You sir are a smart one.

Hey Christopher! Yes-you are the sole reason for the Tekno excitement at Trackside.
Adam and I thought you were a MONSTER with that truck--you were ALWAYS laying down sick lap times. I knew right then and there that Tekno was our answer.
Now-6 months later-a sponsorship-and tons of wins-my son and I couldn't be happier!
Thanks man!!! (and Thanks Tekno!!!) :D

I do the same thing but I put in the rim then fill the container with aquarium gravel just enough to bury the wheel, then fill it up with acetone. The gravel Is just to fill space so you can use as little acetone as possible. This way you can do the whole wheel in one 24 hour period. Be mindful of how much acetone you are using cause otherwise it may be cheaper to buy new rims.

I just wanted to thank you guys for all of the help since I purchased my SCT410.

Tekno sponsored our Pro4 class at this year’s Hobby Haven Shootout in Urbandale Iowa, and the SCT410 was dialed. I had the fastest truck all weekend, but made some silly mistakes, and had a couple of bad quals due to SC antics, but as soon as the A-main rolled around the truck was stellar. Took home the win for Tekno and got to hang out with quite a few Tekno owners as well. So again, thanks for all of your help guys, couldn't have done it without you.

Also want to thank Trevor "Chilly" Duncan from RC Car Magazine for all of the promoting he did for that event, 253 entries (capped) LOTS of give aways from TONS of sponsors. Thanks to Dave “Double D” Duncan from J Concepts for being on site and answering everyone’s questions, and for putting a whoopin on the stock buggy and truck class. Lastly, I want to send out a HUGE thanks to TEKNO RC for sponsoring the Pro4 and E-Buggy events!

I wrote about my process here:
http://johnbernardjr.wordpress.com/2.../22/recycling/

I never bother to reuse the foams since the new JConcept tires all have them but the profiled inserts would still be useable.

Sounds like it was a great time! Happy to hear we finished on top :). Thanks!

So how is tekno deciding on sponsorship and what do they do for their sponsored racers just wondering I've always wanted to get more serious into racing but do I have to tq every race or just slap on some stickers and say I'm sponsored, I run body's with no stickers for that reason
If its private please don't tell but just not forum appropriate ill take a pm if that's okay with tekno

I guess that's my issue.. After having my Slash 4x4 I had to "highly modify" it to still suck in the Mains lol.. I feel that you shouldn't have to highly modify your truck in order to make it competitive. With the SCT410 you really are fine tuning versus modifying anything and still own all the highly modified kits during the main.. Just sayin.. :sneaky:

+100

My first rc was a slash 2wd and buying it brand new rtr and upgrading it I was in about 1000$ and there was still more to be upgraded, I built my tekno brand new rtr minus tx/rx for under 1000$ haha, this is why I don't understand the point upgrading a traxxas...new to the hobby?, buy a traxxas get the basics of rc down, sell it, buy a quality toy

Stickers do not mean anything in regards to sponsorship, thats why they come in every product you buy, just another way to customize and support your favorite brands. although im sure if you are sponsored they want you to use their stickers too.

To become sponsored you need to start recording your races and win them, a lot of them, and not just club level, you need to do bigger events and do it regularly. once youve done all that and have videos and some wins, you email tekno or talk to them at a race and tell them why you think you should be a team driver, i forgot the email address off the top of my head. anyway if they do choose to sponsor you the benefits range greatly from free stuff and all expenses covered to discounted stuff etc... depending on your level.

this is just a general idea of the process, im sure its different from team to team.

yea i think all of us start out with a slash because we walk into the LHS with no clue and they sell us the thing they know you will buy the most upgrades for because they know slash has more upgrades then anybody knows what to do with haha which means $$$ for lhs(which i support btw). my slash had a ton of $ into and always needed something and i still never won.

i think for any beginner id still recommend a tekno, best instructions, best value, and you wont get pissed off and quit the hobby cus u alwasy have to replace something.

All very true, after all my upgrades I still didn't have a quality truck, I used to support my LHS where I previously lived, now where I'm at, nope!, maybe some paint but other than that I'll support my local track first, some guys at the LHS drove me away from supporting them

Sad but true.. I was thinking of attempting the whole sponsorship thing but once I realized you can have a cool guy t-shirt without sponsorship why bother lol... I already get awesome discounts from being in the military and I broadcast what I think is the best product regardless.. It's not like I'd get paid to race, now maybe if there was some underground high stakes gambling involved then I'd get into it lol!! (insert scary theme music here)

Better chance of becoming a pro athlete or pro chess player than becoming a paid sponsored RC driver especially if you live outside of CA. keep livin the dream though, you never know.

...i mean amain is giving those tshirts away, you just have to pay them $150 and then you are sponsored!

Hahaha I got sponsored from amain last week then