Spanking new Stampede build

[AbSoLooT1]

Lookin good!! Those are some thick ol shocks in the pics higher up

[Dirtburner12]

Ive just used RPM body mounts on their lowest setting... its not magic or anything. But, keep this in mind. The Rustler body is made from the same lexan as the pede body. The rustler body won't be any stronger.

I know that you don't think that it is any stronger, but the rustler body is in the form of and arch, so when you land on the roof i transfers all the energy smoothly. The pede body has a major weak point which is where the bed meats the cab, so when you land on the roof it cracks, or just snaps in half, also on the back two body mounts there is no lexan struckure to make it stronger like the rustler has. My stock rustler body lasted longer than any other body that i have ever ran and i have used the proline desert rat for the rustler and i am currently using the proline 2500 chevy body and it cracked on the first run around the back body post and i was using washers on all four posts. Just my opinion, but i love the rustler body and if you set it on the front and let it fall on its roof, then it will flip back on its wheals and with the desert rat and chevy body it will just fall flat and stay on its roof. IMO that is proof that it transfers energy better, causing it to last longer than all of the other bodies. Again it is just my own personal opinion.I love the stock rustler body the best.

[pavmentsurfer]

Believe me man, I understand what your saying. I too have run every body known to man. The problem with all traxxas bodies is that they are too thin. If you want a strong body, try the Proline Hummer SUT body... that thing is nearly indestructible.

The rustler body can survive a beating by my experience (and this would of course depend on how and where the truck was driven) the problem is that the rustler body isn't much, if any stronger than the pede body. But again, that would all be related to how the truck was driven... and more importantly, crashed.

After using many rusty bodies I find they tend to get worn through way faster than most other bodies as well. Especially just above the rear shock towers... I can't stand holes in my body.

[rag6]

Shogoo and mesh drywall tape is your friend here. Instant bulletproof bodies. Test passed on the big old revo. Broke my hpi rubicon in a bunch of places(almost everywhere the painter used the knife to cut the liquid mask, and it was destroyed), and after repairs it takes everything I can dish out, over and over.

[Dirtburner12]

I understand what you are saying and I could understand how the hummer body would be strong sense it has a larger cab, making less bed space giving it more structural support. I just like a little flex in my bodies. What body lasted the longest or was your favoite body to use?

[pavmentsurfer]

Hummer lasted the longest for sure. Proline Cavaleri Edition T4 body got destroyed the fastest. Im running a Proline Raptor body now and its taken some serious abuse so far with no complaints. The rear body post holes are getting stretched out a bit but ill fix that by doubling up some lexan there with some shoo goo.

Most of pralines stampede bodies are thick and will hold up well... most Jconcepts bodies are pretty thin and I find they don't last long.

[Raptorpede]

I also have a Pro-Line raptor and it's thick for sure (0.60), the only reason my rear body holes got destroyed was because when reaming the holes I cracked the body. This way an easy fix those white body washers and lots of shoe-goo.

[BaldyDaniels]

I have run quite a few lexan bodies and some have lasted quite long, but for me, none of them have lasted as long as a HPI body, which is not lexan. I hadn't realized that the hpi bodies aren't lexan until I bought the HPI Nitro GT-2 Truck Body and it read that it is made from polycarbonate plastic. The gt2 body has survived a huge amount of high speed lid skids, busted body posts, a snapped chassis that twisted it 180 degrees, and has been smashed around so much that the paint has nearly all cracked and chipped off. And it's still completely intact with zero cracks or holes and is strong as ever.








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[rag6]

I thought lexan and polycarbonate were one in the same?

[Trumansparks]

From Wikipedia "Lexan is a registered trademark for SABIC Innovative Plastics' (formerly General Electric Plastics) brand of polycarbonate resin thermoplastic. "

[BaldyDaniels]

Well there ya go, Learn something new everyday! i guess the hpi body is just more durable then. Funny how some bodies are so resilient compared to others when both are allegedly the same thickness and apparently made of the same material.


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[Dirtburner12]

I would rather not get the raptor body, i am more of a Chevy fan. I will get the hummer body next then.

[Raptorpede]

Then you in luck Pro-Line makes a Chevy Silverado 2500 HD for the Stampede. It's as thick as the Raptor Body at .060.

[pavmentsurfer]

Just to keep this thread updated as promised. Im going to try a new body. Im not really crazy about the Raptor body. I thought id love it but I think its too "truck-ish" for me. Ive always preferred the look of the rustler body... but I don't like its thickness... so I ordered an HPI DSX-2 body. This is the one that comes stock on the Firestorm 10T. its a nice looking body design and it has an rustler-esque rear section that slops from the rear of the roof to behind the shock tower area... this should leave lots of room for the ESC wires on a stampede, which is really the biggest fitment issue with most 1/10 ST bodies. Not sure of actual lexan thickness... I'm assuming it won't be super thick. But hopefully (thought I don't expect this to be true) it will be thicker than a rustler body.

Its clear, so ill be painting it up... maybe use some green... not sure yet.

[BaldyDaniels]

I had looked at getting that same body for my stock length pede, but was afraid to try because it has a wheelbase that is nearly an inch longer than the pede's. It really isn't a big deal as long as it mounts up so the difference in length can be divided between the front and rear. I was just afraid that if the difference couldn't be divided up, that either front or rear would look way off. Curious to see how it works out.


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[pavmentsurfer]

I figured, the rustler has about a 1 inch wheel base difference as well and the rustler body fits great on a pede... so hopefully this one will too. I wanted a stadium truck style body but didn't want another rustler body so we'll see. Should be here soon.

[pavmentsurfer]

Got the body today, trimmed it and mocked it up. Looks like its going to fit amazing. The lexan is WAY thicker than a rustler body for sure and the clearances around the ESC are exactly what id hoped they would be. Im going to need to do some customizing on the body mounts to get it as low as I want it and get the rear to fit... but it won't be real difficult. Ill get some pics up tonight.

[1979chevy.]

just noticed the buttons on the bottom of your link radio are red, mine are yellow.

Mine are red also.

[AbSoLooT1]

Nice. Lookin forward to it.

[pavmentsurfer]

Heres the pics of the body and the mounts. Its not painted yet. I hope to get to that this weekend. i want to take my time and do a really good job with it. But this will give you an idea of how it fits.


For the mounts, I just used 2 of the leftover mount posts from the RPM body mounts I have. I drilled all the way through the mount post in an appropriate hole, then due to the hole spacing in the post, I had to drill a new hole in the tower. Either way, they are great. Very strong.

[BaldyDaniels]

Man that body is an absolutely perfect fit! Kicking myself now for passing it up the first time. Is that as low as you can get those body posts to go?


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[pavmentsurfer]

No, but it's as low as I can get the front ones. I may just switch back to slash mounts up front so I can get everything lower. I think it would just look better overall... I get the impression like you agree.

I'm going to buy another one of these bodies to have in stock... I like it that much.

[rag6]

Whatya puttin that castle 1512 in? I love mine on 3s for bashin.

[BaldyDaniels]

No, but it's as low as I can get the front ones. I may just switch back to slash mounts up front so I can get everything lower. I think it would just look better overall... I get the impression like you agree.

I'm going to buy another one of these bodies to have in stock... I like it that much.

I agree completely, it will look way better when lowered some more. Im gonna have to try that body out now for sure. You really need to check out the monster jam body mounts and posts. With about 5 mins worth of minor modifications, the body will sit right on top of the front and the rear shock towers. Now the mj mounts set comes with slash style rear posts as well and these can be made to be just as low and once the posts are modified, you'll have 6+ post positions, (inward, outward, forward, back, straight up, slash style rear on front, slash style on rear and all interchangeable on from or rear) plus like 10 height settings front or rear. For an 8-10 dollar set of mounts and With my super simple lil mods, I have yet to find a body that I can't mount and have as high or low as clearance will allow. I bought a set for every one of my five p2des and tossed the stock ones in the parts bin for good.


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[AbSoLooT1]

Cool body. Good to know on the mj mounts. Did u get slash mounts for all FIVE pedes? . No one does it like baldy

[DiggerPede]

Pave dude, that is one sweet look'n car, truck, I mean car. LOL What's the color scheme gonna be? Or you going to tease us and make us wait? BTW the tire/ wheel combo really help pull it off too. That's your version of 20's on a ride? Right?

Baldy good info. I'm like you I keep tons of MJ body mounts/ posts stocked up. They are really versatile. I'd suggest everyone have at least one set in their box, never know when you could use them.

[pavmentsurfer]

SOLD... NO not the truck... baldy sold me on the MJ mounts. Im ordering them now.

In the mean time ill just use a set of slash fronts and re-do my rear mounts to get this low. But I think having a set of MJ mounts around would be good information if nothing else. Plus, I'm all out of stock rear mounts now anyway.

Paint will be happening this weekend... the suspense is killing me. I honestly don't know what I'm going to do with it yet. Something a little more flashy I think... just for fun.

[pavmentsurfer]

Well... here it is. this body is sweet. One of my better paint jobs but overall the body is just a perfect fit for the pede.

I did order the MJ Body mounts and a few other odds and ends. The MJ mounts should help me lower the body to where I want it. For now, these pics will show off the paint.

For the record, I used green and black NOT because I'm a monster energy fan... I just liked the colours and have never used them before.

[BaldyDaniels]

That paint scheme is tight man! I was reading your post and hadn't looked at the pics when I read about the black and green and how you didn't use those colors cuz you were a monster energy fan, and that gave me an instant mental image of the overused black with green detail monster energy paint scheme. I was thinkin I maybe wouldn't like the scheme you used cuz of that, but you knocked it outta the park on that body for sure. nice work man. The green goes real well with the silver. Did you design the scheme yourself with masking tape? And where did you get the Traxxas decals that are on the doors? I love that "stampede" decal's font design. That body is sweeeeet. The wide cut rear wheel wells with no flares, allows for a lot of wheelbase sizes and is perfect size for the p2de. What happened to painting it on the weekend? You skip ahead a day er two? Lol

Oh and the body doesn't look as high in the front now that you can't see the chassis to compare the angle to, but that body style should be run as low as possible IMO, and is not really suitable for the jacked up look. Where you have it right now is about as high as that body should ever be mounted IMO, any higher and it wouldn't suit the body style. Real nice. I'm gonna get me one now!


Edit: oh yeah, and about that hpi logo on the grill.....

[pavmentsurfer]

Ooopps... missed that little guy. Im sure I have a tiny TRX logo to cover it up.

As for the questions about design, this one was all in my head. Its nothing special. Just a variation on others I've done similarly. But I used some Parma stripe mask in 1/8 width to do all the lines, then I overlapped my actual covering mask along the parma stuff. The parma stripe mask seems to stick better and its way easier to work it around small corners and stuff than a full piece of masking tape. For $3 a roll its well worth it to get nice tight lines.

One quick note, one thing you can't really see is that I used a heavy flake in all the black. If you saw it in person the black has a DEEP metal flake. I used Pactras Lame Flake again. I love that stuff. ONE spray on the clear plastic before you add the colour and the flake just pops off the body like you wouldn't believe If you over use it, you end with something that looks like a hanna montana car... but used here and there it can really bring out the colours.

Thanks for the nice comments baldy. Ill post more pics when my MJ mounts come in and get it LOW low.

[BaldyDaniels]

Hahaha! Hanna Montana car! Lol. You should do up a Hanna Montana scheme for ur little girl, or for yourself if you could handle the teasing! That pactra flake is something I haven't used yet. I have every color for lexan that pactra offers in rattle cans, but have yet to try them all. Does that flake come in a rattle can? How is it applied? And I still gotta know where you got the blue stampede decal on the doors, I'd like to replicate that decal as a paint mask so it can be applied on the inside of the body, and in different colors.


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[Petertje60]

Pave and Baldy posting... always tons of great looks, interesting information and fun. Awesome paint job!
I quit painting until it gets warmer outside. My wife was asking me "Hey Pete, any idea where all those little glitters came from?". Me: "No idea, hun". She after a while: "Oh I thought that new body was transparent, I never noticed it was silver. Looks cute with the decals on it"

[AbSoLooT1]

Lol. Hanna Montana. Oh.. Heres something thats never been done before. Hanna Montana Monster energy. Im sure its in their plans. Ha.

Pave, great job. Looks real good. I was looking at that masking strip. I have some but its not the Pactra brand that comes in a roll with different sizes. Also avail in diff colors so it can also be used as pin striping. If thats the one ur using. . Il have to pick me up some. But again for the rec, great job!

[pavmentsurfer]

Hey guys. This is off topic... but this is my 9000th post and I wanted it to be in the Stampede forum... since as everyone knows, thats where my heart truly lays. Hehe.

So, heres to 9000 more.

[DiggerPede]

Hey guys. This is off topic... but this is my 9000th post and I wanted it to be in the Stampede forum... since as everyone knows, thats where my heart truly lays. Hehe.

So, heres to 9000 more.

Congrats Pave. Keep up the good work man. Have always appreciated your help and knowledge you have given me and everyone else. Kudos.

[AbSoLooT1]

Cheers to the 9000th Post! We Stampede 2wd folk sure are loyal arent we? *toasts drink*

[BaldyDaniels]

Congrats Pave! Just imagine all the parts you could buy if your posts total was dollars! Lol. Cheers  man!

Still waiting on the Hanna Montana Build.

[Petertje60]

Time for something like "Senior RC Turnbuckle Jr.". Funny detail: I think this is the first useless post I saw from you
Loads of hours of good work. Thanks for the many that have helped me.

[pavmentsurfer]

Well... I've been having quite the luck lately. Finally got out for a few runs with the pede. My neighbour, who's 9 and has my old loaner pede, was killing me to get out for a bash so I gave in and am so glad I did. I had removed the power system from this truck to go back to a VXL. I actually prefer it. But, the system I bought hadn't come in yet. So I grabbed a Sidewinder SCT ESC I had laying around and threw that in. Its literally been used 4 times total. Ran for about 10 minutes and just stopped. The motor was making a weird grinding sound and the ESC was getting HOT... truck wouldn't move.

Took the ESC out and Bench tested it with no motor. Worked fine. Tested the motor on another ESC, it worked fine. Hooked up the motor to the SV2 again and same problem. Tested another motor with the same ESC and it did the same thing. End result, ESC is messed up. I bought this ESC new, but from a forum member and castle wouldn't warranty it. So, I sold it for $17 shipped for parts. What a waste.

Today I wanted to run again and since I'm parting out my anza slash I had the MMP from that truck laying around. Threw than in the pede and went for a rip yesterday. Ran 2 5400mah 2S packs through it no problem mated to the VXL 3S motor. Worked great. Took the packs out, went home and put the truck on the shelf. Today I spent the whole afternoon refurbishing my RC track with our backhoe and a rake. Like 5 hour straight. Its pretty sweet I must say. Grabbed the pede with a couple fresh packs and NOTHING. The ESC does absolutely NOTHING. Doesnt turn on, doesnt do a thing. I tried messing with the on/off button and it doesnt appear to be the problem. I plugged it into castle link and the ESC responds normally, programs normally. Tried 3 different packs and fiddled with the wires, opened the case, tried everything. NOTHING works. The only way the ESC will do anything is if its plugged into castle link. So, I guess I have a 2nd castle ESC down. This one I bought new but it was about a year and a half ago. So I don't think they'll warranty it either. Neither of these ESC's have ever been wet, smashed or abused in any way. Infact, neither of them have more than about 10 runs on 2S only. This should not be happening and I'm not impressed. Im going to call castle on monday again and see what they say. Ill make my displeasure very well known. maybe the MMP is an easy fix... I hope so. I was supposed to sell it to cover the cost of the VXL system I bought.

Anyway, on a good note, I did thedreadedends slayer pushrod swap with my camber links and its sweet. They appear so strong and look great. Went back to an RPM slash rear bumper as well. Finally got the suspension set in a way I'm happy with. Soft enough for the small stuff but stiff enough for the big stuff.

Ill post up my results with the ESC when i get an answer.

[Oaks]

Pave, I re read this whole thread again. I must say, I was sold when I saw the pics with the black rustler body, and those came right off the bat

Id like to know how life is with a great set of shocks.

And I'm sorry to hear about your electrical gremlins. Its cool to see you've come full circle with the VXL setup. Maybe in a year, I'll be there with ya