So, like everyone else, here is my adventures with my RTR Element Enduro Sendero.
Since learning about the RC crawling hobby I looked at lots of different options from Traxxas, to Axial, and eventually settled on the Element Sendero. My father was gracious enough to purchase one for me for Christmas so now all the boys in the family have a truck. I was the odd one out who didn't go Traxxas, but I stand my my decision with how well made this truck is and I love the stock body.
Right out of the box on Christmas evening
After driving it around on Christmas evening I took it home and immediately began making it "unique" by adding a bit of my own customization with my limited budget. This included some hood stripes and rocker panels covered in aluminum air duct tape. It would be easy to remove later if I decided on something else and made this truck MY truck by being a little different then the others right out of the box. I also added a decal from my US Army Sherman tank of a little bucking bronco, cowboy, and the word "Caballero" which means Spanish Gentleman, Knight, Cavalier, or Horseman. I felt it went with the ranch-look of the truck and the Enduro Sendero Spanish sounding name of the truck. I also added some silver paint to the grill and added a custom Ohio license plate
I liked the look of roll bar/cages so I saw some tips on using plastic coat hanger and a heat gun to create a roll bar for my truck. It's not perfect, but it works for me and scratches my itch with only a $1 budget for a pack of coat hangers.
Finally, my first "real" upgrade came after I saved up some extra cash for a new bumper from Injora off of Amazon and installed it along with the lightbar my father bought me for the truck because my headlights weren't bright enough when we took the trucks out in the dark a few times with his Traxxas light kit.
That same weekend, I picked up a can of semi-gloss black and finally added some color other than grey to my truck. I've been wanting to do it for a while after seeing a few other Sendero's done the same way. I removed the silver tape from the rocker panels and painted them and the bed black. I feel it fits well, especially the bed where it helps tie the black roll bar into the theme.
I did internally have to swap out the stock servo to a Traxxas one as my stock servo failed. I called Associated and they sent me a replacement one, but told me to just keep the old one. So I'm currently cracking it apart and modifying it so I can turn it into a servo winch.
That's all I've done for now. I have plans for future upgrades...wheel wells, interior, new rims and tires, etc.
Thanks for looking! Happy trails!
Since learning about the RC crawling hobby I looked at lots of different options from Traxxas, to Axial, and eventually settled on the Element Sendero. My father was gracious enough to purchase one for me for Christmas so now all the boys in the family have a truck. I was the odd one out who didn't go Traxxas, but I stand my my decision with how well made this truck is and I love the stock body.
Right out of the box on Christmas evening
After driving it around on Christmas evening I took it home and immediately began making it "unique" by adding a bit of my own customization with my limited budget. This included some hood stripes and rocker panels covered in aluminum air duct tape. It would be easy to remove later if I decided on something else and made this truck MY truck by being a little different then the others right out of the box. I also added a decal from my US Army Sherman tank of a little bucking bronco, cowboy, and the word "Caballero" which means Spanish Gentleman, Knight, Cavalier, or Horseman. I felt it went with the ranch-look of the truck and the Enduro Sendero Spanish sounding name of the truck. I also added some silver paint to the grill and added a custom Ohio license plate
I liked the look of roll bar/cages so I saw some tips on using plastic coat hanger and a heat gun to create a roll bar for my truck. It's not perfect, but it works for me and scratches my itch with only a $1 budget for a pack of coat hangers.
Finally, my first "real" upgrade came after I saved up some extra cash for a new bumper from Injora off of Amazon and installed it along with the lightbar my father bought me for the truck because my headlights weren't bright enough when we took the trucks out in the dark a few times with his Traxxas light kit.
That same weekend, I picked up a can of semi-gloss black and finally added some color other than grey to my truck. I've been wanting to do it for a while after seeing a few other Sendero's done the same way. I removed the silver tape from the rocker panels and painted them and the bed black. I feel it fits well, especially the bed where it helps tie the black roll bar into the theme.
I did internally have to swap out the stock servo to a Traxxas one as my stock servo failed. I called Associated and they sent me a replacement one, but told me to just keep the old one. So I'm currently cracking it apart and modifying it so I can turn it into a servo winch.
That's all I've done for now. I have plans for future upgrades...wheel wells, interior, new rims and tires, etc.
Thanks for looking! Happy trails!
