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We'll have to give the Gmade a shot!! 🍻🍻

Happy to help!! 🍻🍻

You will be very happy with the vanquish!! 🍻🍻

Thank you sir!! 🍻🍻

Thanks for the feedback! 🍻🍻

Great points, and thank you for the kind words!! 🍻🍻

Thank you for the feedback! It's a little crazy to expect people to spend $235 dollars additionally on a brand new truck to upgrade all the sintered gearing to machined. That turns a $500 truck into: - truck - $500 - gearing - $235 - motor (fusion se) - $80 - wheels (vanquish) - $180 - tires (generic) - $60 - your receiver - $40 Total - $1095 - before tax & shipping Just the diff replacements for a single axle are $55 pre tax & shipping. So yes we would expect that we should be able to put a cheap fusion se into this truck and not immediately break the rear diff driving it. Another interesting point is people are breaking them with the bone stock systems in it, what is the reason for this? Again as stated in the video the main reason for the complaints are due to the history of the Vanquish name, and how this specific product doesn't necessarily follow all that came before it. 🍻🍻

The only thing you would need to replace are the diff’s. I have a castle mamba/2850 slate in my 410 rtr(sintered gears) and fusion pro in my Stance(sintered gears). Haven’t had any issues. It comes down to driving style. It even says that it’s a trail rig on the box. It’s not made to be a rock bouncer or racer. All of the things you listed are the owners choice to do. It’s no different than a real car. You can’t put a V8 in a car with a 4 cylinder and not expect to have to upgrade anything else. That’s the way this hobby is. The 1/24 and 1/18 works is even worse. Buy a $150 car that you know you are going to drop $350 in upgrades to it. As for people breaking stock vehicles, that’s not an uncommon thing with people that don’t know how to drive. I worked at a hobby shop for a while and people couldn’t understand that parts break. They didn’t want to hear that the vehicle wasn’t indestructible. It didn’t matter if it was a $120 scx24 or a $1500 xmaxx ultimate. They also didn’t want to hear that it was their crap driving that caused the part to break. I love my Vanquish trucks. Am I fan boy, sure, but i also love my Axial and Traxxas trucks as well. While i may disagree on the Optic, you make great videos! Thanks for the content.

@@aaroncarr5725 great discussion and counter points! 🍻🍻 Thank you for watching!

The box is 22” wide x 11.5” tall x 11.25” deep. We hope your son enjoys it!!! 🍻🍻

@@the-ab-outdoors thank you very much, which tool kit do you recommend (electric screw driver ) to remove parts on the cars

The VRD Carbon would be my first choice LOL 🍻🍻

We haven't done much with micro crawlers as of late, but we'll have to check them out! 🍻🍻

Sure can! 🍻🍻

I was going to put some vanquish f10s on it….. but…. I didn’t want to spend the money lol 🍻🍻

Congrats on your truck, they’re awesome!! What do you mean by going bad? These little trucks can take a lot of abuse!! 🍻🍻

Thank you for the kind words!! 🍻🍻

You mean set the motor kv or adjust another setting? We’re about to drop a test of the fusion pro 2300kv, and I think it’ll be shocking compared to these drone esc/motor setups! 🍻🍻

If I made mine brushless. Prior to the new ascent Do I have a ascent 1.5?

Oh man, when I saw they made one with all the freaking upgrades already done, I was pissed!

The first gen Ascent is still $100 cheaper and for some people that's a big deal. BUT, I agree, shit timing with the release of the Fusion. They should have been more transparent so, yeah, I think most people are pretty pissed! 😡

@@JJ-ws3zn i did the same lets put em together and call it an ascent 8x8 v3 😁😆

@@amie704 same bro f redcat for that lol

Pretty good statement there!! 🍻🍻

I’ve got one on order, just waiting on it to get here. Where did you get yours from?? 🍻🍻

@@the-ab-outdoors Amazon..."Tbest RC Bevel Gear, 8/30 Reverse Gear Ratio" ..🖖🏼

@@steve_beatty I'll check it out, thank you sir! 🍻🍻

Thank you! 🍻🍻

The diffs appear to be a real problem unfortunately.. Hopefully the kit comes soon! 🍻🍻

@@the-ab-outdoors they really dropped the ball on that one

Thank you for the kind words!! 🍻🍻

They're awesome trucks!! 🍻🍻

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It will fit yes, however it’s not plug and play you will have to make modifications to the front mounts or make new ones, and the skid will also need to be changed. 🍻🍻

We've looked at some Humvees, and the biggest problem is the initial cost. In the grand scheme it's relatively small, but it's still a decent chunk of change. When do you go pick yours up?? lol 🍻🍻

@@the-ab-outdoors Hah, just dreaming. Still they are cool. Many not have much money left after all the vitavon for the scx6

@@keldonator precisely the reason we haven’t gotten the 4ws kit from them yet lol…. 🍻🍻

We're trying to anyway lol, Between the RC cars, RZR, and the Jeep our hands are full, and wallet is empty LOL.... 🍻🍻

@@the-ab-outdoors Empty wallet, I know that feeling, lol! 🍺

@@jerryvolpini7987 can’t take it with ya! 😂🍻

It'll be rowdy for sure!! 🍻🍻

That's a great idea! How do you like it so far? The hobby isn't cheap unfortunately 🍻🍻

@@the-ab-outdoors I like it a lot more as a mullet! Most of the driving I do is on rock piles in my yard, so having the extra clearance in the rear is really helpful. And I was able to get it down to around 20% overdrive, which helps power up the sand hills on some of the local trails. It probably hurts the center of gravity, so I’m considering cutting out some non essential parts of the cage to compensate that.

@@ShoddyRC that's awesome!! I agree the portal rear is almost a requirement for most RC crawlers. The leaning of the cage and non needed parts is something we've yet to tackle! 🍻🍻

Vanquish has really good stuff! We hope your Optic turns out exactly how you want it :)!! We agree the bomber, and wraith would be best comparisons in our minds, but the Capra is close too!! 🍻🍻

Portals are good for most terrain!! 🍻🍻

It's absolutely a great choice! Both version (straight and portal axles)!! 🍻🍻

With Vanquish it's a crap shoot, typically their stuff is creme of the crop. However they have to eat too, and the market leans towards RTR trucks. Most people just want to buy something they can tinker with and upgrade which is why the sintered stuff is in there (and cost savings on their part obviously lol). We're purchasing a Fordyce real soon as well! 🍻🍻

Thanks for the kind words! The kit is definitely the way to go on this one! 🍻🍻

How do you like it?? 🍻🍻

Glad it's performing for you! The terrain really makes a difference due to the wheel base differences between the two trucks. 🍻🍻

Glad it helped!! 🍻🍻

How much time ya got? LOL... I'll do a video on it this week hopefully! 🍻🍻

@@the-ab-outdoors I just finished putting a rebuilt motor in my 2001. It's an endless process!

@@MysticRiverRC this one is getting a rebuilt motor, and a LOT of other stuff lol.... one day....

What axles you going to use?? 🍻🍻

I’m a sucker for portal axles. My Stance is the most capable for climbing steep technical rocky terrain. The Phoenix is fun cause it has the option to change the overdrive and has dig and is a great trail runner. My H10 handles rocks great, trail great, and powers out of sticky situations like a U4 race buggy. Love anything Vanquish comes up with.

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Completely understandable, $500 is a lot of money!! 🍻🍻

We're working on some more things for it! 🍻🍻

Pretty spot on! The axles will never steer as good as the f10s until you fix the link width. The tires will ALWAYS hit the links unless you get some 90 degree bends in them. I'll be pointing this out on the next installment! 🍻🍻

100 percent - we can validate that statement! 🍻🍻

Nothing you've stated is wrong, I think there will be a lot of cool builds with it, but they'll use capra/f10/etc axles. Most of the weight will have to be cut from the body/cage.... OR.... a metric ton of weight will need to be added to the axles to keep it planted. As for VP wheels..... We would love to have them, but we're already 700 deep in this optic, and another 250 plus isn't in the cards..... 🍻🍻

Glad you're having fun with it! As long as you loctite the axles and diffs you should be good to go!! 🍻🍻

We have all of them but the exo, and silent assassin. We'll add those to the list once we finish up with the others! 🍻🍻

@@the-ab-outdoors the V3 of Holmes is identical to the Rhino.

Agree with everything you've stated! The only reason the capra was brought up is because there's really nothing else like this. Maybe the 1.9 wraith? 🍻🍻

That doesn't shock me, most people want instant gratification. Coupled with the fact that a kit has to be pieced together, and then you have to realize how much you're spending. That's when people turn around and run away lol....🍻🍻