VS4-10 Pro - Our First Build....

[bpp]

Finally moved away from the RTR Crawlers... Will never go back!

What a great father son project. Such a fun build, even for a newbie.
For those who might also be considering a VS4 for your new build, these are the parts/options we went with:

Wheels Tires Shocks:
~Pro-Line Hyrax 1.9" Rock Crawler Tires (Predator)
~Pro-Line 1.9" XL Dual Stage Rock Crawling Foam Inserts
~Pro-Line Pro-Spec Scaler Shocks (90mm-95mm)
~Injora 1.9" Wheel Rim for 1/10 RC Crawler

Electronics Motor ESC:
~Hobbywing AXE 540L R2-FOC Waterproof Sensored Brushless Combo w/2800Kv Motor
~ProTek RC 370TBL "Black Label" Waterproof High Torque Brushless Crawler Servo (High Voltage)
~Spektrum RC SR6100AT 6-Channel 2.4GHz DSMR Surface Receiver w/Telemetry
~ProTek RC 3S 90C Si-Graphene + HV LiPo Battery w/XT60 Connector (11.4V/1800mAh) For backyard fun.
~Gens Ace Adventure 3S 50C LiHV Battery Pack (11.4V/3600mAh) For the longer day trips.

Accessories:
~My Trick RC Vanquish VS4-10 Light Kit + add'l rock lights
~Powershift RC Technologies PST-250 Servo Winch
~eBay Stainless Steel Rear Compartment Panel (not shown in pictures)
~2nd Halfcab shell. One for bashing (shown). One for our vacationing and garage (in the works).

Note of 30 Days of Use:
We added more lights for function. We hit the backyard occasionally at night and found the extra lights to be a welcomed addition. The only regrets I have is spending the money on a full functioning winch. Yes, its bad ass and great to show off, but really? Never used. We are EXTREMELY happy with the Pro-Line Hyrax (Predator Compound). Wow! great tire for our location and backyard setup. Also love the Axe motor. If you really want to crawl, this is the motor!

 

[Sniper4370]

Nice looking Pro. I'm still working on finishing mine. How do you like the light kit? I'm thinking of getting it as well.

 

[bpp]

More lights....

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[bpp]

Nice looking Pro. I'm still working on finishing mine. How do you like the light kit? I'm thinking of getting it as well.

Thanks.

I love the light kit. Tied the brake lights to the throttle control. Headlights and rock lights triggered (rotating) via aux channel to my radio which is awesome.

Rotating Light Programs:
All lights off
Headlights (brightness level 1) and Taillights
Headlights (brightness level 2) and Taillights
Headlights + Rocklights (brightness level 3) and Taillights

Posted the brightness pics below. Super bright!

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[Sniper4370]

Holy cow those are bright! That is this kit that has the Dragon controller correct? Then you added extra LED's. 5mm or 3mm?

 

[bpp]

Yes, that’s the kit. Some updates/changes I made:

The “attack rock light pods” that come with the kit are too big and bulky to mount on the chassis (for my taste). So I removed them, and I am now trying something different with them. I stacked and zap glued them (2 pairs) behind my 2nd half cab shell. Hidden light bar. Haven’t tested them out yet, but I think they will be awesome. I’ll add a pic below.

In the above pictures though, For the rock lights, I used these instead. They are Smaller and cleaner look (from the exterior). I drilled small holes in the wheel wells And zap glued them on. https://www.mytrickrc.com/shop/traxxas-trx4-rock-lights/

Here is the picture of the stacked rock pods I’m playing with....

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[B-MOW71]

Great looking PRO! You picked a great kit for your first build!

Great job on the paint scheme!

Light kit looks great! I need to get that setup on my PRO![emoji3]


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[Davey]

Looks killer!


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[Sniper4370]

Thanks for posting the extra info on the lights. "thumbsup"

 

[Lashlee]

That's killer looking paint!! And I agree that the My Trick RC is the way to go for lighting. I've got three of the DG-1 controllers for my rigs.