RC Bashers

So got a rebate from the phone company that was unexpected and I recently hooked up with a buddy that I hadnt talked to in a few years and hes into crawlers only pretty much (might change after he drove the savage LOL) so wanted to be able to get in on this scene....enter the wraith! Going to set it up as a middle of the road crawler, some crawl speed and some bash speed....looking at a 35t motor. Anyway get more into the details later going to dig in a little but I got a major tooth ache tonight so might get to far hurts!
I love a kit probaly more then running! Been a long time since I built a kit, pretty much last was a brat.



nice packing lol



Digging the stickers, like to do a monster type theme on it but will see


Step 1 half done! Will say so far a couple things I dont care for, the 2mm screws! To small. Then I notice the tranny gears are plastic! ugh





Whew so 2am and here they are lol, night night
For sure see some upgrade spots, sure some would disagree but I know what I want so



While out digging out some rags I came across a old shirt lol this brought back memories yea I was into the bad boy shirts

Ok update and wow have it back apart now to do this mod! Wanted to bring the lipo upfront after seeing it done on a few builds and they say it handles alot better soooo.
Here is the battery tray cut in half then fitted in front of the firewall, suks had to trim the center console a bit. On top of this been trying to string the leds which is been fun and still not even close to done with that yet and have more modding to do finish those but need some lexan first.
Now the interesting part, got the Holmes esc today which is a really nice unit! Glad I chose it. PLan I had in my head before it came was to mount it on top of the rx box but wasnt sure it would cause of the hood and had to wait to have it in hand so first thing I checked and it will all fit but obviously cramped, I did away with the top for the rx box and just made a simple lexan one since it has a o-ring for it should do just fine and allows the esc to sit lower....might even look at the dinky hood since the scoop is higher. Issue im wondering about tho is the battery wires, I set the cage on the frame and with wheels turned plenty of room but will have to trim the length of the wires on the lipo for sure between the esc and lipo wire their just to long in this spot...
Other place I saw was sticking the esc back by the motor but I see a wire reach issue for the battery so not sure that will work...

Whats under the hood?
Got this done last night pretty simple and bit cooler then the way the manual wants which is just screwing it down so seen a lot of guys doing this mod or using zip ties but I didnt like that way as much, plus this way the hood will stay up on its own since the clamps are tight enough. Just gotta cut the screws a little so it will close fully and figure what stickers go here and oh in the front will be Associated hex screws with the body pin hole in the head so just 2 body pins to remove and your inside to swap out the lipo






Can now see the go-pro setup I planned for.

Everything clears

Nice, any plans for customizing anything?

looks good savage. I want a Wraith prety bad myself. Looking forward to the build.

Looks great can't wait for mine to get here! Still need to decide on waterproof or not for HH BRXL esc.

lol well look who finally joined! For others this is the one who got me going on this haha
Just waterproof its only $10 and its a good piece of mind...

Yuk next build in the book is shocks, I hate shocks..maybe skip this step for a bit and move on lol

Probaly not much more then stock for awhile James, this requires all electrics still and then some. Far as the wish list for non essencials....
Beadlocks
Metal diff covers(tweaked one screw hole on the plastic one last night )
metal upper and lower links
metal shock caps
metal knuckles
theirs 2 robinson gears for tranny I want, especially now since I see they are plastic in the kit thought they were metal

Thanks. Ya waterproof warranty is only 60 days versus 1 year....

I agree Axial shoudla included a few more metal parts with this kit, but it should be a fun truck anyways...can't wait for mine to arrive!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sure its cause they figure your going out to run in water but if decline it and nail a puddle and it smokes your screwed....anyway I say waterproof

Need to order buttonheads for sure! LIke to have replaced some right away but I have squat in buttonheads not to fond of them really like a cap head for more bite area.

Hmm so gonna do the shocks and get it over with but every thread I have read on it the owners say its to stiff out of box so thinking instead of the 30w maybe 25w? Think I have enough...kinda have to use what I got.

IIRC that too stiff is for the RTR setup, kit springs are softer, not sure about the pistons and oil. I'd try the base setup first.

Whats rtr 35w? The kit they call for #3 pistons which are 3 hole they start at 2 up to 6...I did look at springs when ordering from tower and these are softest.
Gotta ask since I see it alot IIrc? lol

if I read correctly, or If I Remember Correctly

yes.

Oil dunno...I'd build them as they say and see how it goes. Easy to change oil later. Use the 3 hole pistons.

awesome man. wish i was in on the secrets!

saw it coming, and am happy for ya man. looks like a fun kit. too bad there is plastic. its one of the reasons people dont like it because it comes with more plastic parts.

you can make some nice links pretty easily. we have plenty of how-tos on that in here somewhere too.

RR gears will be a must, but with only 35t power i bet you make it pretty far before you even touch the stockers. its when you go 3s with a brushless that gets thinks start chewing eachother.

for waterproof, you can get a decent un waterproof esc and get a nice little project box for them. that should work well. if not i think i told you the BRxl from HH is good. or a FX-r. they are so small you can easily get a tiny box to put them in.

Thats what were talking about the holmes one, well im for sure getting it and waterproofing its $10 more to have it done. Will be using 3s also

great build you got going on buddy!! my eyes are glued!!

glad to see you finally taking the step to join us in the crawler world.

oh by the way, since you love doing shocks ive got some i can send your way an you can do them for me also............

awesome. 3 cells. like it!

does bag B have bushings in it? what are all those white rings? i hope this thing doesnt have bushings! that would totally suck.

B is the shock bag, pictured a few posts up...not white their kinda clear o-rings

Congrat- & you suck.

I really dig the Wraiths. Seem to be a good balance between crawling & bashing. Just got too many other projects around to spend the dough on one myself.

Looking forward to more build updates.

Whew only took a couple hours but shocks got done and links are all made and mounted...next was mounting the servo but im kinda at a cross roads here...after that is the center trans so will prob skip to that while I debate.

Thanks and you got me more interested in the Wraith...lol.