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Old 08-26-2013, 07:20 PM
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so I see a lot of people bashing their cars around on the beach witch seems real fun, but it concerns me being so low to the ground and throwing sand that it could do more harm like sand in carb ect. those stock filters don't seem like they can hold back every bit of sand after time. opinions?
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After watching an 1/8 race in the clay, when it is watered heavily, I can barley see the beach sand even phasing the vehicle lol,just my opinion
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It's not going to be any worse than many other places bashers bash.

If I really wanted to run a car on a beach, I'd go electric and just budget a wad for bearing replacement though.
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As Mark says. Spare bearings will be needed.
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Nothing beats a powerful brushless truck with paddles on a beach. My baja with paddles is pretty cool too.
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Sand is very hard on vehicles but having said that until you take a Baja with paddles to the sand ..........wow it's fun.
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Originally Posted by hotrod87
Sand is very hard on vehicles but having said that until you take a Baja with paddles to the sand ..........wow it's fun.
I seen a dude at the beach with a hpi blitz ese with a mmm castle setup and paddle tires, it was epic lol
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