The ends probably bolt on for material use efficiency. It would take a lot more raw stock to have those sticking out the ends than to just make this center piece and the end pieces separately.
Hey Joe, love the content and how you continuously push daily uploads and always have new ideas. As a viewer and avid rc enthusiast this is much appreciated! Have you though about firing up a patreon? It seems pretty common amongst other content creators. Maybe to increase more money coming in, you can start a simple 3-5 dollars month tier and fire up a discord server where all of us could talk, share, and help out on our builds etc. Just a thought, probably not a bright one! Just like to help the channel anyway possible!
Love that DBXLE. I put the same castle system on mine and it's scary. One thing I want to mention is I saw your motor leads crimped over at the ESC. My bullets burned up at the ESC and I think it was because they were crimped. I cut the panel so they stick up through. Much better temps after that.
Great showing of this buggy man. You did it justice. Those Vitavon parts are works of art. I have the first version of the dbxl-e. Mine is the same weight as yours with added goodies. I use DDM racing's HD dbxl springs with 50W Losi shock oil. I have seen others use A&D springs. They are even stiffer but not as easy to get in the USA.
🤣 And that's why I never add up the dollar amount I have in an RC 😜 I'm glad to hear that your going to get the Vitavon chassis braces and top plate. That is the first upgrade that I did to mine.
Your electric DBXL is a fraction over a pound heavier than my gas DBXL, I run LOSI 5ive-T front shocks front and rear with 40wt rear 35wt front with stock springs, I have a Team Chase chassis, and I run the 5ive-T front and rear dogbone/CVD to diff connector's conversion shafts made by either Phatdad RC or Team Chase cant remember which one now, my chassis braces, diff housings, diff cases, diff case carriers, shock towers, are FID and has an OBR 34cc reed case motor with Bartolone pipe and 990 carb, stock wheels and tyre's, this beast flies.
@@ExocagedRC Most of my gas have big bore motors both Krakens 50cc Losi 5ive-T 40cc Baja 5sc 38cc FID Dragon Hammer 34cc smallest cc my lightweight Baja 5B has a screamer 28.5cc torque tuned all have the big bores because of the extra alloy upgrades weight so UDR and SBR clone bigger motor's yep alloy upgrades trying not to add to much weight to my only road going car the ZD Racing EX07, but depends on durability of the plastic and low grade alloy parts.Wit the gas I have learnt one valuable lesson 50cc is the biggest to go and not keep breaking the drive line parts stripping the wheel hexs well only run alloy wheels now ditto the electric off road one's.
Hi Joe. Nice rig Thanks for posting the weight comparison. I use Vitavon wheels with Giant Gripz, and have good luck so far, 3 months running on 1100kv and my other is 800kv. I have 2 both XLX2 ESC's. I cut out back tray, let plugs not have a bend., then took rubber edging around rough cut on tray, for finish look. 3/16" rubber u channel edging. I run 18/50 gearing in both. Keep up the great work..
That sticker shock is why I won't add them up either. When you spend a long period of time building them it's not terribly bad. I'd hate to know how much I have in my ryft as well. But boy is it a ball! I'm getting ready to change it up again though. I took it out the other day with another guy for a very short period of time and I simply wasn't happy with how it performed. It's like trying to drive a 1500hp truck down main street.
I did a RC audit for the past year and I was certainly crying when I added it up😭 -i'm back after 15yrs so I suppose that I should have expected. 4 trucks. 2 bashers with hop ups and 2 show/shelf trucks with all parts I can find. $8300 total😱 $2300 just for my Mojave😒 Makes me want to never ever drive it💙 EVER!😁
@@surfside75 I've only been doing r/c crawlers for about 2 years now. Other than my ryft I don't even have any bigger bashers but I probably have 10k in trucks. If I were to add up every little thing I've done to my ryft it would probably be over 2500 bucks. But I love them and they get run hard!
@@rc-daily thats cool you run your upgraded trucks hard🤙. I can relate, I bought a ton of parts for my show trucks and my bashers were feeling jelly so I had to buy hop ups for the bashers too. I guess I have both, showy bashers and shelf Queens.😂
14:39 Ok, I felt that😭😁 What an amazing collection you have there. -question to all the viewers, what is your most expensive custom project rig you have in your collection. Mine is a completely reworked custom Arrma Mojave at $2,300😱💙
If you need stronger progressive springs. I would suggest buying some 1/10 scale crawler springs and put them inside the larger 5th scale spring around the lower portion of the shock shaft. Double coil over like they do with the valve springs on the head of a GM or Ford engine. Just a suggestion.
Dream RC 🤔 This build right here 😍 I’ve been obsessed with the thing since getting him by 1 at the SST event in September 🤦🏼♂️ I put up a video as got an awesome shot of it coming at me, you can see the driver brace before hitting me 🤣 after watching your vids on this I think I’ll buy 2nd hand keep the costs down and money in my pocket for the upgrades. Maybe just buy parts and build from the ground up need to work out costs it just don’t make sense buying 1 just to swap out nearly everything. Definitely something to think about with that tally up at the end 😬 think I need another income 🤣 another great video my man 💪👊🏼💯
If I knew then what I know now... Same. Wish I had just bought all custom parts for my Mojave because all that's left of my RTR is the ESC and motor.. that's it😱! Good thing I had another basher Mojave to use up the pile if spare parts left afterwards.👍
I put fast Eddie's bearings in my E-Revo 2.0 and they locked up from driving through morning grass with a little bit of dew on it the tracks is barons have less chance of walking up from moisture than those things do I thought it was weird because they're supposed to be really good but they weren't for me
Had the same happen to me with the stock bearings that came in a rtr mojave. After running in anything wet I will occasionally turn the wheels round as to keep the bearings from locking up as the truck dries out. I like Winter Evening bearings for the price. Wanting to try abec5. Have you tried ceramics bearings yet?
@@surfside75 no bearings do that on the first run when I didn't even run a full pack and it was literally just due on the ground the factory Traxxas bearings have never done that to me not on the first run not even the second I don't know if they do it with all bearings but I'm pretty sure these bearings never even had any type of lubricant added to them ever
@@surfside75 and my son has three WL toys RCs and we have never had any bearings lock up on them and he's even submerged one completely I had to put Traxxas electronics in it so he could drive it underwater and he's done it multiple times in every Baron still turns but that's a different story that's kind of crazy I think
You bring up a great point. How can we be sure these bearing are being properly lubricated from the factory since they're sealed. I took a seal off one of my bearings because it locked up and found almost no balls in it.😱 -emailed them and they sent the entire set but WTF!! 😂
Buff and polish those pieces they'll clean up well. once polished, apply Mothers aluminum creme and that will help seal that raw polished aluminum. You MAY be able to re-anodize them, but every time you do, it removes a bit of base material.
I really wish you would’ve shown the entire build process. I have the exact same buggy however I’m new to RC cars and I would like to have seen the process
Sounds like my Wisconsin weather this is why my wife and son will be moving to Florida in the next couple of years I can't stand these -25 winters anymore
Are you still running the 560 and max 4 in 2024? How heavy is your rig or was your rig with the max 4 560 and all vitavon that you used. Also how was the power to weight ratio? Was the weight ever an issue with that motor combo. Thanks bro. Love your videos.
well i'm glad i'm only building your second most expensive car you own right now! haha, this thing is a beast man... is there any way you can run dual shocks on each corner in case you cant find a strong enough spring? it was coming down pretty hard
Hola! Que kit completo con motor maximo se le puede poner a este coche y baterías de mayor que se puedan poner? Para comprar lo mejor y maximo para este coche. Gracias!
Nice build ,niçe price but it's your money your choice ,I am the same with my builds I never price it up at the end ,I don't have a wife so I don't have to explain it to anyone 🤣🤣🤣 hopefully you have a very understanding wife 😂😂
Adding extra weight for extra strength in places that there isn’t issues. I don’t agree. Plus those front and back sections being bolted on I don’t think that’s a great idea. You aren’t going to be happy with the quality of the tfe bearings. They used to be good. They aren’t any more.
It dont matter what other people think joe! All they can be is envious! 👍 Its ur money, & YOUR channel! More power to YOU sir!
Facts!!!
My DBXLE comes in two days, I’ve been in this hobby for 20 plus years on and off and have always built a kit, this is my first RTR I can’t wait.
Yeah… I can definitely see that beast going for over $3,500 mine it’s already at $2,750 and I’m still missing like 10% of it. Great video brother!
👍It all adds up quick. I build a little at a time.
Yeah a part here and a part there
1 year membership today! Loving all the vids Joe keep it up!
Awesome video and one badass car. My grandpa always said you can’t take your money with you when your gone so live while you can
Lotta cake, but it’s a beast! I appreciate you presenting the total. Thx!
A&D springs!!
The ends probably bolt on for material use efficiency. It would take a lot more raw stock to have those sticking out the ends than to just make this center piece and the end pieces separately.
I would think a few grams of aluminium would be cheaper than the nearly double in work to build
Hey Joe, love the content and how you continuously push daily uploads and always have new ideas. As a viewer and avid rc enthusiast this is much appreciated! Have you though about firing up a patreon? It seems pretty common amongst other content creators. Maybe to increase more money coming in, you can start a simple 3-5 dollars month tier and fire up a discord server where all of us could talk, share, and help out on our builds etc. Just a thought, probably not a bright one! Just like to help the channel anyway possible!
Watching the sticker shock set in was priceless. Keep it up bud, we approve! 😂
Man, I do these kinds of mods over months. It’s easier that way.
You have a really awesome truck now 💪 . Sod the $ be proud of what you built 👍👌👍
Joe your officially the VitaVon Ambassador. I only want Vitavon upgrades if know you know.
The DB is the best rccar I can remember.
However, it was difficult to store due to its large size. Still the best of the best!😁👍👍👍
Love that DBXLE. I put the same castle system on mine and it's scary. One thing I want to mention is I saw your motor leads crimped over at the ESC. My bullets burned up at the ESC and I think it was because they were crimped. I cut the panel so they stick up through. Much better temps after that.
1/5th scale vehicles are worth the money and upgrades... driving one is priceless 💯
That’s going to be my next RC so cool
The spring clip that holds the pin on the differential input cup is known as a hog ring and yes they suck
I like bacon but not those things!
Great showing of this buggy man. You did it justice. Those Vitavon parts are works of art. I have the first version of the dbxl-e. Mine is the same weight as yours with added goodies. I use DDM racing's HD dbxl springs with 50W Losi shock oil. I have seen others use A&D springs. They are even stiffer but not as easy to get in the USA.
Awesome truck. You can add at least 35% to that cost for us guys up here in Canada 😯.
Cheers buddy. 🇨🇦👈🤠
Beautiful, fantastic, and very nice congratulations 🤑
🤣 And that's why I never add up the dollar amount I have in an RC 😜 I'm glad to hear that your going to get the Vitavon chassis braces and top plate. That is the first upgrade that I did to mine.
Worth every penny Joe! Can’t really call it a Losi any more though? LOL it’s a Vitavon DBXLE! 😂 nice one brother! 👍
Your electric DBXL is a fraction over a pound heavier than my gas DBXL, I run LOSI 5ive-T front shocks front and rear with 40wt rear 35wt front with stock springs, I have a Team Chase chassis, and I run the 5ive-T front and rear dogbone/CVD to diff connector's conversion shafts made by either Phatdad RC or Team Chase cant remember which one now, my chassis braces, diff housings, diff cases, diff case carriers, shock towers, are FID and has an OBR 34cc reed case motor with Bartolone pipe and 990 carb, stock wheels and tyre's, this beast flies.
That’s awesome. The more I build this, the more I see the value of a big gas motor in them.
@@ExocagedRC Most of my gas have big bore motors both Krakens 50cc Losi 5ive-T 40cc Baja 5sc 38cc FID Dragon Hammer 34cc smallest cc my lightweight Baja 5B has a screamer 28.5cc torque tuned all have the big bores because of the extra alloy upgrades weight so UDR and SBR clone bigger motor's yep alloy upgrades trying not to add to much weight to my only road going car the ZD Racing EX07, but depends on durability of the plastic and low grade alloy parts.Wit the gas I have learnt one valuable lesson 50cc is the biggest to go and not keep breaking the drive line parts stripping the wheel hexs well only run alloy wheels now ditto the electric off road one's.
That's big and powerful!!!
Hi Joe. Nice rig Thanks for posting the weight comparison. I use Vitavon wheels with Giant Gripz, and have good luck so far, 3 months running on 1100kv and my other is 800kv. I have 2 both XLX2 ESC's. I cut out back tray, let plugs not have a bend., then took rubber edging around rough cut on tray, for finish look. 3/16" rubber u channel edging.
I run 18/50 gearing in both. Keep up the great work..
Gheez brother 😳 so when done 4600! Great work buddy and that’s one hell of a rig 👍
I need one of those chassis for sure ! I'd put a chassis skin on there for sure !
awesome video man!!! Coolest build I've seen in a while! for sure.. keep up the content on this thing!!
That sticker shock is why I won't add them up either. When you spend a long period of time building them it's not terribly bad. I'd hate to know how much I have in my ryft as well. But boy is it a ball! I'm getting ready to change it up again though. I took it out the other day with another guy for a very short period of time and I simply wasn't happy with how it performed. It's like trying to drive a 1500hp truck down main street.
I did a RC audit for the past year and I was certainly crying when I added it up😭 -i'm back after 15yrs so I suppose that I should have expected. 4 trucks. 2 bashers with hop ups and 2 show/shelf trucks with all parts I can find. $8300 total😱
$2300 just for my Mojave😒 Makes me want to never ever drive it💙 EVER!😁
@@surfside75 I've only been doing r/c crawlers for about 2 years now. Other than my ryft I don't even have any bigger bashers but I probably have 10k in trucks. If I were to add up every little thing I've done to my ryft it would probably be over 2500 bucks. But I love them and they get run hard!
@@rc-daily That's what it's all about my friend, "just gonna send it!" . So you bash your show truck?
@@surfside75 I don't really have a show truck lol. My ryft is the closest thing to a show truck but I build them to break them🤣🤣🤣
@@rc-daily thats cool you run your upgraded trucks hard🤙. I can relate, I bought a ton of parts for my show trucks and my bashers were feeling jelly so I had to buy hop ups for the bashers too. I guess I have both, showy bashers and shelf Queens.😂
That's sick man...awesome car!
Sweet ride
14:39 Ok, I felt that😭😁 What an amazing collection you have there.
-question to all the viewers, what is your most expensive custom project rig you have in your collection. Mine is a completely reworked custom Arrma Mojave at $2,300😱💙
My X-Maxx is about 2,500 -3,000 an My Kraton 8s is getting up their 2,000 +
Oh yea the Mojave in the box 📦 in the closet what upgrades you suggest?
I have about 3k into my xmaxx UT now I want that losi just bad
@@Bigbeardgamr are you including charger, batts and radio controller?
@@surfside75 7PX Futaba $700 an Flysky NB4 $200 , Hota charger $150 an SMC 4s 225$ for 2 .
I need some vitivon in my life
If you get those parts bead blasted they should clean up nicely!👍I’m not sure if I would even run it now😂dang that’s expensive!
If you need stronger progressive springs. I would suggest buying some 1/10 scale crawler springs and put them inside the larger 5th scale spring around the lower portion of the shock shaft. Double coil over like they do with the valve springs on the head of a GM or Ford engine. Just a suggestion.
It has the voice of a 35 LB.aluminum BELL ‼️🤜🤛
That’s pretty dam sick 💙👍🏽👍🏽
Very nice job thanks
Like steel city said
I also use DDM RACING springs on mine they are very nice heavy duty springs look into them bud.
Great video by the way
Lmao!! You can't put a price on happiness brother. It doesn't matter what it cost. What matters is that you enjoy it. 😉
Or the base unit. You didn't mention the DBXL itself, unless you had that figured in.
Had 3300 in my HPI HOOTERS 5B Baja in 09.
Dream RC 🤔 This build right here 😍 I’ve been obsessed with the thing since getting him by 1 at the SST event in September 🤦🏼♂️ I put up a video as got an awesome shot of it coming at me, you can see the driver brace before hitting me 🤣 after watching your vids on this I think I’ll buy 2nd hand keep the costs down and money in my pocket for the upgrades. Maybe just buy parts and build from the ground up need to work out costs it just don’t make sense buying 1 just to swap out nearly everything. Definitely something to think about with that tally up at the end 😬 think I need another income 🤣 another great video my man 💪👊🏼💯
If I knew then what I know now...
Same. Wish I had just bought all custom parts for my Mojave because all that's left of my RTR is the ESC and motor.. that's it😱!
Good thing I had another basher Mojave to use up the pile if spare parts left afterwards.👍
@@surfside75 yeah that’s exactly it 😂 I’m tired of wasting money like that, specially now I’ve done a few 🤣
Hey Joe, thanks for all you put up. I bought a VITAVON skid plate. How do you put that on?
That's about what I have into my kraton 8s
$4k ??? Man I don’t want to add that up. ☹️
appreciate you and all your content 👍🙌🙌 keep up the great work
Love the video and your setup! Are you still running the spool in this video? Thanks
I put fast Eddie's bearings in my E-Revo 2.0 and they locked up from driving through morning grass with a little bit of dew on it the tracks is barons have less chance of walking up from moisture than those things do I thought it was weird because they're supposed to be really good but they weren't for me
Had the same happen to me with the stock bearings that came in a rtr mojave. After running in anything wet I will occasionally turn the wheels round as to keep the bearings from locking up as the truck dries out.
I like Winter Evening bearings for the price. Wanting to try abec5. Have you tried ceramics bearings yet?
@@surfside75 no bearings do that on the first run when I didn't even run a full pack and it was literally just due on the ground the factory Traxxas bearings have never done that to me not on the first run not even the second I don't know if they do it with all bearings but I'm pretty sure these bearings never even had any type of lubricant added to them ever
@@surfside75 and my son has three WL toys RCs and we have never had any bearings lock up on them and he's even submerged one completely I had to put Traxxas electronics in it so he could drive it underwater and he's done it multiple times in every Baron still turns but that's a different story that's kind of crazy I think
@@jamesmower1852 that's very interesting. I wonder if worn bearings rust easier then new?. Probably quality issues?
You bring up a great point. How can we be sure these bearing are being properly lubricated from the factory since they're sealed. I took a seal off one of my bearings because it locked up and found almost no balls in it.😱 -emailed them and they sent the entire set but WTF!! 😂
Buff and polish those pieces they'll clean up well. once polished, apply Mothers aluminum creme and that will help seal that raw polished aluminum. You MAY be able to re-anodize them, but every time you do, it removes a bit of base material.
I’d say ANODIZE and give it more spring resistance to bending,
5k plus by the time you're done upgrading it with Vitavon parts... Wowzers Joe
Shhhh. Man that’s going to hurt! But at least it’s almost done right?
@@ExocagedRC i'm not one to judge, God knows how much i've spent on mine so far, although unlike you i dont dare add mine up 🤣
I really wish you would’ve shown the entire build process. I have the exact same buggy however I’m new to RC cars and I would like to have seen the process
Great video!!!!!!
85 degrees? 🤬🤬🤬🤬
(39 at 4am this morning, expected hi of 62 here Saturday! 🤯🤯🤯).
U wanna trade? 😁
Sounds like my Wisconsin weather this is why my wife and son will be moving to Florida in the next couple of years I can't stand these -25 winters anymore
Holy smokes..my wife would freak...if she was still here...looks awsome and hefty...but smoorh
Hi! Great Video! Did you change the springs and shock oil wt?
How about losi 5t shocks and springs they might work well..
Honestly I still gotta order some. Things have got really busy around here lately. LoL
Are you still running the 560 and max 4 in 2024? How heavy is your rig or was your rig with the max 4 560 and all vitavon that you used. Also how was the power to weight ratio? Was the weight ever an issue with that motor combo. Thanks bro. Love your videos.
Just polish them on a buffing wheel
Already sold them off.
Hi Joe, with all the extra weight did you change the springs to compensate at all?
No I haven’t and I need stronger ones now.
You can have them messed up parts powder coated I had mine done on my kraton 8s would them proline shocks fit my k8
well i'm glad i'm only building your second most expensive car you own right now! haha, this thing is a beast man... is there any way you can run dual shocks on each corner in case you cant find a strong enough spring? it was coming down pretty hard
Very nice!!!
Is that sticker shock in parts alone or does that include the purchase price of the car?
Did you fix the center motor mount noise? Sounds like pinion or whole diff is rattling.
It’s all loud. I have a new drive to put on it soon. Hope the bearings survive!
I have the same car with the Castle unit I see you have the Castle fans If you want to keep that car cool you need the game changer fans
How much for the parts that don't have a good finish anymore lol I need the rear bulkhead lol and the steering nuckles
Hola! Que kit completo con motor maximo se le puede poner a este coche y baterías de mayor que se puedan poner? Para comprar lo mejor y maximo para este coche. Gracias!
Hey would u sell that stuck that the anodizing came off of? I’m interested if
Where can you buy this stuff? it looks nice, really want the trans for my dbxle
On eBay mostly
Its only money and we cant take it with us when we die !!!!! Ive never seen a hurse with a uhaul trailer being pulled behind it 🤷♂️
You have a point
They are pricey toys im m2c racing hot racing custom rc stuff some vitavon running hobby wing max 6 combo on my notorious 6s v5 still working on it
When you sit there and add up the cost….. 🤕! My Felony is probably at 1200! My DBXL is still stock…..for now.
What’s the wheel and tire setup ? Broke my stock ones
$3600 that’s insane well gotta have cash to bash☺️
what grease do you use in the diff housing?
Body I bought the same chassis for DbxL -e 2.0 but it didn’t come with side guard and I don’t know where to buy it.
I wanted in aluminum
Nice build ,niçe price but it's your money your choice ,I am the same with my builds I never price it up at the end ,I don't have a wife so I don't have to explain it to anyone 🤣🤣🤣 hopefully you have a very understanding wife 😂😂
Yeah she’s a good one.
@@ExocagedRC you will have to buy her an RC or lots of flowers mate 😂😂😂
Are you running the 800, or 1100kv?
800kv
Adding extra weight for extra strength in places that there isn’t issues. I don’t agree. Plus those front and back sections being bolted on I don’t think that’s a great idea.
You aren’t going to be happy with the quality of the tfe bearings. They used to be good. They aren’t any more.
Well. They have to be better than the stock ones were. Time will tell.
Nice slab of aluminum
👍👋👋👋
it's only money bro, what else would you do with it eh?
Hope the wife don't watch this video🤣☠
Do they just give him the parts for free for doing thr videos
Love the content but just cannot see myself buying vitavon
You think that chassis is good.... check out the new Taylor RC one 😮
When it's all done I say around 5 grand
Yeah probably. I forgot about the $140 shock mounts in that total.
Nope...! I can buy a nice Honda Civic for that kinda money....
😂😂 this is true!!
After you get that civic all nice and pretty, it'll be time to build a custom RC👍😁
Noooooo. Destroyed the finish.
I have about 2500 in my SCX6 honcho with Vitavon parts alone. And I just bought a LOSI DBXLE 2.0.... LOL
What’s the wheel and tire setup ? Broke my stock ones