Traxxas TRX4M BUDGET BUILD - $100 to MAXIMIZE Performance!! Upgrades, Install, Crawling & More!!
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- Опубліковано 25 бер 2023
- In this video I give myself a total budget of $250 to buy and upgrade a new Traxxas TRX4M. We're seeking maximum performance for as little cost as possible! I purchase a handful of mods and also provide some tips and tricks along the way. Check out the video to see how well our TRX4M Bronco did after the upgrades!
Parts list
Injora tire/wheel combo: www.injora.com/products/injor... OR Amazon for fast shipping: amzn.to/3Zq5GFq
Injora hexes: www.injora.com/products/injor...
Injora LCG chassis: www.injora.com/products/injor...
Crawler gears: traxxas.com/products/parts/9776R
Brass kit: www.ebay.com/itm/195626084219...
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Timestamps
Our upgrades: 2:14
Baseline assessments: 8:03
Baseline course runs: 10:14
Upgrades installation: 15:45
Finished product: 18:27
Upgraded assessments: 21:25
Upgraded course runs: 24:25
Final thoughts: 30:14
Hi the reason your body won’t fit the front shock towers are touching the brace under the windshield on the body
I just picked one of these up. Looking into those wheels for sure! Do you still recommend more than their offset to prevent binding? And do you think they'll work well on an otherwise stock car? Not looking to put much more into it at the moment, but want to certainly prevent the binding.
is your channel name caple crawlers because you are near the cape in maine
@@zacharybrown9288cape cod, mass
Where did you buy your Traxxas TRX4M? Please answer thank you
I’m watching this with my 3 y/o son who owns a blue Bronco. When you were climbing the steep vertical section on your indoor course he had to cover his eyes worrying you would fall off and then cheered when you reached the top!
Haha!! I love that so much.
That’s too wholesome
Kids are awesome! Thank you for sharing this story. It brought a smile to my face and I could use that right now.
Good stuff
That's awesome! Funny, I get nervous too sometimes, and I'm 58! LOL
I have an orange Bronco ( fav color too). My first 1/18. My best friend bought it for my birthday. I haven't RCed in 3 years. He opened Is pandora's box! Not including the truck... I'm $1000.00 in! CA lol
As a noob looking for a budget entry to crawling, and the TRX4M specifically, this video is incredibly helpful. I now have a good idea about the out of the box performance as well as what the best bang-for-buck upgrades will be. Thanks!
Quick tip: if you want scale on a Trx4M defender or bronco. First take off the sticker decal on the tire then there will be a screw and you’ll have to unscrew that. Next grab a Scx24 wheel/tire or stock Trx4M tire/wheel and screw it on. Very easy mod for a scale look.
I love the out come of the budget build. It performs great. I'm digging the yellow and white combo.
I’m digging the white wheels with the orange body. Brightens it up for sure. Thanks for the great content and honesty! We’re still on the fence and this really helped . I’m hopeful they bring out additional body styles soon.
Glad it was helpful!
Great job, not everyone has the money or even wants to spend tons of money upgrading these things. I have those exact tires and grey rims on order, glad to see they perform well 👍
love the content, I just bought a trx4m, and this is so amazing, thanks for explaining everything so well I'm really learning here and you go straight to the point no funny things, I love the dedication and the presize vocabulary perfect mix between technic and understandable for all users. Very cool vid. Congrats
Thanks for watching, I appreciate that!!
Amazing video! Thanks for sharing all the tests and tips.
Liked this build. Just installed the Injora chassis on my defender and have the same tires. Nice to see a similar set up on your course.
I love the videos of the 4m builds that test products in a controlled environment and your knowledge and explanation of things. Great content. Love these videos. Been helping me with my first newly acquired 4m!
I appreciate that, thanks for watching!
Great timing on this video I am giving my nephew and his mom a trx4m and a trailer today he's going to be so excited
That foam made run you have set up is spot on. Being able to compare different Crawler's on the same challenge definitely defines the most useful. What improvements have been gained etc. I knew the TRX could be better. I upgraded the LC80 similarly with vast improvements. I appreciate your content.
Excellent video thanks so much. I'm planning on incorporating most of those upgrades except for the chassis. By the way I liked those white wheels as soon as you put them on lol. I think it's a sweet look and sets it apart from the norm. Love your content. Keep up the great work.
Very informative video and certainly appreciate the candid opinion on all the changes you made and the value of each. Great build and an interesting indoor course you developed! THX
Thanks for watching!
Great job.Very informative.Thank you from BC in Canada.
Awesome video as always! I am looking forward to your defender content , that’s the one I am looking at cuz already got the SCX 24 bronco . Can’t wait for more !
I'm gonna be getting one of these once I sell off my old 1/10th scale rc. Loved it while I had it but this looks like more my size and skill level and a great indoor time passer for the winter months😎
Thank you for this video. Love the budget build series and this is exactly what i was looking for!
Glad it was helpful!
Best RC channel in my opinion and its great to have a little helper .
The white wagon wheels look great. And a good fit for a New England four wheeler. Always enjoy the Traxxas content. Like button energized.
Love it!! I’m gonna have to get one now lol!!
was waiting for this video!!! awesome!
You do a really good job on your videos. Great presentation. I bought all these parts for my new trx4m black bronco.
Appreciate you taking time to make this video.
Thank you, I appreciate that! Thanks for watching!
How was it to do all the swaps? New to this world so I don’t want to ruin my rig doing something wrong.
Very informative video. I like the wheels and the stance you gained. Building mine now.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I love that your son has a trx4m as well! Got me and my son a defender and i love every second of being out with him. Trying to save up for a second TRX or maybe an FMS so that we can go together
I really like your channel man please keep making these detailed videos!
Thanks, will do!
Soo much fun and value for the money!
I feel like the gears and wheels and tires were the best bang for the Buck.. I’ll be starting there myself. Great video!
I had my hopes high too, but I put some injora links and driveshafts and changes the game big time! Excellent video! Yellow looks good!
I’ve got those items on the way. Excited to install them. Thanks for watching!
My favorite all around tire on the Bronco is the Proline Trenchers sofar. The Ingera 5s are awesome for climbing 50 degrees to the Moon! So sticky! Got to try them on my X-Maxx!... In 1.O lol
Keep it up with the great content and love the addition of time stamps. It’s too bad that nor’easter didn’t pan out in Eastern MA. I was looking forward to running the trucks in some snow one last time this year!
Thanks! We didn't have much of a winter here, that's for sure. I'll have to try our tracks on the beach instead of snow!
Great upgrade video Adam 👍, I think the wheels look good. Keep up the amazing content bro
Thanks! Will do!
I love the white wagon wheels and the maxis trepadors killer!
I think the reason you didn’t gain much on side hill or vertical was because the tires are taller… that said you did get slight improvements along with better grip, better approach angles, and more clearance 😁
That could be true, higher height overall
@@sonicusa 100%. You could see in the running footage it sat much higher but kept the same angles during measurement from the added weight
Love you man cool build
Another great video good sir!! Thank you so much for that shoutout!! Limiting chain kit is for the scx24. Haven’t had a need for one on my 4m but maybe I should look into it lol. Hope the family is well and keep up the great content.
Thanks for watching, and thank you for the parts! I'm so glad you saw this and I got a chance to thank you. I also haven't run into the need for limiting straps on the Traxxas. I think the links bind before front end lift gets too extreme.
The white wheels are awesome looking!
Thanks Adam for this video, you are by far the best micro crawler UA-camr ever😂
Haha glad you enjoyed it!
nice upgrade 👍 nice run👌😎😁
Love this look. I have the defender. Now I want an orange bronco with white wheels. =)
Love the vids
The cheapest upgrade I found is zip tying a small socket to the front bumper. Gives perfect weight up front and better balance for crawling up steep hills.
Really happy you did this video. I've been eyeing that Injora LCG carbon fiber chassis but everywhere I look it says for the defender only. Great to see it actually works with the bronco. You are right about the crawler gears though. My bronco is currently 780g and there's no way the stock gears could hold the vehicle at an angle.
I will add that the chassis continues to be a struggle with the Bronco. The body clips just do not want to stay put. The chassis is wedged against the body supports and makes fitting it appropriately very challenging. Still, for $22 I am satisfied with it.
Just picked up the same kit, total score.
The 57/22mm are à good size scale for tires, they work very well.
Very great vidéo, thanks dude 👍🏽
I have the black bronco, but the orange is so beautiful.
I agree. 62mm still feels a bit too big. I need a 60mm version of these!
I added a sticky weight on top of my servo when I put a new servo in. That helps a lot
Also the white wheels are sick
I am a fan of the white wheels. Great video, thanks.
Thanks for watching!
That Crawler articulation measurement table is so useful. Definitely getting one once they are available.
I'm glad I got it. It's pricey but makes a big difference in objective measurements.
@Cape Crawlers Definitely! So easy to see if the mods you did actually help or not.
Yeah I just got a set of those all terrain A/T’s Ain’t got a mounted up yet I will be using CCXRC pine tree inserts they’re awesome because they’re not directional,
That mini bronco is insane.
I just got one because they’re so cheap. I didn’t realize how much fun it would be. And they’re so slow there’s nothing breaking. So cheap fun!!
They're super addicting!
Besides liking the military truck look of the Defender body more than the Bronco, I also went with it because it was “the worse of the two,” with the heavier body and rear bias. My thought process was, if I start a little lower in capability, I would notice the changes I made more. So far, I’m glad I went this route. I managed to get those Injora wheels on! Super happy with my gains over the stock wheels. My scale said each wheel went from 16 grams (stock) to 34 grams with the brass rings.
The defender looks rad. Love the muscular appearance of it! Glad you're enjoying it
Would love to see some outdoor crawling or crawling at a local course as well. Great video & budget build. 👍
With the days getting longer and warmer, I will definitely be doing lots of both!
The white wheels look epic
Great project.
Your videos are top notch
Thank you!
I’m going to order those injora hub extenders right now. And the crawler gears.
Just got the Chevy high trail 4m. It has M/T tires that are impressive out of the box, soft, aggressive tread, nice size. I’m thinking the crawler gears might be all it needs to give better control in tight situations.
I saw a full-size bronco today with the wheels painted orange like the bronco and the hardtop was painted orange it was really cool
That sounds like it would be too much orange. But it looked good?
Love the chassis upgrade, but injora released the new “flaps” for the travel on the shocks. Love to see those on an review!
I got them on order. Just in time too! They sold out very fast.
Honestly I think you had a good chance of making it stock with just the gear change. It was easy to see the difficulty in control with the stock gears. I'd consider that a must have mod for anyone buying it for crawling even if they're happy with the out of the box performance and it's only 5 bucks! Too bad Traxxas doesn't just include them to begin with so you have the option immediately.
As someone with the full size TRX4 defender I still haven't decided if I want one of these enough to get it vs all the other things the money could go towards. 🤪
Great job! Build looks good. I’m torn between tracks and axial . My next one is a bronco just not sure which way to go yet.
Tough choice! They're both great.
Yeah love my 1/24 scale set up table, I also won 1/10 scale set up the table from scale builders guide So I bought the 1/24 scale set up table
We need a full review of those Injora All-Terrain tires!!🙏🏼
I think the Trx Bronco is better outta the box then the Axial. I wish I'd bought the Trx however my Axial four door Power Wagon outta the box is pretty dang nice at 159.00 . I like the color of the body and as you say the rims kinda grow on you so they could always be painted. My opinion for 102.00 bucks which is about the limit for the average hobbyist not bad at all the tires are really standing out as are the crawler gears. Well done. From a Newbie.
Those crawler park ramp gauges are great I want (need) that.
It’s a great tool!
I love the white I think it was a great chose
Great Video and great product placement! That's a lot of work behind the scenes! May I ask if that's enough to cover your living or just to cover the hobby?
Love the video, I opted for a slightly different route initially before the menus and injora lcg came out. Now mine is a brushless hardline scaler.
If you guys are building a bronco pick up some associated green slime and a small pack of shock oil. It’s not a question of if the shocks will leak but when.
Which oil should i get for the stock shocks
@@brettjaudon2154 ive been running 20wt oil. I might try something a little heavier for the rear to slow it down while climbing.
Good job adam, Always like your shows.... Because of you i got a totally decked out utb18.....Now you got me looking at 1/24 scale . :( CRAP......
Thanks for watching! These things are addicting!
it reminds me of an orange dreamsicle, i like it.
Really want to get this for me and my kid but where i live i will need go fork out touchat another 100 bucks… customs and VAT is a bummer 😂 Looks absolutely stunning though!
So i did buy the brass kit, after installing gained good amount of weight but lost some of steering angle. It harder to turn on some tight corners, maneuverability decreases. Im taking them off and im going to look for a better one. I think the only way to fix that is to modify the c-hubs or the blocks.
Great video. Wheel weights may have been a better upgrade for weight… I don’t know. Great vehicles though.
I’ll skip an energy drink for a day lol I like the way you think my friend, sounds like me every time I know I shouldn’t buy something and find a way to convince myself to buy it anyway
I have lots of practice rationalizing my upgrades if you can't tell LOL
Excellent video and some great ideas you used to improve its capabilities. The sticker, softer tires and extra clearance really seemed to pay off big. I know you had high expectations, but that's still an impressive transformation. Now, could you help me turn my Arrma Senton into an SCX10 III JLU Jeep for $100? 🙃
I think the wheel color looks awesome didn't like it at first but then after watching the video I might order a set lol
It grew on me too! I wasn't a fan at first either
For real!! Man I can't wait for your defender build videos to come out!! Most of if not all my crawler upgrades come from watching your videos thanks brotha🙏
White wheels look good with the orange.
White wheels are fire!!!
I like the build with the exception of the tires, they are catching on each lug on the back fender/ bumper when articulating. Great video , body rub is just a pet peeve of mine but if it doesn't bother you then more power to you.
It's starting to bother me, especially in reverse. As much as it pains me I am going to have to look for a smaller tire.
@@CapeCrawlers Yeah that's the problem I run into with all the small scale rigs, seems like unless you want to lift them or extend the axles way out than you can't go much bigger that stock without pretty serious body rub. Most people just seem to ignore it but I simply cannot abide it.
@@CapeCrawlers those new swamp kings seem like they might be a good choice.
I just went to my local hobby shop and they sold me a brand new high trail for 155 bucks. Sweet deal imo, almost close to the regular trx4m
We have two TRX-4m Broncos:
One is mine. All chassis parts are upgraded to metal. Crawler gears and Injora wheels with 58mm tires are also installed. All the upgrades cost almost double that of the car itself.
The other is my nephew's. The only upgrades are bearings and lubricated gears.
Real-life difference in performance - maybe a couple of degrees better angles.
Crawler gears - I don't recommend it. You will lose a lot of speed. It becomes so slow, that while my nephew goes around full track and catches me, I am still in the first third of the track (and the track is not easy, it is about 5m (a bit more than 16 feet) long, with plenty of difficult angles and obstacles for a crawler). What's even worse (for me), my nephew Bronco, after his “simple” upgrades, can crawl almost as slow and steep as mine do (“simple” because to change bearings, you still need to take apart all the car).
Additional weight - unless you want to kill your servo (like I did), don't add much. Maybe brass hexes and diff covers, it (Broco) really doesn't need much more. What I am noticing, is that I am probably losing performance with all that weight added. On some obstacles, it looks like tires just get squished and start sliding. Maybe a different foam would help… 🤔
Injora tires (INJORA 1.0 RC Tyre Soft Rubber Tyre All Terrain 58 x 20 mm) lost their stickiness after about a month of use.
What I recommend:
If you buying it for a kid or just for fun, just add some grease and lube. It will be enough for a start.
If the time comes for a little more performance, add a bearing kit. You would not believe how much difference that makes.
If you want to upgrade it to the max, just like was said in the video, don’t expect huge performance boost. But don’t let that lower your mood, it will be a fight for barely noticeable improvements, but if you enjoy it, heck, you only live once 😁
Very good input! Modifying these is like lifting weights: you make 90% of your gains very early with very basic inputs. After that it takes exponentially more effort for diminishing returns.
ball bearings would be above the lcg chassis for me. either way I want all these upgrades!
I never really cared for this scene in R/C or crawlers in general. In fact, when I was younger I thought they were dumb. I just didn't understand what I was looking at; at the time and was fixated on fast cars. Now that I'm older and have a proper understanding for their purpose, I actually think they're pretty cool! And seeing that you made a mini course in your basement is dope!
Reminded me of the diorama train sets my gramps used to create and build in the rec room. Ahhh, the joys you find in life while maturing. I don't think I'll dive into this scene anytime soon but *you* definitely have peaked my interest in watching. After I get my typical cars and trucks all up and running this year I'll look into buying/building my first crawler. Any recommendations for a newbie in this scene or mainly what to stay away from?
I like to tinker a lot so I think I'll actually enjoy these a lot more than I initially thought. I can see myself setting challenges and just bringing them along when I go out to trails and parks. Would match the setting a lot better than my on-road cars that would struggle with the terrain or my stupid fast monster trucks that wouldn't make proper use of their power band.
Adam, If you don't have a SkyRC corner weight scale, you should invest in one. My favorite tool to help adjust performance. Nice Video!
I need one bad. I’ll get one very soon
Love seeing what you can do with only 100$
Love the budget build! I think the orange body and white wheels look great together. Not a criticism, but I would have kept the stock chassis and went with a set of brass suspension links instead for even more weight down low.
Thanks for watching! In hindsight I’m not sure I would have done the chassis either
@@CapeCrawlers I’m trying to do a similar budget build to yours, would you suggest shock towers instead of the chassis then? And would you suggest getting new shocks or should I keep the stock ones and just buy some shock oil to have on hand?
I just picked up my TRX-4M Defender this weekend. It's been a blast so far. I ended up spending an extra $100 on a spare battery (doesn't really need it as the battery lasts quite a while), Ball bearing kit, low range gears for the transmission, and the light kit. So far I've only install the lights, it's been a blast stock. From what I'm reading the ball bearings will smooth it out a bit at low speeds; but, I've been having such a blast tooling around with it I hadn't bothered to tear it down to swap them out. I hear greasing up the shock orings with AE "green slime" helps them seal up better; I have some in my old race toolbox and will give it a shot when I do the BB's. I'm glad I found this channel, great stuff! Also seems we're from the same neck of the woods, maybe I'll see you on the trails!
Good stuff, so glad you’re having fun! It would be great to run into each other!
If you put a defender body on it, it would somehow leak oil, catch fire from an electical problem and only work for 10 days out of each month...
Real life, creeping into RC.
The LR dealer let us take a defender for the weekend while we decided on buying one. It left on a flatbed and they put a cover on it with a Ford emblem on the cover so people wouldnt know it broke down. It was dead from an electrical issue (smoke came out from the dash while trying to start it)
I bought a Bronco ($10k more expensive than the defender) the next day.
i love old school white wagon wheels
I know that this would be a bit more work, but I think if you added a money spent text on the top of the screen viewers would be able to see how much each part was, I think it would add to your videos! love the vids, keep it up!
I can certainly do that for the next one
white wheels bring it together very well
I think the white wheels look good but I think your right black ones would look better IMO.. or maybe some black ones with orange beadlock rings
Thats a great idea. I think Mofo RC has some wheels I can get orange rings with
So since you got 62mm tires, and they fit good that means that the 2.4 trx4m high trail tires should fit on my bronco right? 2.4 inches translate to 60mm. I accidentally bought those instead of the 2.2 inch bronco tires. I also have the long arm lift kit and 59mm shocks on the way. I’m also having trouble with the rear clip. I wonder if it’s another of those mistakes on traxxas side just like the front tire binding. Also, every one who’s thinking about buying this trx4m should watch this video. It was great man. ❤
I did my first actual comp crawl with my scx24 this weekend and the truck and impressed me a lot was the white element truckI'm not positive with the name of it was but the way they got the motor sitting over the front axle and the battery sitting over the back it was just so centered so nice and all he had was just a set of tires and he crawled almost better than everyone in the stock frame class and actually kind of made me mad because he paid 890 bucks for it and put the stock wheels off of a scx 24 and tires
Interesting! I didn't realize the Elements were that capable!
Did you ever find out what model he was running?
Hi Adam, in the end, you said you were not as happy with upgrades as you had hoped. Of the upgrades you did, which two upgrades made the most improvement? Thanks!
Tires and the gears seem like the way to go for bang for the buck.
For sure!
FIRST and loving the budget builds and the videos