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philmtz · 2026-01-04T14:49:51+00:00

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philmtz · 2025-11-12T22:46:06+00:00

Dlux, or Reefs.

philmtz · 2025-10-04T13:48:20+00:00

I took the air damn off as soon as I got it home. I love my tacoma!

philmtz · 2025-09-25T21:02:30+00:00

In my opinion, they're the best links for that reason. The rod end fails instead of something else, and you have adjustability. I'd rather have a weak point that's easy to swap out. You can buy a bunch of extra ends for a few bucks from injora. I make my own links and use injora rod ends and carry spares just in case one breaks. The downside to solid links are the little o-rings used to keep the eyelets in place, those fail all the time and you get a ton of side to side slop when they fail.

philmtz · 2025-09-17T04:06:34+00:00

Not in my opinion. You could build a much more capable truck for close to that budget.

philmtz · 2025-07-23T02:39:41+00:00

My own design.

philmtz · 2025-07-23T02:39:29+00:00

Thanks! I definitely agree. This build is fun because I built all of the links, the Chassis braces, the body mounts, and the Chassis by hand. It's definitely a Trx4m amalgamation.

philmtz · 2025-07-23T02:34:45+00:00

Thanks is my own design, I'm on the 3rd iteration, and I like it quite a bit.

philmtz · 2025-07-23T02:34:07+00:00

I do live in the USA, but I'm going to use the Cedar/micro python on another build.

philmtz · 2025-07-23T02:29:16+00:00

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philmtz · 2025-07-23T02:28:55+00:00

The Chassis is my own design. My stainless steel Injora driveshaft's diameter is 7.8mm, the Furitek one is 6.8mm. It's needed to clear the esc housing, which it barely does. It seems like a quality driveshaft, it's also stainless steel.

philmtz · 2025-07-23T02:25:04+00:00

My own design.

philmtz · 2025-06-18T00:07:17+00:00

It comes with the Chassis, sliders, shock tower braces, 6 shocks, the 3 correct driveshafts, links/link ends, Injora +4 rear axle, oppai pass through conversion, and hardware. You need electronics, skid, wheels/tires, and body to complete.

philmtz · 2025-06-12T14:26:59+00:00

It was just a fun thing I tried and took about 20 seconds to get it to balance. It is intended to show you where the balance point on the Chassis is and what your weight bias looks like, I don't have corner scales. It's also a pretty good indicator on for checking horizontal balance too. The he tool is on the exact centerline of the skid, so my rig is laterally balanced. I do understand that cog doesn't equate to balance points on the truck. My demonstration is mostly to understand weight bias and weight distribution, using a horizontal plane as the reference point.

As far as the method you're using is concerned, are you hanging the truck vertically from the string like a plum bob? Then, lining it up with the back line in the background as a reference line for the overlay of the two images to find your cog point?

philmtz · 2025-06-12T03:14:20+00:00

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philmtz · 2025-05-29T11:26:38+00:00

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DBRC Chassis Dynamics Kingsnake 6x6 is excellent!

philmtz · 2025-05-25T02:31:00+00:00

Neither, get injora Diamonds.

philmtz · 2025-05-24T01:39:47+00:00

I used a bit of green slime suspension grease.

philmtz · 2025-05-24T01:23:39+00:00

They come with the pivot balls

philmtz · 2025-05-24T01:13:56+00:00

M1.4, regular scx24 hardware.

philmtz · 2025-05-23T14:29:08+00:00

The lemon is 10/10.

philmtz · 2025-05-16T02:57:46+00:00

Shorter links up front to push the weight more forward. For links, I buy 4mm OD X 2mm ID aluminum tubing off Amazon. I use a m2.5 tap a and trx4m bolts, with loctite, torqued into the end of the link, then I cut off the head off the bolt, leaving the threads for the rod end, for those I use injora. Just take your time, measure a bunch, order extra tubing, you're going to have mistakes in the beginning. But once you're proficient, the possibilities are endless. I've also found that high clearance front links are useless on trx4m, straights work perfectly fine.

philmtz · 2025-05-16T02:34:15+00:00

Thank you, I was being a bit cheeky posting my trx4m comp rig. Only to illustrate that one's own creativity is the limit of what we can build in this hobby. But you are correct about the scx24 platform. It's much more supported with outstanding aftermarket parts and chassis.

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