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i have the same car and i never had any problem with it just one broken drive shaft the only thing that i did is fill all of bushings and gear with grease

The car is durable because it is slow. But the material are quite poor, they wear quite easy. I have a 198311 for two weeks and all has play. I have played only 6 times with only one battery each. Not the best choice. Needs more power and perhaps the 14410 is a bit better option despite near 3 times the price

Great information to have. I have had an HS18331 for a few months now, and while I have had no failures, I would rather keep some spares kicking around for when they are needed. Thanks for posting this.

I just ordered this car for my son, and i was planning to replace parts as they worn out, but now i can see it will be better to order all parts you mentioned in advance. Thank you

Sir where's the video for replacing differentials of this model?

Hi. I'm thinking about buying cheap(amazon returns, so it's lottery) Revell X-treme Cross Storm/Thunder cars to apply most of your mods(most, except brushless motor/ESC). I'm also unsure about which differentials to use, because one GPM costs more than I have to pay for car, and both GPM(front/rear combo) will cost way more than new stock car. On the other hand buying something brittle or that will strip away and saving money in the long run would be smart decision. Do you think it was worth the money, two years after? I guess that "metal hem arms" are totally not worth it? (and will cause premature chasis failure after 1st crash). I never had any AWD or even terrain R/C cars and while I don't like using dremel or epoxy, I like reassembling stuff and soldering. This cars are cheap to get, but without ball bearings they will die quickly. Mods will prevent it, but all of them(especially GPM) will probably costs more then Traxxas cars(but still no GPM diff), so I'm unsure to start modding it, or buy something more expensive (I don't want anything to big/heavy) cheers

Would love to see a video of you disasembling the car and implementing these upgrades!

Hi, great video, thanks a lot. I have a question because I am about to buy one of these cars. Absima Storm, Revell Storm, HoSpeed Storm. They look the same, differ greatly in price. Is it all exactly the same (component quality)? Choose the cheapest with the assumption that you will still need to upgrade according to your guide, or the most expensive with the option that maybe they will not break down so much?

At the current price of this $52 I don't think it's worth buying and upgrading anymore. I did see a similar model which looks a bit upgraded from this on ebay for $35 and I think at that price this car is worth tinkering with

Hello, i have accidentaly snapped the steering wheel on the remote to the left, any tips on fixing it?

Great video but makes me think it would better to spend more money on something like a A959 that already has the metal parts for not much more.

Why is there not one tear-down video of these cars on YT when they are so popular?.. I want to know how to change the gears to metal. I just had a look to see if there are bearings in the wheels because it says something about bearings on the box, and I tried to turn the plastic nut thing that holds the retention pin in. It's not broken but could have broken it doing that. It just pulls off >.< If I had a tear-down video I could have avoided that. Hs-18311 - £18.88 Metal Gears x2 - £10.30 8Pcs Ball Bearings 4X8X3mm 8X12X3.5mm - £3.72 4x T-power Front and Rear Drive Shafts - £4.33 Total - £37.23 Hope the dog-bones don't fall out like some people have said.

Great explanation, I have a 18322 and I bought the differencials, the dogbone, the bearings (rodajes in Spanish) I have not installed them yet because the plastic components still works.My question is whe you changed the differencials and the dog bone did youfelta great difference?Or the new pieces is just for large duration?

i have the same problem (wobbly wheels), after 2-3 uses. thank you, very useful video!

Gear and pinion on one of mine stripped for good. Need to find replacement.

Great, informative video. Any advice on replacement wheels/tyres, and shocks? I have the HS 18421. I find it's great, but too bouncy.

Hi what grit of sand paper for dog bone? I have mine and its kinda hard to sand it. Pls help me maybe i am using wrong grit of sand paper

18421 is the brushless version that features metal parts such as dog bones - so just look for 18421 parts to upgrade 👍

Which of the hs 18301, hs 18311 vehicles should I choose?

Only good video on UA-cam about this car

did you have to break the motor in?

Thanks god I watched your video before I bought one! Thanks a lot for the infos!

Very helpful video, i had been looking at getting an HS on price but by time you put the upgrades it takes it to a higher model level

Traxxas Latrax Teton parts compatible with this version?

I enjoyed and really appreciated the advice. It's a shame that you won't be making more RC videos, because you seem very knowledgeable and concise in your explanation. It definitely gave me a good sense of what to expect on my son's HS 18311. Thank you.

You can get dog bone at Ali express for $5/4 pcs. I changed all 4.

AMAZING VIDEO MAN!!! Keep it up!

More videos like this but with different RCs would be great.

When will you make a video about the shims on the diff?

I didnt want the parts review BUT THE cars review

Can you please provide the dimensions of the wheel bearings?

​ @Sam Gustafson Dear sir, when you are analyzing the effect of bushing friction you told that this situation is after about one month of driving but could you convert it in driving hours? How many hours did the cars run in that month?

Dear Gustafson, what tires did you installed on 18321? They are narrow. I like them. Thanks for the video

Hello can anyone recommend a motor pinion and spur set or individual part numbers or links ? Thanks for any help

I want to buy the HS 18301 as a gift for someone but I am afraid it will be broken quickly. Is that the case? The difficulty is that I cannot buy spare parts here in Europe (Belgium) because they come from China. Does anyone know any other places in Europe that sell these spare parts? Thank you.

Awesome work mate! Really appreciate the Info!!!

Thank you for making this video. It really helped! I had decided to purchase the Thunder for my God-son for his 6th bday and was stoked to be able to upgrade it so it lasts longer.

Great vid and commentary man should do more RC videos! 👍🏼

Nice Cars

Just bought this RC for my wife for birthday I'm going through and doing some upgrades myself. I found that the metal diff cups fit the wltoys 959 metal dogbones without modding them, unlike the stock plastic diff. Also upgraded the shocks and switched the tires

Nice video very informative and useful as I’ve just purchased 2 of these cars I’ve done the bearings upgrade and in the process of doing the diffs didn’t know about the shims so thanks for that my problem is I’m struggling for a way to fit a brushless motor any ideas thanks again

Will a wltoys body fit?

Hi can my rc’s front steering hub has been broken and cannot find it on banggood so please please help me which streeing hubs will fit in these rc’s?

How to get the black nut off the axle? There is a pin inside, how to get that out?

Great video. Finally an owner of multiple cars. I have HS 18311 at home and I want to buy second car, probably HS 18322. Can I race them together or will the radio signal get mixed up?

Have you had any issues with the car just not turning on? Red light on transmitter flashing but car doesn’t respond. Tried switching esc but no joy. Don’t believe it needs binding as manual says it is automatic.... Great cars when working!

This video was very helpful. Have you tried upgrading the suspension or motors?

I've mixed plastic with metal gear and it works great so I put rear metal differential then on the drive shaft I used both ends plastic and on the front differential I left it plastic so far no failures for more than 2-3 months ;)

I bought A959 metal dog bones, which are shorter as you measured. I found out, it is a problem and it tends to fall off the wheel hub quite a lot. Any suggenstions for longer metal dogbones, that fits?

Great video and great cars for the money, but the thing I hate about them is the screw hole stripping about the 3rd time you take the battery cover off...