Great video, i have started using golf club lead tape to add weight to the scx 24 wheels or i use roofing lead sheet , its easy to cut in to whatever size strips with just a good set of scissors that just wrap it around the inner ring and it works great , its much cheeper then the brass parts and you can add or remove weight to tune your truck , stay safe mate 🇬🇧
It the lead rope as you called it the lead they use for crappy leaded windows as I can't find anything else in the UK great video very informative I was thinking of using car wheel weights inside the tires arondr the rims
You can use any weight you want..!! You just need to be as even as possible. Remember, this is a rock crawler, not a speed run car. The wheels do not need to be balanced...just heavy. The wheel weights will work just fine my friend. Good luck and good crawling.!!
@@AMAZINGRC thanks for the reply I have the Komodo gs02f I've just built and wanted to add some extra weight I also need to decide what colour to paint it in about 300 years from now it probably still won't be painted lol
Brillian idea. Thank you so much for sharing this helpful video. This should really help my Tamiya CC-01 plastic chassis the ability to climb. I can't wait to try this out.
Hey thanks a lot my friend.! Let me know what you think after you test it out. This is one of my favorite cheap upgrades. Works really great.! Thanks again my friend.!
Yepo! It's called plumber's solder wire in the UK. Works a treat in your wheels! I put double sided tape around the centre of the wheel first, and tape over the solder afterwards.
Very smart and very interesting, I would have thought to put the weight on the actual chassis. But this proves it. What an incredible performance increase. Love this channel
The Improvement was crazy, just refused to roll over.! And the vertical climbing ability was bananas. Quite a bit heavier on axles and gears but I think it actually makes the internal spring shocks work better. Keeps all the wheels planted almost all the time. Thanks for the great comment as always.!
OMG, that's a great idea..!!! I have a ton of old resign core laying around. I can't wait to try that myself. Many thanks for the comment and great 💡..!!!
@@AMAZINGRC I like your idea of using aluminum tape. I use it for rocker panels and I wrap the cheap plastic front axles to take out the wobble of being worn out.
I’m about to start building a gom and I’m super excited I will add this tip to my build, I saw this tip before on a korean YT Chanel but he never answered my question but after watching your vid, it’s a bit more clear to me now. Thanks
I have always been very happy with this setup and it has found its way in most of my crawlers.! Easy, cheap and it totally works.! Many thanks for the great comment my friend.!
Exciting stuff Brian!!! 👋👋👋😎 Amazing GRIP. So WHERE did you get that Lead Rope - and what would I ask for?? I've got 2 sets of Axial Beadlocks. The Cool Kids balk at them, because they're not $75 per set or MORE Metal Wheels... I've got Aluminum Beadlocks too - and I couldn't MEASURE the difference! ...... except maybe the EXTRA 20 Screws on the Metal Wheels!! 😤😖 I've heard mixed reviews about GMade... Komodo, mostly good, BOM, mostly BAD. Varying opinions on the rest of the line. I've never owned any GMade products, except for the Komodo Body on my SCX10.... One of only THREE Rigs that is left of my once impressive collection. SOME People tell me that they're poor, broke, tight...... Some days - WE DON'T EAT! 😣😭 I just don't think People can comprehend the situation we're in. Yet I still struggle with RC. It's the only thing left, keeping me SANE! Even that is only possible because of the kindness of strangers and a couple of friends... That's mostly dried up, because ONE Basement Warrior accused me of scamming People!! 😠😡 But I deeply digress. That Rope seems much cheaper than the Lead Wheel Weights for real Cars that I've been using! Only advantage, they're self adhesive. I just need to find out what to ask for and where to get it. I'm pushing the shoestring budget to its limits! It tends to make someone more creative than they thought. You should see my Video about how I made an elaborate, full depth Interior for my SCX10 One Raptor - from SCRAPS. I even Scratchbuilt SEATS! I'm kinda proud of that one. Carmine ✈🚂🚙
I got my rope from my local hobby store. I need to find out where else we can get it. And what to ask for. I will definitely keep you posted on that. I definitely hear you about the money thing, we are experiencing short funds ourselves. I start a brand new job tomorrow and I haven't done the nine-to-five thing for a while. So this is definitely going to be fun. At least it's what I like to do so that'll work. I just hope I didn't wait too long to get started. Keep you posted on that one. I will take a look and see if I can't find out where to get that lead rope I will definitely keep you posted on that. Thanks always for the great comment.!
I knew it was going to do well, but not like this... I was absolutely blown away once I put it on the rocks.! This setup is perfect for this situation. I'm going to throw it through the mud as well to see what it will do there. My guess is that it will do horribly with all of the weight pushing down on the one thing attempting to keep it above water. Only time will tell. Thanks for the great, as always Gary.!
This truck had to prove itself in the beginning for sure. I have been nothing but impressed from the very beginning. I love this truck. I will say that I did build this truck from kit so I do have a fondness for it for that reason too.
I really got quite a bit out of this truck as far as performance just by adding this weight inside these wheels. I knew it would work of course cuz I had done this with the trx4 previously. But it really helped out this truck. Especially the rollover. It just wouldn't do it, refused to roll over. Thanks again Dre for the great comment.!
Thank you big brother Mike.! I'm still tripping about all this drone stuff with your Channel.! Soon you will be all fpv with a headset and all. Can't wait, love your Channel bro.!
Oh finally.!! I'm usually the jealous one.!! 🤣🤣🤣 many thanks for your kind words my friend.! I am very fortunate to live and crawl in a beautiful place. I never take this amazing place for granted. Your words are greatly appreciated.!😊
Nice video bro! Never thought to add weight to the rims like that! Thanks for the Pro-Tip and How-To. Definitely can't deny the results! Gonna take some time to get caught up on the videos, but looks like you've been keeping strong!
Dang bro that thing crawls great. Gmade definitely makes rockcrawlers. My buddies bom is insane. And my modified leaf sprung sawback always suprises me. Great video.👊😁👍🍻
You always have the greatest ideas, and make it look easy. I'm thinking balancing the tires is not that easy???. That was an incredible performance from this truck.
Hey thanks a lot for the great comment.! The balancer I'm using is actually used for RC airplanes. I think it's for propellers. Not only that, I don't think they're all that expensive. ( this one was a gift ) Once you get one of those, it's extremely easy to balance the wheel. Just a couple little modifications to the balancer( super easy ) and you're good to go. You can use clay or even little tiny bits of the lead which is what I did here. I just found the high spot and taped a tiny piece of lead to it until I got it balanced correctly. To be quite honest, the slower your vehicle is going to go, the less likely you need balancing. This Komodo is probably slow enough to where if it's not out of balance too bad it probably would have been fine. My trx4 however on 3s... in second gear could cook pretty good. I did notice that the wheel would hop, in my front left. And out of nowhere when I was working on these wheels on this occasion I thought of balancing them. This is the first time that I've ever done it. I've used this balancer before for my touring car wheels for obvious reasons. Keep me posted just in case you pick one up and hit me with any questions you got. Thanks again for your always great comments.!
Awesome tips man. You should check out harbor freight for actual car tire weights they work perfect. Also if you don’t want to add to the tires there’s a product out there that’s really awesome liquid gravity look in that stuff for adding extra weight it’s amazing
That's a good idea they told me about some weights they use to fish, they are something like what you used, but I ask you for a competition is it legal?
I do not think that this will be legal in competition. However you can always check with the coordinators of the competition first. Then if they say it is okay you can either do the upgrade for the next competition or have a set of wheels with this upgrade already done set aside. That way you can swap the wheels out at the competition.
You know I didn't realize that those came in different weights. I guess of course they do. I have I think quarter ounce lead weights for balancing. Ended up with a set to weigh down the front end of that Rustler 4 speed runs and such. I need to pick up some more though for sure thanks for the info.!
I with you on the Brass well over priced. I also thing it does nit put the weight in the best placed, wheels is where I like the weight to be. Glad you said gloves with the lead :-) Nice there's going to be a face lift for the Komodo.
Many many thanks for your great comments my friend.! Can't wait to tear apart this Komodo and get an interior in it. Going to be awesome.! It's going to get much smaller Wheels that will fit in the wells of the D90.
...SAND..!!!! Holy shmack, thats a great idea.!! That NEVER came across my mind. Have you done this..?? I mean, in a crawler setup it must be great.!! I will try it in one of my slow crawlers for sure. Many thanks for the great idea..!!
I use the green slime for weight and to keep air in my tires if you take a small nail and cut the end off you can make a hole in a tread block and air it up with a basket ball needle. Put the nail in the hole to keep the air in.
@@jesseharriott4253 wow, thats a great idea.!! I am actually gonna try that. Never heard of that before. Really cool idea.! Many thanks for the great comment.!
For summer time Maple syrup works too lol. Just be sure to use the same amount in each tire but not full. For a small air compressor take apart an old kuregg machine and there's a 12volt one inside. It can make about 5-10lbs depending on if you use 7-12v and there's rubber lines in there for compressor lines.
Ok this sounds important. I am assuming that sprung weight is any weight that above the suspension. My genius idea here was to put the weight as close to the ground as possible. No closer than the wheels. Please tell me how close I am to the definition of sprung and unsprung. I love learning new stuff.!! And thank you for your great comment. Out of all the comments on this video, this is the first of its kind. 😊
KILLER. Know I know what to do!! .With me axial beadlock 1.9. .. I did get you comment.. New subscribe.. 🖒🔔... What lake is that? ... NC❤ MOUNTAINS back yard RC.AND MORE🏞.
Great video, i have started using golf club lead tape to add weight to the scx 24 wheels or i use roofing lead sheet , its easy to cut in to whatever size strips with just a good set of scissors that just wrap it around the inner ring and it works great , its much cheeper then the brass parts and you can add or remove weight to tune your truck , stay safe mate 🇬🇧
I love coming up with really cool ways to modify these RC cars. I love the idea that you have about the Gulf tape. I'm gonna have to try that.!!
Thank-you very informative for a newbees like us. Jon&Denise 🧙♂️🦉
I love RC.!! Anywhere I can help I will.!!
Cool idea man!
Really appreciate that brother Steve.!
It the lead rope as you called it the lead they use for crappy leaded windows as I can't find anything else in the UK great video very informative I was thinking of using car wheel weights inside the tires arondr the rims
You can use any weight you want..!! You just need to be as even as possible. Remember, this is a rock crawler, not a speed run car. The wheels do not need to be balanced...just heavy. The wheel weights will work just fine my friend. Good luck and good crawling.!!
@@AMAZINGRC thanks for the reply I have the Komodo gs02f I've just built and wanted to add some extra weight I also need to decide what colour to paint it in about 300 years from now it probably still won't be painted lol
Brillian idea. Thank you so much for sharing this helpful video. This should really help my Tamiya CC-01 plastic chassis the ability to climb. I can't wait to try this out.
Hey thanks a lot my friend.! Let me know what you think after you test it out. This is one of my favorite cheap upgrades. Works really great.! Thanks again my friend.!
Somethin i need learn little about RC....nice sharing videos my friends👍👍👍
Many many thanks my good friend.! I want to get back into diecast so bad after watching your videos. Soon for sure. Keep you posted.!🏎🖒😎
Yepo! It's called plumber's solder wire in the UK. Works a treat in your wheels! I put double sided tape around the centre of the wheel first, and tape over the solder afterwards.
Smart with the double sided tape.!! I never thought of that.!!
That was AWESOME.
Really appreciate that great comment my friend.!!
Very smart and very interesting, I would have thought to put the weight on the actual chassis. But this proves it. What an incredible performance increase. Love this channel
The Improvement was crazy, just refused to roll over.! And the vertical climbing ability was bananas. Quite a bit heavier on axles and gears but I think it actually makes the internal spring shocks work better. Keeps all the wheels planted almost all the time. Thanks for the great comment as always.!
Great idea!💡I have a roll of resin core solder that I'm going to try.
OMG, that's a great idea..!!! I have a ton of old resign core laying around. I can't wait to try that myself. Many thanks for the comment and great 💡..!!!
@@AMAZINGRC I like your idea of using aluminum tape. I use it for rocker panels and I wrap the cheap plastic front axles to take out the wobble of being worn out.
@@vinnieland6140 geez, gonna use that too.!! I have a couple loose axles too. My EMAXX first and foremost. I got to try it.!!
Us poor folk gotta share these tips!
@@AMAZINGRC just got back from the hardware store with some washers to glue in inner side of the rims. Looks like disk brakes for pennies.
I’m about to start building a gom and I’m super excited I will add this tip to my build, I saw this tip before on a korean YT Chanel but he never answered my question but after watching your vid, it’s a bit more clear to me now. Thanks
I have always been very happy with this setup and it has found its way in most of my crawlers.! Easy, cheap and it totally works.! Many thanks for the great comment my friend.!
a trick : watch movies on flixzone. I've been using it for watching a lot of movies during the lockdown.
@Kian Devin yup, have been watching on Flixzone} for years myself :)
Exciting stuff Brian!!! 👋👋👋😎 Amazing GRIP.
So WHERE did you get that Lead Rope - and what would I ask for??
I've got 2 sets of Axial Beadlocks. The Cool Kids balk at them, because they're not $75 per set or MORE Metal Wheels...
I've got Aluminum Beadlocks too - and I couldn't MEASURE the difference!
...... except maybe the EXTRA 20 Screws on the Metal Wheels!! 😤😖
I've heard mixed reviews about GMade... Komodo, mostly good, BOM, mostly BAD. Varying opinions on the rest of the line.
I've never owned any GMade products, except for the Komodo Body on my SCX10....
One of only THREE Rigs that is left of my once impressive collection.
SOME People tell me that they're poor, broke, tight......
Some days - WE DON'T EAT! 😣😭 I just don't think People can comprehend the situation we're in.
Yet I still struggle with RC. It's the only thing left, keeping me SANE! Even that is only possible because of the kindness of strangers and a couple of friends...
That's mostly dried up, because ONE Basement Warrior accused me of scamming People!! 😠😡
But I deeply digress.
That Rope seems much cheaper than the Lead Wheel Weights for real Cars that I've been using! Only advantage, they're self adhesive.
I just need to find out what to ask for and where to get it.
I'm pushing the shoestring budget to its limits! It tends to make someone more creative than they thought.
You should see my Video about how I made an elaborate, full depth Interior for my SCX10 One Raptor - from SCRAPS. I even Scratchbuilt SEATS! I'm kinda proud of that one.
Carmine ✈🚂🚙
I got my rope from my local hobby store. I need to find out where else we can get it. And what to ask for. I will definitely keep you posted on that. I definitely hear you about the money thing, we are experiencing short funds ourselves. I start a brand new job tomorrow and I haven't done the nine-to-five thing for a while. So this is definitely going to be fun. At least it's what I like to do so that'll work. I just hope I didn't wait too long to get started. Keep you posted on that one. I will take a look and see if I can't find out where to get that lead rope I will definitely keep you posted on that. Thanks always for the great comment.!
@@AMAZINGRC All the best on your new job
@@eparrc1376 thank you, I'm very excited to start tomorrow. Keep you posted.!
This is an excellent idea and it is true that the weight ahead has a great importance for the behavior of the crawler.
I love this truck so much.! My Flagship for sure. Thank you as always my great friend.!
@@AMAZINGRC 😊👍
Whenever I see your video, I admire your kind explanation and your passion. 👍
Always a pleasure reading your wonderful comments. Thank you so much my friend.!😎🏎
Wow what do you have on that thing for pov setup? The video and view quality is awesome
Great video 👍👍
Does running a heavier model wear the gears sooner?
I ran this for two years and never had any problems. So I say no. Thanks for the question, hope this helps
Brilliant idea...!!!
What a nice location for crawling 👍
Many thanks for your great comment.! Very cool Channel you have. New subscriber.!#11
Looks like the perfect set-up! All around good stuff.
I knew it was going to do well, but not like this... I was absolutely blown away once I put it on the rocks.! This setup is perfect for this situation. I'm going to throw it through the mud as well to see what it will do there. My guess is that it will do horribly with all of the weight pushing down on the one thing attempting to keep it above water. Only time will tell. Thanks for the great, as always Gary.!
That works really well, very good idea. Crawling beast!
Sweet setup brother. Looks really good👍👍
This truck runs so good now it hurts my feelings.!😂 Thanks for the great comment brother Kenny.!!🖒
Great video. Why would some people say the gmade is not a crawler?
This truck had to prove itself in the beginning for sure. I have been nothing but impressed from the very beginning. I love this truck. I will say that I did build this truck from kit so I do have a fondness for it for that reason too.
Great video my brother 👍 that definitely worked out well 😎 like that idea 👊
I really got quite a bit out of this truck as far as performance just by adding this weight inside these wheels. I knew it would work of course cuz I had done this with the trx4 previously. But it really helped out this truck. Especially the rollover. It just wouldn't do it, refused to roll over. Thanks again Dre for the great comment.!
Great video. Sweet rig
Great show
Thank you big brother Mike.! I'm still tripping about all this drone stuff with your Channel.! Soon you will be all fpv with a headset and all. Can't wait, love your Channel bro.!
That’s an awesome place to go crawling now I am jealous 😂
Oh finally.!! I'm usually the jealous one.!! 🤣🤣🤣 many thanks for your kind words my friend.! I am very fortunate to live and crawl in a beautiful place. I never take this amazing place for granted. Your words are greatly appreciated.!😊
Nice video bro! Never thought to add weight to the rims like that! Thanks for the Pro-Tip and How-To. Definitely can't deny the results! Gonna take some time to get caught up on the videos, but looks like you've been keeping strong!
Really appreciate that brother.! Glad to see you back out there Kickin It with the fam.!
Nice mod & awesome performance! Rad rig & cool vid man🤙
Really appreciate that great comment my friend.!
Dang bro that thing crawls great. Gmade definitely makes rockcrawlers. My buddies bom is insane. And my modified leaf sprung sawback always suprises me. Great video.👊😁👍🍻
Love my Komodo.! Really want to check out the GS02 platform, I am hearing good things. Really appreciate your great comment.! Thanks a lot.!🖒😎🏎
That’s awesome.
Hey thanks a bunch for the great comment my friend.!🖒😎
AMAZING RC for sure man. Keep up the good work. I’m newish to rc and also started YouTubing. Pretty fun. Thanks for the tips on your videos.
You always have the greatest ideas, and make it look easy. I'm thinking balancing the tires is not that easy???. That was an incredible performance from this truck.
Hey thanks a lot for the great comment.! The balancer I'm using is actually used for RC airplanes. I think it's for propellers. Not only that, I don't think they're all that expensive. ( this one was a gift ) Once you get one of those, it's extremely easy to balance the wheel. Just a couple little modifications to the balancer( super easy ) and you're good to go. You can use clay or even little tiny bits of the lead which is what I did here. I just found the high spot and taped a tiny piece of lead to it until I got it balanced correctly. To be quite honest, the slower your vehicle is going to go, the less likely you need balancing. This Komodo is probably slow enough to where if it's not out of balance too bad it probably would have been fine. My trx4 however on 3s... in second gear could cook pretty good. I did notice that the wheel would hop, in my front left. And out of nowhere when I was working on these wheels on this occasion I thought of balancing them. This is the first time that I've ever done it. I've used this balancer before for my touring car wheels for obvious reasons. Keep me posted just in case you pick one up and hit me with any questions you got. Thanks again for your always great comments.!
Awesome tips man. You should check out harbor freight for actual car tire weights they work perfect. Also if you don’t want to add to the tires there’s a product out there that’s really awesome liquid gravity look in that stuff for adding extra weight it’s amazing
Wow, great information.! I will definitely be looking into all of this. Sounds amazing.!
AMAZING RC no worries man!! The amount of helpful tips you give us all is amazing. Ps the Komodo is a beast
Cool footage,are you still running foam in the tires👍👍🏆🏆
Many many thanks my friend.! And yes, I am running foam in the wheels still.
That's a good idea they told me about some weights they use to fish, they are something like what you used, but I ask you for a competition is it legal?
I do not think that this will be legal in competition. However you can always check with the coordinators of the competition first. Then if they say it is okay you can either do the upgrade for the next competition or have a set of wheels with this upgrade already done set aside. That way you can swap the wheels out at the competition.
Nice video buddy! I always add wheel weights from 1/1 cars to my crawler/scaler wheels. Those come in 5/10 or 20 grams. 😊
You know I didn't realize that those came in different weights. I guess of course they do. I have I think quarter ounce lead weights for balancing. Ended up with a set to weigh down the front end of that Rustler 4 speed runs and such. I need to pick up some more though for sure thanks for the info.!
Yeah! 💪😃👍 Nice Brian! 👍😃👍
Yeah... Great idea man!! I love a heavy rig you know that 😉. 👌🏻👍🏻
Just seems like the weight is in the most perfect place on this truck.! Runs unbelievably well. Thanks for the great comment as always.!
Ooh also a cool way!! .. i used the weights from real Cars!!Thumbs wide up with Respect and salutations my old good Friend and Brother 👍👍
Cool✌✌
Many many thanks for your wonderful comment my friend.! Always a pleasure to hear from you.!😎🖒🏎
I with you on the Brass well over priced. I also thing it does nit put the weight in the best placed, wheels is where I like the weight to be. Glad you said gloves with the lead :-) Nice there's going to be a face lift for the Komodo.
Many many thanks for your great comments my friend.! Can't wait to tear apart this Komodo and get an interior in it. Going to be awesome.! It's going to get much smaller Wheels that will fit in the wells of the D90.
@@AMAZINGRC That sound intriguing :-)
Put some sand in your tires. Or the green slime for sealing tire punctures in automotive.
...SAND..!!!! Holy shmack, thats a great idea.!! That NEVER came across my mind. Have you done this..?? I mean, in a crawler setup it must be great.!! I will try it in one of my slow crawlers for sure. Many thanks for the great idea..!!
I use the green slime for weight and to keep air in my tires if you take a small nail and cut the end off you can make a hole in a tread block and air it up with a basket ball needle. Put the nail in the hole to keep the air in.
@@jesseharriott4253 wow, thats a great idea.!! I am actually gonna try that. Never heard of that before. Really cool idea.! Many thanks for the great comment.!
Make a video on it and monitize it if you want.
For summer time Maple syrup works too lol. Just be sure to use the same amount in each tire but not full. For a small air compressor take apart an old kuregg machine and there's a 12volt one inside. It can make about 5-10lbs depending on if you use 7-12v and there's rubber lines in there for compressor lines.
Adding unsprung weight vs sprung weight is a huge concession here. But yes, it’s cheaper!
Ok this sounds important. I am assuming that sprung weight is any weight that above the suspension. My genius idea here was to put the weight as close to the ground as possible. No closer than the wheels. Please tell me how close I am to the definition of sprung and unsprung. I love learning new stuff.!! And thank you for your great comment. Out of all the comments on this video, this is the first of its kind. 😊
KILLER. Know I know what to do!! .With me axial beadlock 1.9. .. I did get you comment.. New subscribe.. 🖒🔔... What lake is that? ... NC❤ MOUNTAINS back yard RC.AND MORE🏞.
Just put sand in your tires? 😂
Hot glue gun would be best.
OMG, I never thought of that.!!! I'm gonna try it.!! 🤜🤛