Traxxas long travel kit

[rcreview]

Lift kit was not what I wanted so converted it to a long travel kit

 

[BACK40]

Welcome to RCC bud. Maybe put up a link to your Youtube video of your lift kit to long travel kit conversion.

 

[92GreenYJ]

Or just give us some pics and details of what all you did.

 

[rcreview]

Here it is!!!

Traxxas TRX-4 with long travel kit https://youtu.be/IYYeajpCig4

 

[rattmobbins]

Video was cool and the capability looks impressive. What'd you use to cut the spacers off the shocks? And any word on where we can order the Gen8 springs from?

 

[AnimalHippie]

That thing is pretty impressive brotha! Great work! Have watched allot of your videos. Liked and subbed

 

[Topher Builds]

I agree that’s a great video and also a good excuse for another trx4, nice work!

 

[rcreview]

Video was cool and the capability looks impressive. What'd you use to cut the spacers off the shocks? And any word on where we can order the Gen8 springs from?

The spacers are little plastic cylinders that slide on the shock shafts. The come off when you unscrew the bottom.

The springs are 1 lb/in 90mm from the Redcat Gen8. Only sold with shocks at $38/4.

Found some Axial springs that I will try.

 

[rcreview]

That thing is pretty impressive brotha! Great work! Have watched allot of your videos. Liked and subbed

Thank you!! That chassis is box stock except for suspension so it has big potential

 

[rcreview]

I agree that’s a great video and also a good excuse for another trx4, nice work!

Can never have too many trx4s

 

[83trekker83]

So to re cap you installed the lift kit and the only mod you did to this was taking the bottom spacer out of the shock and used the sping from a gencat?

That thing crawls crazy and i love your videos!

 

[rcreview]

Thanks buddy!!! and Hyrax tires on heavy wheels

 

[83trekker83]

I want to do this so bad, but its $260 cnd here for the lift, way too much for me at the moment.

 

[ryanwkennedy]

I am very interested in doing the long arm kit, and then running it like RCReview. Ive watched your videos and it seems like it makes the truck much more capable. My concern is that everyone on here says that the COG increase and soft springs will make this worse for steep climbs and sidehills. Im curious is what you gain in travel and droop offsets what you lose in climbing stability. Obviously there is always a trade off.

 

[jessedacri]

This is awesome!

If I'm looking to get this much travel with a TRX4 would I be better off picking up the long travel kit or going this exact route with the lift + soft springs?

About the pull the trigger and start my build and I'm looking to do this pretty much right off the bat.


:edit: I'm dumb - it looks like there's no such thing as a long travel kit, it's the lift or nothing. I'm probably gonna do this with the bronco I'm picking up.

 

[OldNASCARCrawler]

Bought a Sport and the long lift kit today.

Build will start this coming weekend.

GL

 

[ryanwkennedy]

Has anyone come up with a spring solution? I bought the long arm kit today, removed the limiters, and got 20wt shock oil. Now I'm waiting ti see what everyone does with springs!

 

[JatoTheRipper]

That's too much flex...

 

[ryanwkennedy]

You may be right. But my theory is that if you can keep the COG down, in addition to the unsprung brass weight i have as well as two stage foams, that the flex will ultimately help. Im never going to do comps or step sidehills, i just want to not get hung up in the rocks out playing. I thought about doing adjustable shock mounts as well to lower the height.

 

[mass-hole]

That's too much flex...

To much flex or too much height? I am trying to do similar but keep the truck at the stock height via the use of taller shock towers(Hot Racing or the eBay knockoffs.) You can run a 20mm longer shock, which has 10mm more compressed length, and still be at the factory ride height and bottom out in the the same position as the stock shocks.

You pick up 10mm of travel without hurting COG or anything else.