JayRec

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schlags, it was your truck that inspired me to create this thing...I blame you for my empty wallet LOL
That was a great looking truck, do you still have it? I almost did the same thing to my RTX back last spring when Tower had all those aluminum parts on sale. Couldnt afford it then but I things were better this year so I decided to go for it.

schlags62

Well I was actually asking ALFFA what tires he had on his in his profile, sorry I quoted wrong.

ALFFA164

Hey schlags, nice to hear from you. Well... those beasts are HPI Goliath tires, 17mm hubs, 7 inch tall and like 4 to 5 inches wide... i havent seen bigger and meaner tires!

tksnobords

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is the stock warhead a 17mm hex? cuz i currently have savage wheels & tires...the 7 inch tall ones. are tey 17mm as well?

messn03

tks..the stock hexes were 14m, but easily converted w/ RTX parts if available..Mess...[:@]
BTW JayRec, no dis on your nice truck....I love all the aluminum, just if it wasn't so heavy..ck my garage and you'll see I did a Warhead as well...where didja get the flake for the paint scheme??

JayRec

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No probs Mess, I know what you were saying about the weight and such. This isnt meant to be a race contender just a bit of track fluff. And actually maybe it was your aluminum Warhead that gave me the idea. That was the purple and blue one?
As for the paint it was pretty easy actually. I had spoke to several people about doing flake and they all said it is really hard and doesnt work well. I was kind of hesitant after that but decided what the heck. I used Pactra's metal gold flake #RC70 and an airbrush. I did 3 light coats to get a nice base of the flake and then I airbrushed on the True Blue Pearl #RC93. I thinned both of these with about 1/4 thinner (not exact measurements but close). After all that I used 1 coat of Pactra Metalic Blue #RC65 from a can to fill in the lighter areas and give it a nice even look and then backed it with 2 or 3 coats of Pactra Sprint White. Overall it was totally easy. I dont know what those guys were talking about it being so hard and getting all spattered looking. Mine came out nice and even.

tksnobords

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wellmy truck is actually an RT-X 27...so it should have stock 17mm Hex for the wheels right??

ALFFA164

if its an RT-X it does come with factory 17mm hubs. If not you need to change the cvds too.

tksnobords

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it came with CVD's. i broke one a while ago...duratrax sent me a pair of CVD's under warranty. its a lot of fun to drive since it is 2WD. its like a giant stadium truck hahaha.

tksnobords

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ALFF...do you have any recent pix of your truck

ALFFA164

OK, these are the last pictures i took after almost finishing a repaint job. All the painting was done on the inside of the body. Check my gallery for more pics, these are just 3 examples.

tksnobords

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thats nice! i really like the wheels and tires! i'm getting mine put back together and washed...then i'll throw a couple pix up here. mine isnt all tricked out though. mine is a jumper...not a show truck

ALFFA164

Actually i converted it back to plastic... it was extremely heavy with all that alu and i went through a lot of servos $$$$.

messn03

Has anyone seen this or know if they are good? I may try on on my Muggy that I converted to single servo steering. Right now am using a Warhead DTX / SX-200..works well..but for how long?? ALFA?? any comment??...Later..Mess[:@][link]http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220481888243&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT[/link]

JayRec

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I bought 2 of these about a year ago for my RTX and WH. They seem ok and I have had no issues with them yet. There are 2 flavours of these floating around in RCU. I had a seller who supplies them caution me about the differences. I will see if I can find the email or message I got that explains it all. But so far I am happy with mine, but I paid only $21 a piece for mine.

messn03

Thanks jay!..mess[:@]

JayRec

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Hey Mess, here is the link to the same product here on RCU and they are only $28
http://www.rcuniverse.com/market/item.cfm?itemId=595378

messn03

These are the good ones? Thanks for the update JR!! Mess[:@]

JayRec

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These are the same ones I purchased. All I can say is that I have had good luck with them so far, They have the same specs as the ones you sent the link to.

JayRec

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Hey Mess, here is another servo you might want to look into
http://www.rcuniverse.com/market/item.cfm?itemId=594839
It is only $16 +$3.50 for shipping. I have bought from this guy before (dominiquecockers) and he is a good seller. Again the specs look like the same as the ones you linked to and the last ones I sent you the link to.
I bought mine from monstertuck2000 this link is to dominiquecockers

bronx boy

hey i need help what was the best fix all you warhead evo and rtx guys came up with for fixing the lean 1/2 tank condition that these trucks have im just starting to notice it

JayRec

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I and my brother have both had this happening, we replaced fuel lines, tanks and no help. Even sealed my stock engine didnt help. Changed my engine to an Axial .28 and it seemed to go away.

bronx boy

ok i guess il try a different maker tank some how i will make it work thanks

ford77id

I strapped a tank from my brother in law's savage to the roll bar, and it seemed to work. It wasn't pretty, and I didn't keep it that way, but the tank issue went away. It could also have been that the tank was higher, and gravity helped, but I didn't take time to experiment further at the time.

bronx boy

i was thinking along those lines my self i like to tinker so if it works ill just improve on it till i get something i can live with youe idea sounds like a good starting point