I bought a used SCX10II that came with canyon trails on some weighted plastic wheels and it crawled fantastic. Replaced them with Pro Line Krawlers in predator compound on aluminum wheels and dual stage foams and it never had as good performance as it did with the canyon trails. Plus, I love the slightly shorter and wider look of the CT tires. They’re a great compound too.
I agree. Vary jealous!! Hate Tacoma Washington. Gotta drive at least a hour out to find some decent locations. Yet it’s a hit or miss.. but here. Endless!! Great truck.
trx4 control is pretty good. Even though it is a fairly slippery rock, he knows the key points and is very good at controlling the strength and weakness. I was focused and enjoyed watching. thank you.👍👍👍
Need to keep the front shocks from unloading. Need to do the pen spring mod. I use a whole 1-1/8 pen spring in those stock shocks. Works awesome a little bit of brass. Treal brass knuckles are great for trx4. Everything on that truck is heavy. Heavy transmission now you installed a hobbywing which is really heavy. You need a bit of weight down on the axles to counter
Change the rims out and change the foam's but keep the canyon trails just cut them , rc review did a good video on cutting the canyon trails and included a before and after in it , keep up the great videos
One more vote to do the Canyon tire mod. Definitely works from my experience. Do the heavier wheel mod next. (and good luck getting the glued Canyons off....not easy). As for the shock tower mod, only reason I did the fronts only on mine was to get a stiffer pan hard chassis mount which is part of the left front shock tower. Other then that, the aluminum ones just look prettier and and add more weight up high.
Good changes, truck is handling well! For tires I was thinking Pro-Line BFG Krawlers , Flat Iron or even Interco Super Swamper. Also, more and more people using the Ottsix Voodoo KLRs. As for upgrades, I'd like to see you try the shock towers, we know the benefit of heavier wheels so, I would like to see if an adjustable mount will have a big change. Great video!
Enjoying what you've done so far. I made a better approach angle by using the rear bumper mount turned upside down and backwards with some minor cutting, then I was able too shorten up front bumper and move it closer to the body. You could remove the lip that hangs down from the fender flares so your tires don't rub as much or remove them all together. I'm not sure how yours is but my factory mounts are already as low as they can go, so I'm interested in seeing what you are going to do. I did aluminum rims and Proline Hyrax Predator tires, works good but needs dual stage foam's. No brass on mine. Still running the Traxxas motor and ESC in crawler mode.
I'm enjoying following your progress with the truck. I also have a rtr TRX4 Sport and have flipped the bumpers, raised the sliders, modded the tyres and removed the original battery tray. I run smaller 1500mah batteries and tried them up front, but now I run the battery on the side rail after moving the radio box to the same side as the esc. As for your next upgrades, I would be interested in heavier wheels with the original tyres, but modding them, as others have suggested. Look forward to seeing the result of whichever route you decide to take.
Even from the first climb, ya can see how well that motor delivers slow-speed, very nice indeed! I never knew those motors existed, just found them online after hearing you mention it. I've liked my stock tyres too. Where I live in the UK unfortunately I don't have large expanses of rocky terrain to hand like where you are. It's more grassy/dirt/mud, and some exposed rock and slate here n there where I live, so my tyres are lasting well. I'd certainly go for heavier wheels, even if it's just the front. It's the first mod I ever did to my first crawler several years ago, and I've always repeated that in the trucks which followed over the years. I can see why front-end weight is needed in order to climb, though the flip side I found when doing local trials is having weight to the rear aswell, preventing that flip over when going downhill, some of my trail rc's have their battery mid or towards the rear, a clear difference when going down off an obstacle, though I still like to maintain a bias to the front. I've liked your approach to the truck, taking a stock truck and seeing what simple mods can be done to achieve some sort of a gain, I like doing that too.
Definitely new wheels to get weight down low. I’ve got brass on mine to keep it lower. Not a crazy amount but a bit(some people go nuts with brass on the trx4s). Helps it descend better too since weight isn’t as high. I also thought removing the small portion of the center lugs helped traction as well. Personally I prefer an aftermarket tire, but it’s a very small difference over stock tires going to prolines and you’ll only notice on certain terrain. If your rig gets heavier you’ll need dual stage foams tho. The stock foams break down super fast. You can get the stock tires off the rim by baking or boiling them.
You got lucky with the baking trick. I tried baking and boiling on mine and they didn't want to budge. Ended up with a heat gun and a lot of time slowly heating an tugging.
That sudden tip over can be helped with the desert lizard shocks setup in droop mode. I set mine up to droop slowly and it seems to give more reaction time so I can make corrections before it flips over.
Yessir , you could even go back to stock servo mount and have that battery up front side ways with a plastic plate , and it’s even more for And low . With the sport bodies you can fit even a 5400
i think that the most common thing is to change the wheel and tire so i guess the most interesting thing would be to see the effect of the current settup with the shock tower as i have no idea of the actual gain you can have!
The MIP kit is a good choice it's a direct replacement from stock with the extra width the extra threads are for using the stock wheels and being able to use the plastic center cap
Hi, I like the changes that you have done so far, what I would do is go to a steel bead lock wheel and longer links to help with the nose over tail routine. Maybe also try a different tire foam to get more traction, keep the width it helps
I have a scx10 (original) and a wraith spawn, I would Love to have a trx4 next. This thing climbs better than some comp rigs ive seen. The driver has alot to do with that but still, VERY capable truck! again SO freaking jealous of your area to crawl at.
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I'd like to see a nice front bar with a winch on that thing :) I have the 1800 version of yours, it's perfect. Matched with a Radiolink RC6GS and R6FG receiver to make life easy.
I don't use bumpers on mine. I use the bumper mounts, front in rear rear in front flipped. I planned on getting metal bumpers but I do like it without.
Thanks for the video, I really like your content, subscribed! Quick question: you mentione MIP shafts at the beginning but could not find them on the video description, would you share the links of that parts?
Nice aggressive lines. Man I have multiple questions & conundrum’s. First is it worth getting & TRX with 2spd. versus the sport model you have?And how much would’ve it helped on the lines you took. I’m thinking it would not make a difference because the other gear is for going faster & the Sport is probably in low full time. Next your comments on tires hit home. I was out today on a steep rock slab & had my Sendero h.d. & my Carisma Coyote 2.1 and ran both up the slab & I witnessed first hand the less expensive Coyote out crawl the Sendero to the point I’m rethinking a lot of stuff. The Coyote has been described as nothing special & that maybe true but I can tell you this it’s performance as a crawler is impressive. I’m starting to think more & more it’s the tires that make all the difference & not so much the RC to a certain point. And to add a twist the wheels & tires on the Coyote where the stock wheel from the Sendero. I purchased red metal bead locks with some sort of sticky tires & the original wheels on the Coyote 2.1 were way to small & didn’t provide enough clearance so I put them on it. It’s the only upgrade other then the programmable esc I purchased when. The tires are General’s & are super nice & grippy. It’s crazy that the Coyote out crawls the Sendero. I’m blown away. What’s your take on this? Also where is your go pro mounted? Now that I’ve been going out & filming I have whole new respect for filming because it’s not that easy to produce good videos so hats off to you. Enjoyed the video though & keep up the good work.
Will the TRX4 Sport keep up with the Capra? I have a modded Redcat Everest 10 that does great, but wanted to upgrade to something a little more stout (and the portals are sick), but don’t want to give up the crawling performance
Love your vids man, I just picked up my first 10 scale and it’s this same truck. What would you say is the best way to waterproof these things. I’m not looking to go crazy in the water but it would be nice to take it in some and know I’m not messing a bunch of stuff up.
The sport has locked diffs. All the higher end models have open and locking diffs. You can swap a spool in so they are always locked and eliminate servos
When your tipping backwards like that your weight transfer to the top and back the battery i will recommend putting it behind the tranny build a battery tray out of lexan
Right like I mentioned I know the forward weight bias is good but the battery sits pretty high. So it’s a trade off. I can put the factory tray in my 1300 fit in the LCG spot. Maybe do a comparison
Yep they’re glued, and you can boil or bake them to weaken the glue and get them off the plastic wheels if you really want. I’ve done it with a set of bomber wheels and tires
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I bought a used SCX10II that came with canyon trails on some weighted plastic wheels and it crawled fantastic. Replaced them with Pro Line Krawlers in predator compound on aluminum wheels and dual stage foams and it never had as good performance as it did with the canyon trails. Plus, I love the slightly shorter and wider look of the CT tires. They’re a great compound too.
that is insane, because i get the exact opposite, my performance was VASTLY boosted by changing from the canyon trails.
So jealous of your location! Looks like there are endless lines to crawl! Your Sport is lookin nice.
I used to live there and you are correct endless is the best way to express the way of that location. I love it down there
@Cruz 😂
@@MrBulldog917 That’s so cool!
I agree. Vary jealous!!
Hate Tacoma Washington. Gotta drive at least a hour out to find some decent locations. Yet it’s a hit or miss.. but here. Endless!! Great truck.
Endless indeed
trx4 control is pretty good.
Even though it is a fairly slippery rock, he knows the key points and is very good at controlling the strength and weakness.
I was focused and enjoyed watching.
thank you.👍👍👍
Need to keep the front shocks from unloading. Need to do the pen spring mod. I use a whole 1-1/8 pen spring in those stock shocks. Works awesome a little bit of brass. Treal brass knuckles are great for trx4.
Everything on that truck is heavy. Heavy transmission now you installed a hobbywing which is really heavy. You need a bit of weight down on the axles to counter
Change the rims out and change the foam's but keep the canyon trails just cut them , rc review did a good video on cutting the canyon trails and included a before and after in it , keep up the great videos
One more vote to do the Canyon tire mod. Definitely works from my experience.
Do the heavier wheel mod next. (and good luck getting the glued Canyons off....not easy). As for the shock tower mod, only reason I did the fronts only on mine was to get a stiffer pan hard chassis mount which is part of the left front shock tower. Other then that, the aluminum ones just look prettier and and add more weight up high.
I would probably do the heavier wheels. You are correct on the suspension, the stock setup is great already.
Good changes, truck is handling well! For tires I was thinking Pro-Line BFG Krawlers , Flat Iron or even Interco Super Swamper. Also, more and more people using the Ottsix Voodoo KLRs. As for upgrades, I'd like to see you try the shock towers, we know the benefit of heavier wheels so, I would like to see if an adjustable mount will have a big change. Great video!
Vanquish plastic bumpers are a game changer for the sport
Awesome job bro 👏 I'd like to see wheels and tires BFG Krawlers 👍
Enjoying what you've done so far.
I made a better approach angle by using the rear bumper mount turned upside down and backwards with some minor cutting, then I was able too shorten up front bumper and move it closer to the body. You could remove the lip that hangs down from the fender flares so your tires don't rub as much or remove them all together. I'm not sure how yours is but my factory mounts are already as low as they can go, so I'm interested in seeing what you are going to do. I did aluminum rims and Proline Hyrax Predator tires, works good but needs dual stage foam's. No brass on mine. Still running the Traxxas motor and ESC in crawler mode.
I'm enjoying following your progress with the truck. I also have a rtr TRX4 Sport and have flipped the bumpers, raised the sliders, modded the tyres and removed the original battery tray. I run smaller 1500mah batteries and tried them up front, but now I run the battery on the side rail after moving the radio box to the same side as the esc.
As for your next upgrades, I would be interested in heavier wheels with the original tyres, but modding them, as others have suggested.
Look forward to seeing the result of whichever route you decide to take.
Even from the first climb, ya can see how well that motor delivers slow-speed, very nice indeed! I never knew those motors existed, just found them online after hearing you mention it. I've liked my stock tyres too. Where I live in the UK unfortunately I don't have large expanses of rocky terrain to hand like where you are. It's more grassy/dirt/mud, and some exposed rock and slate here n there where I live, so my tyres are lasting well. I'd certainly go for heavier wheels, even if it's just the front. It's the first mod I ever did to my first crawler several years ago, and I've always repeated that in the trucks which followed over the years. I can see why front-end weight is needed in order to climb, though the flip side I found when doing local trials is having weight to the rear aswell, preventing that flip over when going downhill, some of my trail rc's have their battery mid or towards the rear, a clear difference when going down off an obstacle, though I still like to maintain a bias to the front. I've liked your approach to the truck, taking a stock truck and seeing what simple mods can be done to achieve some sort of a gain, I like doing that too.
Your one handed driving skills are killer!
Definitely new wheels to get weight down low. I’ve got brass on mine to keep it lower. Not a crazy amount but a bit(some people go nuts with brass on the trx4s). Helps it descend better too since weight isn’t as high. I also thought removing the small portion of the center lugs helped traction as well. Personally I prefer an aftermarket tire, but it’s a very small difference over stock tires going to prolines and you’ll only notice on certain terrain. If your rig gets heavier you’ll need dual stage foams tho. The stock foams break down super fast. You can get the stock tires off the rim by baking or boiling them.
I love dual stage in all my rigs. I have removed bomber tires off the plastic wheels before you’re right baking works great
You got lucky with the baking trick. I tried baking and boiling on mine and they didn't want to budge. Ended up with a heat gun and a lot of time slowly heating an tugging.
I’m thinking about getting this. Mostly because I have a slash ultimate. Already have batteries n chargers. And probably get a brushless motor
That sudden tip over can be helped with the desert lizard shocks setup in droop mode. I set mine up to droop slowly and it seems to give more reaction time so I can make corrections before it flips over.
Yessir , you could even go back to stock servo mount and have that battery up front side ways with a plastic plate , and it’s even more for And low . With the sport bodies you can fit even a 5400
i think that the most common thing is to change the wheel and tire so i guess the most interesting thing would be to see the effect of the current settup with the shock tower as i have no idea of the actual gain you can have!
The MIP kit is a good choice it's a direct replacement from stock with the extra width the extra threads are for using the stock wheels and being able to use the plastic center cap
I love the low slow control of the fusion motor I've got One in two different rigs!!
Hi, I like the changes that you have done so far, what I would do is go to a steel bead lock wheel and longer links to help with the nose over tail routine. Maybe also try a different tire foam to get more traction, keep the width it helps
great ile your crawling style my friend, look the fusion motor make more super slow tire rolling, great 😀👍👍👍
BFG Krawlers look and perform great on the TRX4
Oh yeah one of my favorites
I have a scx10 (original) and a wraith spawn, I would Love to have a trx4 next. This thing climbs better than some comp rigs ive seen. The driver has alot to do with that but still, VERY capable truck! again SO freaking jealous of your area to crawl at.
Hi, just discovered your channel and I must say that I like your style and presentations. Subscribed and looking forward for more.
Meanwhile looking at all the other posts you made.
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I can't wait to try the jconceots tuft tire. Tread looks really good. I'm waiting for mine.
Amazing crawler place. Next video ; Wheels xD
I cut the lugs on my tyres and it help a lil more for grip but I really want to try the Jconcepts raputure tyre apparently they are ultimate
Ssd rims with the weights workshop for me.
Wheels and maybe some brass. Rig looks good I love trx4 there great out of the box.
I'd like to see a nice front bar with a winch on that thing :) I have the 1800 version of yours, it's perfect. Matched with a Radiolink RC6GS and R6FG receiver to make life easy.
So the game chaner that I put on my trx4 sport was the moded tires and over and under drive
I’d do both but from the looks I’d try tires next and see how much further it takes this truck ! I love my km3 4.75
Killer spot. Can’t believe how vertical you get.
Proline trenchers crawling tires are good predator compound with some anti-fomes
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Awesome! I’ve got more on the way!
Flip the shocks, get bigger mass of shocks low..
Fun
I don't use bumpers on mine. I use the bumper mounts, front in rear rear in front flipped. I planned on getting metal bumpers but I do like it without.
Hay man I live in st George Utah I’m at the ledges I live driving Rc cars I do dirt bikes to if you want to maybe go out and rock crawl some time
Slick rock! Jealous!!
Thanks for the video, I really like your content, subscribed! Quick question: you mentione MIP shafts at the beginning but could not find them on the video description, would you share the links of that parts?
I have this same truck and I just added brass portal housings front and rear. Havent been out yet to see if its a pro or con
Are there existing screw mounts for the new servo location?
What about the lift kit to stretch the wheelbase but run the stock shocks to keep it lower
Could you try bead locks filled with water, curious how it would handle
Let’s see those wheels
If I could suggest adding some brass up front.
Proline trenchers
Nice aggressive lines. Man I have multiple questions & conundrum’s. First is it worth getting & TRX with 2spd. versus the sport model you have?And how much would’ve it helped on the lines you took. I’m thinking it would not make a difference because the other gear is for going faster & the Sport is probably in low full time. Next your comments on tires hit home. I was out today on a steep rock slab & had my Sendero h.d. & my Carisma Coyote 2.1 and ran both up the slab & I witnessed first hand the less expensive Coyote out crawl the Sendero to the point I’m rethinking a lot of stuff. The Coyote has been described as nothing special & that maybe true but I can tell you this it’s performance as a crawler is impressive. I’m starting to think more & more it’s the tires that make all the difference & not so much the RC to a certain point. And to add a twist the wheels & tires on the Coyote where the stock wheel from the Sendero. I purchased red metal bead locks with some sort of sticky tires & the original wheels on the Coyote 2.1 were way to small & didn’t provide enough clearance so I put them on it. It’s the only upgrade other then the programmable esc I purchased when. The tires are General’s & are super nice & grippy. It’s crazy that the Coyote out crawls the Sendero. I’m blown away. What’s your take on this? Also where is your go pro mounted? Now that I’ve been going out & filming I have whole new respect for filming because it’s not that easy to produce good videos so hats off to you. Enjoyed the video though & keep up the good work.
Ive got a TRX4 Sport I built 2 years ago that I still havent ran in my man cave collecting dust... This video may have saved its life. LOL
Why did you even get it lol 😂
They’re fun trucks man! Go try it out!
@@j4y_37_____3 I ask myself the same question.. 😂
@@ProjektONE ill take it 😂
Will the TRX4 Sport keep up with the Capra? I have a modded Redcat Everest 10 that does great, but wanted to upgrade to something a little more stout (and the portals are sick), but don’t want to give up the crawling performance
Lol the dog
She’s a goofball
Also if u wanna cover that portal use the tgh wheel,s they will swallow the portal
Love your vids man, I just picked up my first 10 scale and it’s this same truck. What would you say is the best way to waterproof these things. I’m not looking to go crazy in the water but it would be nice to take it in some and know I’m not messing a bunch of stuff up.
I think they do fine just how they come. I own other traxxas rc's and have driven them through water plenty of times with no problems.
Wheels for sure. I did shock towers and didn't see a tangible difference
Yeah it depends if you start messing with shock angles or if the towers let you get lower
love it
I recommend removing the sliders and making it narrow
Question about axles, is it possible to switch to an axial one or no
Sure, with custom links
could you tell us what gearing you are using with that motor, thank you.
Overdrive??
Maybe some new tires with bead locks
Wheel weights, diff covers, winch for looks and forward weight. Tuft tires, review them for us.
how do you get a TRX4 Sport with locked differentials?? thats the only reason i didnt get a sport because i wanted locked diffs…
The sport has locked diffs. All the higher end models have open and locking diffs. You can swap a spool in so they are always locked and eliminate servos
Savox SW-1212SG discontinued. what else would you recommend?
It’s still available it’s called the 1212SG black edition now
@@westdesertwheeler cool I’ll check it out! Thanks!
lot of change from the last video
At 12:06 what is that? Dog poop?
I would say wheels bro
Weight weight weight…trx4 are beefy rugged trucks weight is their friend
Certainly not the only soloution. Many people put way too much on
@@westdesertwheeler I’ve got brass axle housing covers, portal covers, steering links vanquish wheels and ruptures…very capable truck
Or send it and put both wheels and shock towers
Haha that’s a real possibility
@@westdesertwheeler let it rip my g 💯
When your tipping backwards like that your weight transfer to the top and back the battery i will recommend putting it behind the tranny build a battery tray out of lexan
The original lcg tray will fit that 1300, and its excellent placement
@@rcpayne6416 i have my battery on my passenger rail next to the tranny im running 1500 but i wanna down size
Right like I mentioned I know the forward weight bias is good but the battery sits pretty high. So it’s a trade off. I can put the factory tray in my 1300 fit in the LCG spot. Maybe do a comparison
@@westdesertwheeler true test n tune till u make it to the top 💯
Pretty sure the stock TRX4 wheels and tires are glued so if you add the new wheels you will also need new tires.
Or just remove the stock tires from the stock wheel?
Just bake em off
Yep they’re glued, and you can boil or bake them to weaken the glue and get them off the plastic wheels if you really want. I’ve done it with a set of bomber wheels and tires