Top 10 Traxxas TRX-4m upgrades and mods
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- Best upgrades and mods for TRX4m 1/18 mini crawler
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One thing i haven't seen anyone mention is the theres a screw under the sticker on the "spare tire" and there's a hex already there if you want to switch to a real spare. I thought that was pretty cool.
When I seen the title, I thought how the heck does this guy already have ten upgrades for such a new item. I'm glad I was wrong. You did a great job with your down to earth list.
This will be my first r/c since my old HPI nitro rs4 2 in high school. I never thought I'd see the day when electric was so superior to nitro. You do a great job with these videos man. I have no idea what I'm doing and you are a great teacher.
I don't sleep. Or i dream in upgrades. :)
I agree
Been loving my trx4-m. Just got wheels and tires for it today and looking to fit some small brass. And also have to install my bearings this weekend. Great little rig. So much potential. Great vid Francis.
Thanks a ton!
Sweet little rigs, excited to see how the aftermarket pics up for them!
Also appreciate the link in the comments for the battery adapters! Hoping to provide options for people in the hobby.
Hi Matthew,
as I don't have a Facebook account, i wanted to inquire if i could buy one of your adapters mentioned in the video.
I live in Germany, so intl. shipping would be required.
Kind regards,
Chris
I just got the Defender in red. This will be my first introduction to trail / crawler rigs. Thanx man!
I also got a red Defender and it's also my first crawler, in fact it's my first proper RC car
Love it
I had a Hobbywing 1080 layin around as well as a 4ch receiver which came with my Noble NB4. I threw both of them in the TRX4M as well as ball bearings. That thing is absolutely sweet as pie now. Only other mod needed are beadlock wheels with a brass ring
I’ve done pretty much all of these mods plus ALOT more and the best/most noticeable was swapping for the low transmission gears.
Iv been running the bearing kit in my trx4m and it really freed it up👍👍 more torque too. Only took 40 mins to install
Interesting things in this video. We've had two TRX4-M Defenders for a while now and love them. The light kit is, as you say, a "no brainer" really.😄 Yet to swap the transmission ratios, but may well consider it now. I also like the idea of binding to a TQi controller. 👍
You made an excellent analysis of the platform as usual, thank you. For now I am gonna stick with my OG Slash and mini Slash 4x4. I just have too many little Axials that work so well on my indoor rock course.
Much appreciated.
I have followed all your interesting TRX-4m videos and are really valuable... so much valuable that I have ordered my TRX-4m from my Italian dealer today!
Thanks for the useful tips to upgrade in a cheap way this funny car.
I will get it in my bag as I go to some Trial trips and I know in the top I get some area suitable for crawling!
Thanks for your job !
I have used it for some hours and I have no issue with the steering.
In general is pretty a boy game really far from 1/10 scale crawlers !
My utility is to put in bag when I go doing Trial with may bike, to play in some far remote areas... no mor than a few minutes of relax.
1/10 scalers are really a different thing, because we do long feet trips though mountains challenging each other against rocks encountered duringh the path.
If no one has said it. Bro, You are the king of explaining things so simple. Thank you!!!! Peace be with you and many blessings in 20224!
Great little truck out of the box, and Great tips to get it to the next level. Thanks!
Great videos! I just ran across a bunch in stock at my not so local hobby shop and couldnt wait for my preorder.. this thing is excellent so far, it drives better than any 1/24 i've had other than the kyosho miniz 4x4, but at nearly half of the price!
great vid and list of low cost upgrades, i was on the fence about getting one of these and you just convinced me. Definitely going with the defender as i have always wanted to do a camel trophy truck theme build.
Loving the videos! Cant wait to pick one of those up.
Thanks for the video, your video was the first I watched on CZcams, followed 3 of your upgrades and can definitely say they all made a difference to my Trx4m, all my buddies have done the same mods, a bunch of us drive together on our channel.
Thanks for the battery connector info, just picked up the Defender & Trailer..
Great video! New to the channel and picking up my trx4 m tomorow! Can’t wait!🎉
I love the course you built such an amazing realistic way of looking at this video. I like the wheels & tires from injora, I have the same tire but midsize 58/24. I have a white ford bronco too, I haven't installed the low gear range yet. But watching this makes me want to go for it. Such an amazing course by the way. It's perfect.
great video! I just got one the other day and love it. I feel spoiled how many upgrades are now available compared to when you made this. I already want another so I can do high speed and low speed mods
I bought two immediately!! Both a red defender and red bronco! I don’t have any binding issues at all and that’s something that really worried me and almost made me not buy the trucks. Happy that I got them and look forward to modifying them!
just bought one for my kid today i will get another soon the fun factor is off the charts
Fun per $ is off the charts. And because of the uprrade potential, fun keeps going
Great content. Your videos are very fun and helpful.
Great, great tips. I appreciate your enthusiasm. I would very mush like to see a brief video on how to use the shrink tubing to solve the one problem you described. Thanks a lot.
Great suggestion!
@@RCReviewChannel hey man thanks for the great tip on the heat shrink. I ordered the kit from AMain using your affiliate link. Annnd the biggest one, which is 8mm does not fit over that part of the axle. :(
Or maybe I’m missing something?
😵💫
6:06 i got the injora sealed bearing kit a couple months ago and so far have no complaints
Thanks for the video! I was wondering if you could have a more detailed video on fixing the binding? I am trying to improve the steering
Great advice, as always! And great job on the binding fix and improvement! Wow :)
I ordered both weeks ago, one for me and one for my son. ( only 4,5y but already a great driver with the scx24)
Still waiting on an phonecall from my hobbyist.
We live in Belgium, Europe... I hope they'll arrive soon.
And then I already know what to buy, what to do, and what to order! Thanks :D
Hi! please tell me if the remote control from TPX 4M fits in the hand of a 5 yo boy? I am also looking for a gift for my son
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It should fit, my oldest son doesn't have any problems with it. He's 5,5y.
My youngest, now 4, does have some problems with it but still ok! Sometimes he just throttles and doesn't steer or holds it very awkward.
But my youngest can't wait to get his own TRX4M.... Now we have 1 for the oldest and 1 for me. :D
What almost always happens is that they accidentaly push the auto-trim wheel to one side , so the steering goes off set.
Also they did have some practice with the Axial SCX 24's. That remote controller is smaller, and they learned the basics with them. They're also a tad slower.
@@user-sr7hf3zw5g Oh, and you best buy a Metal Gear Servo because the originals die fast!
I believe mine are TR-4... Fits perfectly, super easy fix.
@@michaeldhoore1178 thank you a lot 🙏 then I have no doubt anymore! Hope you are the happiest father of 2 sons 💪👍 and the youngest will get his own trx soon 😉
Thanks for the great vid. ❤❤❤
This was so helpful cause I needed to know how to fix my steering
There you go. So glad to help. The steering is there and just needs to be unclocked.
I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS!!!!
Thank you for the tips
I love your content so much
thank you!
Tonight I just installed my bearing kit that I got cheaper from Fast Eddys and the Low range trans/motor combo. The low range is amazing. Its so much smother and controllable than stock. I love this truck. The pro light kit works great too. But it will be a waste of money when we start to swap out the motor and the stock esc with the built in light controller. the light kit will be cool for now. till we upgrade the Esc and receiver.
What is the part number of the low range gearing?
The $40 low gear transmission & motor combo does come with bearings installed so it’s not quite the same as installing the low gear set in the stock transmission.
You did a great job with this one, the first review about the wheels locking and stuff, that put me a bit off, and this is awesome!, i have a tqi left over, and now i know what to do with it! can you say some more about the bluetooth module with the trx 4m? :P
Its not always best to put in the low range gearing imo, it depends on where you are using the vehicle, if you are slow scale crawling on a small area then yes go for low range but for us we use the standard gearing as we need more wheel speed out on the trails. Also I keep the bushings as I do a lot of water work where bearings would suck. Tyres, you slate the Canyon Trail Defender tyres yet they are great, especially compared to the Bronco Tyres especially in mud and wet surfaces.
The Defender tires have more grip and I'm enjoying them more. Bought both
Thank you
I though I got carried away with my UDR after I spent $600 in "upgrades" until I ran into a rc friend who managed to spend $800 on his TRX4-M 1/18 for what was probably made for by Traxxas for less that $50!!!! Incredible how addictive these Credit Card Crawlers are...
Cool this TRX 4M
I put my canyon trail tires in a ziplock bag with wd-40 for a couple hours. Big difference in grip
Just got this for my 3.5 year old. Its s fanastic speed and size for him. We had toy grade rcs for him (I have hobby grade) and i was changing the battery every week! I will get the trailer, light kit, bead lock wheels and heat sink cause i burned my finger on the motor already
Great ideas, despite the fact they're gonna cost me money. Nice job! ;-) (Buy the other body!!! Why did I not think of that?!) Keep up the good work.
Nice video. Do you have a link for the adapters?
Another one is tungsten putty. Pack axels, rims whatever...
Hi! I’m looking to replace my stock TRX4M servo with a waterproof upgrade. What do you recommend?
And thank you for your great channel! Extremely informative & friendly. Cheers from Australia 🇦🇺 👍
Just got a trx high trail for 156 bucks from my local hobby shop. First crawler rc
Been enjoying almost all your videos. Bought my TRX4M because of your videos about it. What is a good replacement for the servo? Mine stopped working about just few hours of playtime, I assume the gears inside are made of cheap plastic. I don't want to get the same servo that Traxxas offer. Thanks.
We did upgrade the light kit and I bought a second battery and a Lipo bag. Now, I have watched some of your other videos specific to my question. A few were on Lipo battery safety. Great vids! The other was about using your good chargers with these little batteries that come with a USB charger. So my question is, since this battery pack only has one wire, what do I need to buy for a charger and adapter so I can get a reading on the cell balance and charge to storage? Until today I did not even know that was a thing. All my other cars and batteries are NiMh. Please help.
Cool sweatshirt hoodie
Thank you. I'm a biker by day.
Good advice, thanks Francis . I noticed your tires dont touch the links at full lock and you mentioned epa at 120%. You also mention to use spacers. Can you let us know which hex (part#, brand, etc) fits best and still allows room to bolt the wheel on? Thanks
Injora is now making a hex kit that is puurrrfect for this problem. Ordered it, and installed today - perfect!
The thing to remember is even though it's very affordable it's still hobby grade you will have to put in work to make it your way just like any hobby grade rc no matter the price be prepared to do some work for me that's what makes ot more rewarding and fun but I've been tearing down and rebuilding since i was a kid even with toy rcs i think anyone whom is not in the hobby just looking to play will be happy till something breaks lol
I'm still searching for a fix to the steering binding problem. All the oil leaked from the shocks in less than one month. The best $150 I have spent in RC is without a doubt my FMS FCX24.
Metal Diffs Need To Be Made!
My brother recently bought the trx4m defender and I am thinking about the bronco. With all of those upgrades you mentioned, what would the total price add up to without the cost of the car?
Wondering what your thoughts are on the new Cross Rc AT6 EMO
Can you do a video on how to do the steering mod?
Got any recommendations for a servo? My stock servo took a crap yesterday in under 3 hrs of use. I'm a newbie. Thank you!
Adding grease to the cvd’s is a bad idea unless your not taking it out. The grease will attract dirt which will be abrasive & wear out the cvd’s sooner. I lube mine with Purple Extreme which is a dry chain lube.
If you set the endpoints using a TQI transmitter do they stick if you go back to the TQ transmitter?
tested today by setting steering endpoints extremely narrow with link app and TQI. When binding stock TQ again, the settings were lost :-/
thinkin about getting 2 of the Defenders for me and my son. I have a 10th scale, but can buy 2 of these for less then i could buy another scx10 or something. and the parts and upgrades are so cheap. and can crawl in the house when the weather sucks outside.
Can't go wrong with this.
Have you looked into a West to move the steering link to the rear of the axle? I don't have one yet but that link sticking out like that bothers me.
I got a traxxas 6528 for my bronco trying to figure out how to adjust the steering like you mentioned do you have a tutorial anywhere?
What sets it apart is it runs good out of the box. How about top ten things you can buy with the money your not gona spend on it. Run more spend less. Bearings are good enough for turbos in your car. They dont rust. Just keep a drop of oil on em.
But modding is so fun! Especially the free/cheap ones.
@@RCReviewChannel I like driving em. Not stuffin em full of barbies n scale beer cans
Question (if you dont mind). I have bought a TQI (came with the receiver as well 😊 ) for a great price as you suggested for an upgrade. Does this pair with the TRX4m receiver or do I have to swap out with the one I got, presumably from a TRX? Also can I pair one transmitter (TQI) with multiple cars or do I need another one if I should buy say the Bronco TRX4m?
It will pair with the TRX4m receiver. And yes, the TQI transmitter will pair with up to 10 receivers and remember each one. The trim settings though have to be set each time as it doesn't store trim settings.
Traxxas is the iphone of RCs.
i really do want a hi/lo range
That Defender looks awesome mine is coming when I have no clue Traxxas site said mid November but I’m still waiting. So I have a few couple of observations into the RC world especially the Crawler portion. I’ve never liked Axial or Traxxas for various reasons which none where bad Crawlers but definitely poor parts choice especially Traxxas with there parts such as servos everyone knows there garbage. I had Elements, Redcats & Carisma. But you can’t be close minded & both have great products. So now I have 4 Axials & 3 TRX Crawlers. So it’s interesting I’ve been to 2 Proline By The Fire events watched countless videos from other events there’s a Axial Feast etc. etc. Where is Traxxas at?? Yes they have some nice RC’s we all agree but I’ve never seen a Traxxas tent ever period. This means no support at events. Proline had Axial, Element , Redcat, etc. All there to support customers & show off the latest RC’s. I’m just not understanding there lack of support for the RC community as a whole. That doesn’t stop them from making money that’s for sure & being said I have 3 Traxxas RC’s is a testament. So they just keep on doing what there doing because the money comes in. Now Axail on the other hand is there in full force to promote & support the Crawler community. They are in a whole different category then Traxxas with the SCX6 1:18 scale Capra, SCX 24 line, 4wheel steer 1:10 scale Capra to mention some of the best. They hit on all areas big small & having a RTR 4 whee steer who else is doing this. And they show up at events & even host there own to promote Crawling & family fun. They also give away items at events donate.And these other companies have sales on there items. Redcat has had ongoing sales allowing people wanting to get into RC’s a very good product for a good price. And have extremely good customer service. It’s just plain odd Traxxas doesn’t show support. The one good thing is the aftermarket community has a lot of upgrades for any TRX I mean look at the SCX24 wow. I’d personally love to see a Traxxas tent showing there stuff at events. But anyways they got my money & also have the Defender M already ordered so carry on nothing to see here😂
So online sales are not happening til next week, 2 weeks after the local hobby shop launch. Unfortunate but good for supporting the local shops.
Another awesome video thanks
Bought mine for $260 cdn the servo went in one day lol upgraded the gears to metal, led light kit, wheel weights, bought a 2065r as a spare, shocks,tires,spacers,wheels on the way im over $400 in 🙃😩 starting to wonder if i should have bought the bigger one lmaoo.
Gonna leave stock gearing for a drift Bronco build.
Do you know somewhere to get wheel spacers so I can put some bigger tires on without binding on the frame?
Question.
If I do use my Traxxas Stampede 4x4 VXL radio with the Bluetooth module, and adjust my endpoints, throttle sensitivity, etc. Will those settings remain if I go back to using the original radio my TRX4M came with??
Got my scx24 all done up. If traxxas would of brought this out around the same time, i might of bought one.
Think same thing! Even when I brought my scx24 was like man if that was this size.. and now here we are lol now at about 300 dollars in parts, time to start over lol
Local hobby shop turned me away from buying one. Big scx24 community around the area and apparently the trx4m feel toy grade compared to the scx24. I will probably still get one to see whats up but haven't heard anything impressive.
@@HalfSeasOver no point if you have a scx24 that’s all the way built.
@@HalfSeasOver yeah I'm still gonna get one, lol if it sucks looks cool on shelf, of for friends kids to try out
@@Eric78360 why no point for the love of rc?
0:24 This is due to 3 reasons: i) had to get close to HH's SCX24 price-point of $125, ii) use of cheap Latrax plastics (PETG, some styrene, and PVC), iii) no ball-bearings anywhere, iv) borrowed Latrax electronics. This is a rare Traxxas product (which are usually both well engineered and made using good quality materials): it's well engineered, but made of cheap materials to rob some marketshare from HH's SCX24.
first thing you need to upgrade is Differential gear to metal gears, the second one is servo (plastics gears inside weird)
Do these have torque twist with the low speed gears? And if so is it eliminated by bearings at all?
It should have more torque twist with the low speed gears. Bearings will not help this issue at all.
Counter rotating driveshafts and/or portal axles help eliminate torque twist
Off topic but modifying my scx24 and saw a fast eddy sealed bearing kit and was wondering if the stock jlu came with full sealed ball bearings thanks Joe
They have bearings don’t run it in water unless u waterproof everything and are willing to buy that extra set of bearings. Only worth it if ur gonna make a video running it in the water
@@prob6999 cool good to know thanks
Wish we could get the adapter easier or even china copy ends or something and just swap out our batts easier
Smaller diam tires also lower the gear ratio, which improves crawling. Everything is a trade off.
What spacers did you do to fix the binding steering?
Unfortunately, I don't have any extra RC transmitters laying around as this would be a first RC car for me. So if I wanted to upgrade to the TQi transmitter on this RC, I'd have to buy it along with the new TQi transmitter with receiver unit together, and then buy another separate ESC unit? I guess I'd end up paying close to an additional $200 for just this upgrade alone with the $150 TRX-4M RC.
Will the Bronco tire and wheel fit on the Land Rover?
I wanna know about the servo and brushless motor 😁
Ok...stupid question I am sure. With the swap, TQI radio, how do you bind it to the TRX4M?
Just confirming - if using a TQi transmitter and the Bluetooth link, does telemetry work on iOS? Thanks
Working as an engineer in the injection molding industry for for over 35 years I can attest that $ 5 bucks is indeed a fantastic markup ! These gears are made at the very least 4 at a time, more likely 48 at a time, and run at under 20 second cycles.
Meaning hundreds per minute. If they were hand made or CNC made one at a time, that might justify $ 5 per gear, lmao !!!
On the other end of the spectrum, some of these other upgrade parts amaze at how cheap they are sold, but not one gear.
Very cheap to make, but then you have labor, packaging, distributor profit, transportation from china, transportation and duties, than retailers markup,
It's $5.00 for the gear set, not for one gear.
hello new subscriber on your channel.
I like your comments in your videos, on the other hand I suck at electricity so my question is.
do you have a diagram to modify the lipo socket of the battery?
thanking you
hello. just wondering how can I bind my revo remote to my trx4m?...thanks in advance have a great day.
Is it an easy job to change to the reductiongears? Im a neewbie, only a nikkon 25years ago
There should be a "Lemon Law" for Traxxas vehicles, in all honesty because there brand is the second worst for failures & breaking behind Tamiya of coarse.
Its still at nearly £200 in the uk. $180!
What tqi controller are you using? Do you know the part number?
How do you think - does the remote control from TRX 4M fit in the hand of a 5 yo boy? looking for a gift for my son
I can’t get mine to bind to my TQ remote from my Drag Slash.
Extra weight to the wheels should do a lot of good to the cg...
I really wish they would have made the low range gear the default. The standard gearing is unusable for crawling. Unfortunately everyone is out of stock on the low range gears until May and all of the aftermarket ones that are out currently are the stock ratio. It would not be as bad if it did not take over 50% throttle to even get moving.
Video bellissimo! Posso sapere la durata della batteria? Vorrei comprare questo modello e la durata del divertimento è una condizione per l'acquisto. Complimenti per il video e per la scelta del tema musicale.
A little late but mine last me for about 40 or so minutes
What is the song/band of the intro song???
What is the part number for the crawler gear
I don't do wheel weights, it's tough on the axles. Better off putting weight the steering and links.