Parts are regularly stocked, just not all of them. The have arms but not dog bones, etc.
I'm not a terrible driver, Iwill have a bad landing or two but I still race in sprotsman so half of the time another truck is on top of mine or rear ending me.

Also are aluminum hexs needed? I have heard of people stripping them out but from searching it seems to be half say they are needed and half say they arent.

This is so important when racing. I tell this to my buddies all the time, especially in on-road. You have to learn how to crash in order to minimize the damage on your vehicle. I have a friend that breaks so much stuff and it's because he always hits "on-power".

I switched to aluminum b/c they clamp on and stay. I was having problem with pulling the wheel off and the hex was stuck in the wheel. Which could also cause you to lose the pin.

Another driving question, often if I am about to crash I can either hit the object head on or with the side of the truck. Which is ideal? (well not to crash in the first place but...)

I would say this is an essential upgrade, but not really needed to have as spares. They should not be failing on you, no matter what you do, but if you run the plastic ones, they can strip the wheels, strip themselves and they help the wretched roll pins get lost all the time.

Hitting off-power is the most important aspect. I would not say hitting is better one way or another, the truck has side nerfs and bumpers to protect the trucks from impact.

Thanks a lot for all your help guys!

neither .... slow down first , and you will have time to steer around the other truck....

Your welcome. That's what this forum is for

Looks like someone else hasn't read the thread either if you'd say I've had an question answering attitude for 5 months. Try the search option. ;)

The Garo's are the best. Those HD pads are damn near mandatory for 550 cans.
The HD pads work fine with my 550 and stock slipper. Garo's would be prefered but yeah, you'd be fine with HD pads and Stock slipper.

Thank you Steve. You put a little effort in, and i'll put in 10 times that to assist.

People are not looking for help. That would mean they use the search option and 'try'. That's the problem.

Hey! That's how I pay the Electricity Bill! :lol:

You don't even have to do that much, and you'll get all the help in the world.

What's the "needed" upgrades you're talking about, you have?

I just put in my Order:

4x Thunder Power 3300 65C 2S - I can charge those babies in 12 minutes. Oh... Technology!

And I got my FT SC10 Today. I know that's not this truck, but I still am stoked to build another kit.

I am using 25wt front and 20wt rear. I believe marcus is a touch lighter.

I have a FT SC10, it's definitely less forgiving than the 4wd. I'm still learning to dial it in but they are fun. You should build the kit relatively quick, it's pretty easy. Might want to get a spring kit as the springs that come on it are too stiff unless you run on high bite tracks.

Question:
I am getting a better radio now (Airtronics) and I've read that you guys adjust the EPA to slow down the servo some. About how much does that really help and where would you set that at?

Rather than adjusting the epa, I would adjust the steering using the dual rate feature so that there is less steerring, so you don't over steer, which is easy to do in this truck.

cool. Oh btw, Marcus has my truck there now. :nod: