Monster Rusty.

[QYKSLVR]

I know its sort of cliche, but I went with an easy layout jus black with green stickers. Also had my wheelie bar wheels/castors/carriers powdercoated green.
heres the good:





Waiting for my STRC Hinge pin kit but you get the idea:

[Albino Rustler]

really cool looking how did you get the body/monster "scheme"?

[swimming]

looks good. how are the foam tires?

[VeLiNeoN Vxl]

Loving the uncommon green color scheme, good job and the Monster body looks sick,

[QYKSLVR]

Thanks Albino! I jus bought the body, its a RJ Speed Stinger body, and I jus put like 6 coats of black on it took the window masks off, and I bought a decal set of the Monster logos of solid Ms, outline Ms like on the hood, and also had Monster solid and outlined also. i used most of the medium ones and one of the small.

And thanks swimming, I havent really got to test much. they dont have anything in the grip department, but as many will tell you they dont balloon ever really. I got to run on some asphalt for maybe 2mins my battery was half dead probably (out of luck it was in the back seat) so i grabbed it after lunch before shipping some stuff I sold in the marketplace today.
And they really dont grip, it was silly on whatever life the battery had. it would spin anytime getting towards 75% so i didnt run it long and left.

Thanks for the kind words!

[QYKSLVR]

Now after getting everything back together and swapping out the rear arms for RPM ones the rear sags a LOT! anyone know what the problem might be? TIA

Im thinking its time to upgrade the shocks =/

[E-RevoVXL]

Nice!! I like the green colors.

[Captain_Rusty]

Same springs and spacers in there? Shocks mounted back in the same mount position on arms?

[craig-revo]

Black and green looks nice! Ever think of blacking out the chassis?

[QYKSLVR]

Captain, yep everything is back as when it came off. I need to get 2 sets of big bores and be done with it, just need the $.

And Craig, definitely thought about it, but I suppose im lazy and dont want to disassemble and reassemble.

[Captain_Rusty]

It could be that the holes in the RPM arms are a little smaller than the stock and that causes some extra resistance which causes the sag due to the extra force needed to push the car back up to level. I've heard of running a drill bit through the holes, 1/8", and it is supposed to free it right up, worth a shot IMO.

[QYKSLVR]

I will have to try that. Thanks

[QYKSLVR]

Fun and switching it up a bit.



how she sits now:

[QYKSLVR]

Oh how she has changed =)

[Petertje60]

A few months later and a few dollars further
She looks good!

[traxxasFTW]

wow, its improved, i like it alot!

[QYKSLVR]

Peter: correct, on BOTH! lol Thanks for the kind words.

FTW: it has definitely improved, both in appearance and performance!

rustlervxl4life: definitely something to love, and thank you! Some better pics and some more mods to come next week.

Also ordered an SPC 3s, they are on vacay til the 21st unfortunately but I cant wait, I needed a 2nd battery desperately.

[Petertje60]

I was about to start picking on you for not using green shock towers, but I found out STRC doesn't make them in green (yet). The green/grey(can't figure out is it's silver or gun metal) looks pretty good anyhow.

[QYKSLVR]

The towers are indeed silver, tried to flow along with the tranny case.. But Yes I have everything green STRC makes from castors/bulk to bellcrank and carriers (Shock caps arent pictured but I have them too)

I thought about gunmetal since I have knuckles in gunmetal, but decided against it since I thought the tranny would look like a 3rd wheel being the only thing silver.

And where did u hear green shock towers are coming?! You tease!


Also, anyone have experience with Dynamite Speedtread Robber SC tires? I got a set of 4 mounted, I remember seeing someone had liked the street figher SC tires from ProLine because they had less roll and less balloon.

[Petertje60]

It was not my intention to tease, but I saw that STRC started to make more colors a while ago, so I thought that they might come up with green towers too, but I dont have any info about it.
The choice for silver to keep the balance came out well. I just wasnt sure about what it was, because the gun metal sometimes look silver on pics and the same goes for the other way around.