I watched your entire playlist on the RC4WD D90. Really good! Organized and thorough. I'm interested. I own the Galande ii - D90. Bought it last summer but It's mostly still in the box. I took the axles out and apart to install an XVD in the front and drop in a Helical Gear Set for both. While I had them in pieces, I sandblasted and powder coated the pumpkin covers, transmission, and the transfer case Red. I would like to know your opinion on the quality and capability of each rig, once you've had some time with both. Keep up the good work. Let me know which you'd rate higher, if any, and why. Thanks for the content as well as your time brother.
Hey Thanks! My honest assessment. I like the RC4WD stuff, but you kind of like it and work with/around what you got. You can have fun with them and tune them, but the fit and finish is not going to be something like a product from Vanquish. The Boom Racing stuff on the other hand, performs really well, and has really good fit and finish on their parts as well. It feels and looks of a much higher grade quality as far as the parts go. Now, I'm not bashing the RC4WD stuff by any means. I still like their stuff, but I'm just objectively calling it as it is. You can objectively see that the parts and machining on the BRX02 are of a higher quality.
Right on. I have a couple RC4WD rigs as well as Vanquish. I agree VP is hard to beat on a quality level, and I DO love the rigs from RC4WD. There's just something about the way they look when driving slowly over obstacles. But then I saw this and instantly wanted it, but I just bought all of the Kyosho re-re's before Xmas. Dropped quite a bit to round all of those up. So, I was just curious if the new BR kit was worth the entry price. I appreciate your thoughtful response. Thank you.
Nice build, and paint job. Always enjoy your RC content. Did I hear correctly that you used "Krylon Fusion" spray paint for this model? If you did, congrats! Those spray paints in my opinion are the best for hard plastics. I know, I've used them on my redcat gen 8 stock beadlocks and if cured properly the paint bonds really well, almost as if it's actually the original color of the material. In this case like your boom racing model you have there. Excellent!!
Do you have issues with the stock tires hitting the front leaf springs at full lock? Mine were rubbing considerably, so I rebuilt the wheels the opposite way to move the tires farther out, and I still have rubbing issues. I appreciate the step by step build! I followed your videos in several parts of my own Series III build, so I'm fairly sure that I built it correctly.
I actually don't have the issue, because I set up my radio endpoints and also adjusted those screws that prevent your steering from going too far. They're like steering stops. It's those screws on the axle that stick out towards the front. If you adjust them correctly the steering knuckle will be prevented from further turning when it hits those screws.
I watched your entire playlist on the RC4WD D90. Really good! Organized and thorough. I'm interested.
I own the Galande ii - D90. Bought it last summer but It's mostly still in the box. I took the axles out and apart to install an XVD in the front and drop in a Helical Gear Set for both. While I had them in pieces, I sandblasted and powder coated the pumpkin covers, transmission, and the transfer case Red. I would like to know your opinion on the quality and capability of each rig, once you've had some time with both. Keep up the good work. Let me know which you'd rate higher, if any, and why.
Thanks for the content as well as your time brother.
Hey Thanks! My honest assessment. I like the RC4WD stuff, but you kind of like it and work with/around what you got. You can have fun with them and tune them, but the fit and finish is not going to be something like a product from Vanquish. The Boom Racing stuff on the other hand, performs really well, and has really good fit and finish on their parts as well. It feels and looks of a much higher grade quality as far as the parts go. Now, I'm not bashing the RC4WD stuff by any means. I still like their stuff, but I'm just objectively calling it as it is. You can objectively see that the parts and machining on the BRX02 are of a higher quality.
Right on. I have a couple RC4WD rigs as well as Vanquish. I agree VP is hard to beat on a quality level, and I DO love the rigs from RC4WD. There's just something about the way they look when driving slowly over obstacles. But then I saw this and instantly wanted it, but I just bought all of the Kyosho re-re's before Xmas. Dropped quite a bit to round all of those up. So, I was just curious if the new BR kit was worth the entry price. I appreciate your thoughtful response. Thank you.
Nice build, and paint job. Always enjoy your RC content. Did I hear correctly that you used "Krylon Fusion" spray paint for this model? If you did, congrats! Those spray paints in my opinion are the best for hard plastics. I know, I've used them on my redcat gen 8 stock beadlocks and if cured properly the paint bonds really well, almost as if it's actually the original color of the material. In this case like your boom racing model you have there. Excellent!!
That is correct! I used the same paint for my RCRun Run80 LC80, RC4WD D90, and my Traxxas TRX4M Defender as well!
Do you have issues with the stock tires hitting the front leaf springs at full lock? Mine were rubbing considerably, so I rebuilt the wheels the opposite way to move the tires farther out, and I still have rubbing issues. I appreciate the step by step build! I followed your videos in several parts of my own Series III build, so I'm fairly sure that I built it correctly.
I actually don't have the issue, because I set up my radio endpoints and also adjusted those screws that prevent your steering from going too far. They're like steering stops. It's those screws on the axle that stick out towards the front. If you adjust them correctly the steering knuckle will be prevented from further turning when it hits those screws.