I like that the build is going in a direction to make the 3d printed parts work. They look so good! It's going to be a heavy car in the end but pretty :)

@MiguelCortez

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly Hahahah thanks for the support !

Great clear video, learnt a lot. Thanks for posting it.

Dude this video saved my life, my 2 year old son plays with my scx24 deadbolt and cracked the shock tower.. now I'm simply going to relocate the shocks to the frame! Thanks!!

@MiguelCortez

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome glad the video helped!

Add tiny O rings before you add the grease and see of that helps

@MiguelCortez

10 ай бұрын

👍👍👍

I put my rear shocks in the same location. I took a different approach in the front though. You can leave the shocks in their stock location and move the body mount to its highest setting. This will give you the same look but at the same time keeping your center of gravity a little lower in the front. Love watching the build and the scale parts look awesome! Sometimes looks have to outweigh performance.

@MiguelCortez

3 жыл бұрын

That’s a good idea I might just have to come around to that technique to get the thing to actually crawl ahahah !

@boost_is_happiness6011

3 жыл бұрын

Do you have a video on this?

@MiguelCortez

3 жыл бұрын

Not at the moment

@MickeyKnox.

2 жыл бұрын

Move ur upper rear shocks to the next forward hole its a huge difference in stability and flex!!!

There is another vid out about this. If u keep the front shocks straight up and the rear slanted it helps u climb better. This way in this video is actually not as good as the stock setup for climbing.

@MiguelCortez

Жыл бұрын

Valid points 🙌

Great project Miguel! I like how you handled that issue rather than pulling the scale parts off as they look bad ass.

@MiguelCortez

3 жыл бұрын

The scale parts are dope !!! Couldn’t take them off hahahaha

Great detailed video, thank you! I’m just getting into RC and ordered the C10 version to use to learn to work on them before touching more expensive trucks. This was extremely helpful. I plan on switching tires to a slightly larger tire, and this mod will be required. Cheers.

@MiguelCortez

2 жыл бұрын

Glad the video helped 👍👍👍

@bonifaciovelasquez9796

2 жыл бұрын

Upgrading it is so cheap. My Tmaxx is now just sitting.

Tried this and really didn't like it. It just made my Jeep more top heavy by being raised so far up. Unless you have wheel rubbing dont try this one, just trim your body. That's a better option.

@MiguelCortez

2 жыл бұрын

👍👍👍

Angle them more and bring it lower. More flex. Better side hilling. Angling the shock a little more will reduce spring resistance, allows for more travel/flex, and lowers the chassis lowering the center of gravity. IMO It one of the best free mods you make. I use the battery tab to mount the rear shock. The front will depend on the which scx. But equally low. Mine sits at roughly the lower 1/3 of the travel.

@MiguelCortez

2 жыл бұрын

Great insight I will have to check this out 👍

@trailwomanrc

2 жыл бұрын

@@MiguelCortez It's a free experiment and mostly reversible. On the jeep the rear wheels will hit fenders unless you drill new hinge mount holes to raise the body in the rear.(or cut out the fenders wider). I did this and cut frame rail slots in the grill to allow the front body to sit at the lowest position on the mounting posts. You drag your bottom center more but it's way more stable. I didn't like the idea till I tried it..now I'm all about dropping everything as low as possible. However your upper accessories could make it want to tip side hilling with softer suspension unless you go with internal shocks with reversed springs that pull the body down.

I think i found a negative, I did this with one shock just to test it and it bottomed out faster, idk if it was cause they where at diff heights or what.

@MiguelCortez

2 жыл бұрын

Definitely a issue that happens after the relocation.

@Jmarr926

2 жыл бұрын

I just did it with both fronts and still bottoms out faster, might need stronger springs also cause they don’t seem to bring the shocks back up after pressed in

GREAT VIDEO BRO!!! GLAD TO SEE YOUR CONTENT EVERYTIME IT DROPS!🙌🏽💯

@MiguelCortez

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you’re enjoying it hahah thanks for the support!

Just did this on my c 10 and holy this think is lifted now! Thanks

@MiguelCortez

2 жыл бұрын

😂😂👍

Great video brother if you mount the shock upside down it helps so the grease doesn't come out as easily 👍

@MiguelCortez

3 жыл бұрын

I’ve seen that before interesting I didn’t know what was the reason for that hahah !

@shawnbiers2506

3 жыл бұрын

@@MiguelCortez it's also for lowering your CG 😄

@MiguelCortez

3 жыл бұрын

Ahhhhh thanks !

Where I relocated my rear shocks was at the back of the battery tray which gives me a little more flex.

@MiguelCortez

3 жыл бұрын

I’ll have to check out that location next time !

Nice video, What grease did you use? I dont find this previous video

Having a good scale look with all that stuff on the top of the body, means to loose some climbing and technical capabilities, so... You have to decide what are your rig is going to use for. And yes, relocate your shocks could help to climb better, but this position is too high if you wanna climb more than 45°. In the other hand, you have a very nice looking scale jeep, congrats!

@MiguelCortez

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed the position of the shocks is too high. A viewer pointed out it should be called a overlander now! Going with that hahah

Did you do anything to the drive shafts? When I had mine without shocks at full droop my drive lines came out. Great stuff man!

Great instructional vid. I followed along but found my servo hung low and kind of removed any travel...did I miss a step? \

@MiguelCortez

2 жыл бұрын

No that sounds about normal, that is a draw back of the mod

Hey man just got back into the hobby, you know any good micro crawl spots in SoCal? Thanks

Mounting your shocks to the bumper mounts gives some amazing performance try it you'll thank me I guarantee it I did that on my raptor build and I'm doing near vertical climbs no suspension unload at all ascending or descending

@MiguelCortez

2 жыл бұрын

🤔🤔 never thought of that position. Stock or long travel shocks?

@ryanmcmuffi6137

2 жыл бұрын

@@MiguelCortez stock shocks NGL they're the best ones I've used for my build so far

@jimholt2177

2 жыл бұрын

Front and rear or what?

@ryanmcmuffi6137

2 жыл бұрын

@@jimholt2177 yeah man

@jimholt2177

2 жыл бұрын

@@ryanmcmuffi6137 both front and rear? Wow i will have to try that

Get the 18g brass diff cover with skid plate on the front. I got one on Amazon for cheap. Its $14.30 right now if you have prime. Otherwise its $15 and some change. The brand is puraten.. havent had any issues with it and it comes with all the screw and an allen wrench

@MiguelCortez

3 жыл бұрын

I’ll have to look it up thanks 🙏

@jpyt7182

3 жыл бұрын

@@MiguelCortez another thing you could do is the rclions carbon fiber chassis is on Amazon for $12.99 it gives you a bunch of rear shock mount options. I installed that on her jeep as well.

Add BB’s to your tires.

@MiguelCortez

2 жыл бұрын

Good idea 👍

Did you have the wide kit to make the width larger

@MiguelCortez

2 жыл бұрын

On this build no but on other builds yes

Went from bmx to micro crawler

@MiguelCortez

3 жыл бұрын

Gonna seriously try and get a bmx blog this week no cap

Do you have a link to the shocks you used the silver spring from?

@MiguelCortez

3 жыл бұрын

Hot Racing Aluminum Threaded Shocks Axial SCX24 SXTF326R01 -ebay.us/gGDvub

@CopperCanyonTerrapins

3 жыл бұрын

@@MiguelCortez Thank you!

I saw ur scx24 on OfferUp lmao

@MiguelCortez

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@MiguelCortez

3 жыл бұрын

Buy it lol

Can I use the stock spring

@MiguelCortez

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah go ahead

do i have to completely take it off?

@MiguelCortez

3 жыл бұрын

What the shock ? Yes

What’s with the 70’s porn music?! Lol. Great video man. Lot of info. Did the same stuff to my Jeep and now she’s a little heavy. Motor gets hot so watch that. I’m doing a surpass/ furitec install. Nice rig. Wanka wanka boom time!

@MiguelCortez

3 жыл бұрын

Hahahah it’s KZread music I’ll have to look for some more 😂 glad you found the video helpful! Build sounds like it’s coming along good luck ⚡️⚡️

There is nothing wrong with your model or idea you should just use some TACKY grease instead of regular grease because REGULAR grease will just get warm and come out but the tacky grease will not get warm and begin to melt down like regular grease

@MiguelCortez

2 жыл бұрын

That is a great point 🤝

@MightyistheRCGamer

2 жыл бұрын

@@MiguelCortez if you need tacky grease right now they sell it in Lowe's hardware but it is sold in a tube or you will need a grease gun but I just use my fingers the grease is LUCAS GREASE you get 3 in a package TACKY grease is one of them you get in the package

My screws on the top shock tower kept stripping

@MiguelCortez

2 жыл бұрын

Threads ? Or the head ? Ease it in

Takes alot of flex out of the front the way the tire hits the shock when turning going over anything.

@MiguelCortez

2 жыл бұрын

🤔🤔🤔

@chadmabbitt9960

2 жыл бұрын

I guess if you just cut that extra cylinder that's just for looks it would work fine

@chadmabbitt9960

2 жыл бұрын

You can also lower the cap on the stock shocks as well. I know they are not threaded but will stay where you lower them to.

I've been trying to trade my furitek tegu 3s mainboard for scale parts for my girlfriend's jeep lol. She really likes how they look with the scale parts on them. If you know anyone who would be interested please let them know. Theres a 1 minute 38 sec video on my channel with all the info in the description box

@MiguelCortez

3 жыл бұрын

Noted will do !

@jpyt7182

3 жыл бұрын

@@MiguelCortez thanks bro. I appreciate it!

Yo

@MiguelCortez

3 жыл бұрын

Yoooooo

giveaway

@MiguelCortez

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂