D All kidding aside, I'm a Ford fan anyway, but that's a cool RC.

[upnover]

^^ if it were a Turd with a Ford emblem he ^^ would like it...:)

[Cajun]

yeah, probably... :D