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I believe the unshielded bearings end up protected in the transmission, but I don't remember off the top of my head. Desert Lizards aren't just too long, but also too large a diameter. If you really want top end go Dravtech shorts, but the stock shocks are plenty good on their own. As for...

Nope. All stock bearings. I ended up with stock wheels and shock back on it. The 90mm Lizards were just too long, and the portal covers are large enough that you have to be really careful about which weels you use.

The Fusion is definitely too long, the Fusion Pro is most likely short enough to fit. Rumor has it the Spektrum rebrand of the Fusion is a couple mm shorter than the regular one and barely fits, but I can't say for certain.

Anything light should work fine. The micro servos I picked out work great largely in part to the transmission and how smooth and easy it shifts. As for motor, I have a Holmes 2200kv Revolver, and as much as I love it, I am going to be swapping it out for a similar KV Slate, just because the...

Took the Phoenix out today and yesterday, with mixed results... the flatter crawls performed wonderfully, with amazing articulation, tons of clearance, smooth belly drags, and insane (I'm talking like 50° or more of sidehill), but climbs were incredibly lackluster. The factory wheels are so...

More progress! May be final update for a bit... Some wire control. Not nearly as clean as I typically like, but there are a TON of wires going a whole bunch of different places. Swapped the stock shocks back on, minus springs, collars, and perches. The Desert Lizards were unfortunately...

Me too! I'm thinking about commissioning a trade for painting the body and interior to a good friend of mine who is really good at detailing.

Their plastic is way higher quality than on the TRX4, that's for sure. Cleaning up sprue and cut marks as I go, I can feel the glass fiber reinforcing in the nylon, whereas in the Traxxas kit I built, I couldn't feel it at all. Curiously, it is very similar the Vaterra plastic I have been...

Bag F: Driveshafts. Again, this one included a bunch of spare bits, for different length driveshafts. Otherwise this bag was really easy. You can almost see where the motor wires may interfere with the front driveshaft in this picture. Rotating the motor 90° should work to rectify the...

It is time: Opened and splayed out. Bag A: Front axle That's a bunch of small parts. Interesting to note the 3 different types of bearings: rubber shielded, metal shielded, and unshielded. Front spool assembled. Front spool carrier. It is pretty near to me that the spool sits in...

ITS FINALLY HAPPENING!!

I have the MST FJ body on my TRX4. Side by side with other 1/10 scale rigs, it is much closer to a 1/8 scale swb due to the size of the body. FJs are small, the MST cab is as tall or taller than the body of the TRX4 bronco.

Another restock date has come and gone without a whisper. Starting to get real tired of AMain's backorder policy.

Their email support should be able to help Monday morning 👍

Send them a message on Facebook asking your position in the backorder line. I was at 500+, I am now sub-50

Another backorder date came and went today... next Thursday is another restock... supposedly. I am getting really peeved at AMain for their dumb pay more to get placed higher in the backorder queue policy.

Yeah, micro bungees are just way more convenient for casual crawling, but just having a winch would be pretty cool. The new micro winch from NSDRC (RS100) seems really promising, and there are some sweet land anchors to match. I wonder if there are any scale Bubba ropes or full recovery straps 🤔

"Sorted" is a very loose term 🤣 I definitely am glad to have all the programming (except endpoints and subtrim) taken care of, and to confirm that all electronics work before installing. I'm sure that the wiring will be very simplified as I get it all installed. Still debating on if I want to...

Holy bench test Batman! So yeah, I got bored waiting for the actual kit to arrive, so I benched the electronics, including testing intercompatibility between the two light kits... and so far they work. The Incision lights are WAY brighter than the MyTrickRC ones (not to say the MTRC ones...