Its amazing how soft the steering bar is stock. I also got FMS's Monster truck, which uses the same chassis setup, but they hardened and improved the steering bar, and all upper and lower links too.
They seemed to have improved the servo horn on the Max Smasher as well. That's one thing I really like about FMS is that they are really good at addressing customer concerns as the product line matures.
@@CapeCrawlers that’s definitely a great trait! I hope they release another truck based on this chassis soon. Would be interesting to see what they come up with. Heck, I’d even just take alternate body shells that pop on too
Right on Treal is the best, I have a bunch of parts on the way from them, inner outer portal boxes. Tie rods and just ordered today the Aluminum axle housing front and back, some of the parts is for my red one and some is for my limited edition
Good job! Much improved. The fender mods look smooth. I do think the treal upper links are too short and are rolling the axle which effects the steering angle as well as exposes the drive shafts. Without a time tested aftermarket, it takes a critical eye to enhance them and I really enjoy that. It's exciting to imagine how things will evolve for these trucks.
Thank you! Great observation on the linkage. I think there’s huge potential in this platform for sure. I would be very interested to see what a company like mofo RC, who really brings innovation, novel approaches to these little things would do to this platform.
Awesome build video Adam, thanks for doing this! Those upgrades look good, seems to have made quite a difference! Love seeing how it came together, thanks again, take care!!!
Great mods!!! I have all of the same ones except for the wheels. I'm running black rhinos on mine. I think the single best mod are the portal covers. Helps counter that heavy body!!!🤘🤘🤘 The RCAWD links come with a ball link that goes on the shocks to give the movement back. I used the ball links from an extra set of panda shocks.
Yeah I love the build, great job. Yeah I still love my SCX 24s, body wise I just love the looks of the power wagon. And it is outperforming some of my SCX 24s which I put a lot of upgrades on them . Will watch for your next video
Yeah you’ll like the brass Treal Hexes, I have them on the red one I got another set on the way for my limited edition one. Appreciate you sharing, yeah the FCX 24 power wagon becoming my favorite, I catch you on the next one peace and chicken grease 😁👍👍
Thanks for watching! I wish so badly that I had gone ahead and ordered the hexes when I got my initial upgrades. I think I’ve got an scx24 brass one to work in the short term though.
Yeah looking awesome, yes just the brass outer covers in the front made big difference on performance. I also got There brass hexes They are great they say they are not extended, but I do believe they push the wheel out about 2 mm
Yeah I bought two sets of the brass outer covers for the front just putting them on the front of my red one and my Limited edition my limited edition going with red inner aluminum portal Box, the back is going to be blue outer cover also with the red tie rod drag link, the red one I have bronze front inner aluminum portal box looks awesome
What an incredible difference from stock I was thinking treal before but you’ve sold me on it! My kart is full of treal upgrades now lol plus the treal stuff looks really good!
Injura adjustable links all the way. I hate those rubber o rings. Not sure if they make sets for the fcx. But you could drill out the balls to fit. Great content! Cheers!
I have metal transmission gears on the way along with a truck bed and rear brass portal covers and gear housings and brass c hubs all on the way with aluminum rims and better tires
Thes guys are fantastic straight out of the box. My only faults with them are the tyres not being grippy enough and im not a fan of the way the body clips on. All in all, a great little crawler tho.
Awesome upgrades dude..I've used treal..injora and gpm on my trx4 scx6 scx24 and capra treal are quality if you want to pay..excellent videos love seeing what I can buy next. It gets addictive..done the o ring mod works brilliant. 👍
Thanks! This is a fun project. Great to have some diversity. I’m waiting for Injora to start pumping out the products for these! I can only imagine they’re just watching and waiting to see what works and what doesn’t with some of these early upgrades. It’s going to be a fun build!
Thanks! It’s always scary cutting fenders but thankfully they came out nice. I saw that treal sold out very soon after I got mine. Hopefully they restock soon!
I don't know,, I think she would see the difference,dont think I could pass one off as a new body for am AXIAL, (maybe lets keep our fingers crossed) thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching! I really hope axial takes notice and does something to counter the fcx24. I don’t know though, they’ve still got such a strong lineup. The power of co-branding with manufacturers like ford and Jeep goes a long way!
I just got mine on christmas but I already spent another 160$ literaly the price of the whole. Car on all metal suspension amd gears and wheel weights it's my first crawler it's my 3rd 1:24 car but its ganna be sweet when I get all the parts in and togher
I want a different cage for the rear found 1 online but it's 35. I tried a nice bed that hold the tire but it had to much weight and not enough material for the rear screws and cracked. Ordered the regular power wagon bed for it. Looking for better shocks. Tried a couple ones too big and can't fit the body on it. Also to stiff. The others I never tried as they jammed up so I sent them back.
Hey, I really enjoy the videos and I had some questions. First, what did you use to cut the fenders like you did? Also i just got fcx24 a couple weeks ago. I don't have a lot of runtime on it and I noticed that the servo is twitching really bad when im not even on the remote. I was wondering if you had any ideas on what could be causing that?
I used tin snips to cut them and sandpaper to shape them. That servo twitch seems pretty normal with the stock servos. I'm not sure if it's the servo or the esc that causes it. I am thinking the former because when I swap servos it goes away. Rampgrab makes a great budget friendly servo replacement.
I drilled my own holes in the frame where I felt it gave me the best balance of axle drop and ride height. Later on I went with the extended trailing arm kit for the rear but kept my frame mounted position up front.
Rampcrab makes a decent replacement that’s a direct swap. The RocHobby Cr18p has an adapter. I’m not sure if you can buy the adapter separate, but that would be the way to go
Timestamps
Upgrades: 1:50
Installation: 6:10
Reveal and first impressions: 11:53
Outdoor course run: 20:00
Final thoughts: 23:20
Its amazing how soft the steering bar is stock. I also got FMS's Monster truck, which uses the same chassis setup, but they hardened and improved the steering bar, and all upper and lower links too.
They seemed to have improved the servo horn on the Max Smasher as well. That's one thing I really like about FMS is that they are really good at addressing customer concerns as the product line matures.
@@CapeCrawlers that’s definitely a great trait! I hope they release another truck based on this chassis soon. Would be interesting to see what they come up with. Heck, I’d even just take alternate body shells that pop on too
Right on Treal is the best, I have a bunch of parts on the way from them, inner outer portal boxes. Tie rods and just ordered today the Aluminum axle housing front and back, some of the parts is for my red one and some is for my limited edition
Good job! Much improved. The fender mods look smooth. I do think the treal upper links are too short and are rolling the axle which effects the steering angle as well as exposes the drive shafts. Without a time tested aftermarket, it takes a critical eye to enhance them and I really enjoy that. It's exciting to imagine how things will evolve for these trucks.
Thank you! Great observation on the linkage. I think there’s huge potential in this platform for sure. I would be very interested to see what a company like mofo RC, who really brings innovation, novel approaches to these little things would do to this platform.
A year later and the aftermarket is huge, plus they seem to be about the top truck on the micro market still.
Awesome build video Adam, thanks for doing this! Those upgrades look good, seems to have made quite a difference! Love seeing how it came together, thanks again, take care!!!
It did make a huge difference! This thing is a lot of fun.
Great mods!!! I have all of the same ones except for the wheels. I'm running black rhinos on mine. I think the single best mod are the portal covers. Helps counter that heavy body!!!🤘🤘🤘 The RCAWD links come with a ball link that goes on the shocks to give the movement back. I used the ball links from an extra set of panda shocks.
I may need to order the rcawd units! I miss that pivot ball!!
Yeah I love the build, great job. Yeah I still love my SCX 24s, body wise I just love the looks of the power wagon. And it is outperforming some of my SCX 24s which I put a lot of upgrades on them . Will watch for your next video
Yeah you’ll like the brass Treal Hexes, I have them on the red one I got another set on the way for my limited edition one. Appreciate you sharing, yeah the FCX 24 power wagon becoming my favorite, I catch you on the next one peace and chicken grease 😁👍👍
Thanks for watching! I wish so badly that I had gone ahead and ordered the hexes when I got my initial upgrades. I think I’ve got an scx24 brass one to work in the short term though.
Yeah looking awesome, yes just the brass outer covers in the front made big difference on performance. I also got There brass hexes They are great they say they are not extended, but I do believe they push the wheel out about 2 mm
That’s good to know. The hexes do look extended in the photos. There’s a lot of axle stub available to gain a little width it seems
Yeah I bought two sets of the brass outer covers for the front just putting them on the front of my red one and my Limited edition my limited edition going with red inner aluminum portal Box, the back is going to be blue outer cover also with the red tie rod drag link, the red one I have bronze front inner aluminum portal box looks awesome
What an incredible difference from stock I was thinking treal before but you’ve sold me on it! My kart is full of treal upgrades now lol plus the treal stuff looks really good!
They make excellent products! I used to shy away from treal because of the cost but you do get what you pay for.
Injura adjustable links all the way. I hate those rubber o rings. Not sure if they make sets for the fcx. But you could drill out the balls to fit. Great content!
Cheers!
I agree with you about the links: the pivot hardware in the newer links is the way to go!
I have metal transmission gears on the way along with a truck bed and rear brass portal covers and gear housings and brass c hubs all on the way with aluminum rims and better tires
Thes guys are fantastic straight out of the box. My only faults with them are the tyres not being grippy enough and im not a fan of the way the body clips on. All in all, a great little crawler tho.
I completely agree. New tires make a huge difference, both in appearance and performance!
Awesome upgrades dude..I've used treal..injora and gpm on my trx4 scx6 scx24 and capra treal are quality if you want to pay..excellent videos love seeing what I can buy next. It gets addictive..done the o ring mod works brilliant. 👍
Thanks! This is a fun project. Great to have some diversity. I’m waiting for Injora to start pumping out the products for these! I can only imagine they’re just watching and waiting to see what works and what doesn’t with some of these early upgrades. It’s going to be a fun build!
I've installed brass front portal housings and covers aluminum high clearance links, steel diff gears solid locked ones.
Awesome!
Take the roll cage and tire off of the back so it’s not so top heavy
I’m super partial to the roll cage though. I know it hurts me performance wise, but I really like how it looks
I like what you did with the fenders. Just haven't had time to get my Treal stuff on mine. Look and performs great! Treal out of the brass covers. 😢
Thanks! It’s always scary cutting fenders but thankfully they came out nice. I saw that treal sold out very soon after I got mine. Hopefully they restock soon!
I don't know,, I think she would see the difference,dont think I could pass one off as a new body for am AXIAL, (maybe lets keep our fingers crossed) thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching! I really hope axial takes notice and does something to counter the fcx24. I don’t know though, they’ve still got such a strong lineup. The power of co-branding with manufacturers like ford and Jeep goes a long way!
I'd imagine these parts will be compatible with the Furitek Cayman Pro 4x4 since that's basically a FMS FCX24 with Furitek components on it?
Yes, it uses the same axles etc.
@@CapeCrawlers Awesome, thanks. Just ordered the Furitek Cayman Pro.
awesome build so far! super jelly haha
Thanks! It’s been a fun one!
sweet truck! if it were me id change out the spare to match too but so far truck looks great
Thanks! I agree, the tractor tire on the back certainly looks out of place now.
@@CapeCrawlers yes it does honestly
BGM SICK AF!!!
💪🏻👍🏻
@@CapeCrawlers We got'ah to stick together, RC Gang ish, On Gawd 😎!!!
I just got mine on christmas but I already spent another 160$ literaly the price of the whole. Car on all metal suspension amd gears and wheel weights it's my first crawler it's my 3rd 1:24 car but its ganna be sweet when I get all the parts in and togher
You’re off to a great start by the sounds of it! Have fun!
@@CapeCrawlers I will I love how far your build has come I wanna ges some little tsl boggers for mine
I want a different cage for the rear found 1 online but it's 35. I tried a nice bed that hold the tire but it had to much weight and not enough material for the rear screws and cracked. Ordered the regular power wagon bed for it. Looking for better shocks. Tried a couple ones too big and can't fit the body on it. Also to stiff. The others I never tried as they jammed up so I sent them back.
When the car drives fast it sounds like cartman from south park
🤣🤣 you’re absolutely right
Nice, thanks. Think i'll extend it first. Really interested in the portal cover, but they are sold out~
I hope they restock soon. It’s a great mod!
Hey, I really enjoy the videos and I had some questions. First, what did you use to cut the fenders like you did? Also i just got fcx24 a couple weeks ago. I don't have a lot of runtime on it and I noticed that the servo is twitching really bad when im not even on the remote. I was wondering if you had any ideas on what could be causing that?
I used tin snips to cut them and sandpaper to shape them. That servo twitch seems pretty normal with the stock servos. I'm not sure if it's the servo or the esc that causes it. I am thinking the former because when I swap servos it goes away. Rampgrab makes a great budget friendly servo replacement.
@@CapeCrawlers awesome thank you so much for the help.
I need details on your shock relocation please!
I drilled my own holes in the frame where I felt it gave me the best balance of axle drop and ride height. Later on I went with the extended trailing arm kit for the rear but kept my frame mounted position up front.
@@CapeCrawlers I paused and looked. I was able to do the same on the back, but I'm leaving the front. Thanks! You got yourself a sub!
889 Rogahn Port
I need a stronger steering servo for mine but my esc has the 2 square piece, do I need a adopter and if so where do I even find one ! ?
Rampcrab makes a decent replacement that’s a direct swap. The RocHobby Cr18p has an adapter. I’m not sure if you can buy the adapter separate, but that would be the way to go
@@CapeCrawlers duuuude mint , thaaaaank you!
I have SCX24 brass hexes on my Fmx Atlas 6X6
How do you like the 6x6? My son is after me to get one.
@@CapeCrawlers I got mine on black Friday. It is actually pretty badass.
How did you trim the fenders?
I used tin snips to cut them and sandpaper to shape them.
why not show mount brass and distance to the rim !?
Show the install you mean?
Yeah I took the front bumper off to, much better
Man I swear it sounds like you’re saying fcx24 but I don’t have my hearing aides in. 🤣
🤣🤣 it’s hard to bring myself to say FCX. It’s completely foreign to me
@@CapeCrawlers 🤣
What city u from love the videos bro keep it up
Thanks! I’m in cape cod Massachusetts
@@CapeCrawlers nice bro that would be awesome if u came to horseman’s in apple valley Cali to go crawl and np
how did you add the internal spring shocks?
I took the springs off completely. I’m running a small amount of oil in them for dampening, but not much.
@@CapeCrawlers that's a pretty good idea
2FM RC has a video about internal springs for forced droop.
stock suspension?
In this video yes. I’ve since upgraded to the rcawd coilovers 👍🏻