So I know my build threads don’t see a ton of traffic being non-Arrma, but I like this place, and the members so… Plus the Tekno forum is a ghost town, fakebook groups suck balls, and I’ve always preferred the bashing crowd over most racers in a forum setting. I don’t piss all over stuff I don’t own because it’s different than what I do own, and most guys here seem to be the same more often than not.
That being said-this is another build I’m wrapping up for my girl this go ‘round.. It’s a Tekno ET48 2.0 I picked up used for a smokin’ deal that was fairly clean. It came with a Tekin T8 2050KV, and a Tekin digital servo to handle steering duties. The chassis barely had a scratch on it, and the guy MAYBE put a half hour on the thing..
I ALWAYS tear them down to every last fastener, and go through everything. Found a few things the previous owner f’d up on the build, and a couple other things that needed attention as well. I sold her bulletproofed Talion, and bought this as it makes more sense for us being that I run all Tekno buggies, and truggies aside from one Associated RC8 nitro buggy.. Keeps the parts supply from really getting out of control with many different brands.
I think it turned out really nice, and she’s stoked AF to get this thing back on the dirt.. I’m not going over every little detail like I did on my “Gemini Twins” build thread on my profile, but you can see a lot of the things I did, sourced, and changed from the before pics.. Enjoy, and thanks for putting up with my brand-X nonsense.
Tekno does what they call a “gun metal” with most of their aluminum parts, and while I’m not always worried about that kind of stuff compared to function, performance, and durability; I really wanted to make this truck “hers”, so I did as much homework as I could on stuff that I hadn’t seen others attempt, and made my “best guesses” accordingly for a number of parts. Also did the J&T Titanium turnbuckles in “oil slick”, and grabbed a bunch of hot pink washers, and nuts from Ultimate Racing.. The body will be Pink, purple, and teal over a white background, and am having Boom Graphics do some custom Tekno, Tekin, Futaba, J&T, etc. decals, as well as a wing wrap for her, and custom “driver’s name” for the window, and wing plates.. I also went ahead and did all the Tekno upgrades I did on my own trucks with hers, including light weight towers, 2.1 front end, and a number of other modifications throughout the build that nobody ever see’s..
That being said-this is another build I’m wrapping up for my girl this go ‘round.. It’s a Tekno ET48 2.0 I picked up used for a smokin’ deal that was fairly clean. It came with a Tekin T8 2050KV, and a Tekin digital servo to handle steering duties. The chassis barely had a scratch on it, and the guy MAYBE put a half hour on the thing..
I ALWAYS tear them down to every last fastener, and go through everything. Found a few things the previous owner f’d up on the build, and a couple other things that needed attention as well. I sold her bulletproofed Talion, and bought this as it makes more sense for us being that I run all Tekno buggies, and truggies aside from one Associated RC8 nitro buggy.. Keeps the parts supply from really getting out of control with many different brands.
I think it turned out really nice, and she’s stoked AF to get this thing back on the dirt.. I’m not going over every little detail like I did on my “Gemini Twins” build thread on my profile, but you can see a lot of the things I did, sourced, and changed from the before pics.. Enjoy, and thanks for putting up with my brand-X nonsense.
Tekno does what they call a “gun metal” with most of their aluminum parts, and while I’m not always worried about that kind of stuff compared to function, performance, and durability; I really wanted to make this truck “hers”, so I did as much homework as I could on stuff that I hadn’t seen others attempt, and made my “best guesses” accordingly for a number of parts. Also did the J&T Titanium turnbuckles in “oil slick”, and grabbed a bunch of hot pink washers, and nuts from Ultimate Racing.. The body will be Pink, purple, and teal over a white background, and am having Boom Graphics do some custom Tekno, Tekin, Futaba, J&T, etc. decals, as well as a wing wrap for her, and custom “driver’s name” for the window, and wing plates.. I also went ahead and did all the Tekno upgrades I did on my own trucks with hers, including light weight towers, 2.1 front end, and a number of other modifications throughout the build that nobody ever see’s..
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No suck donkey balls Zone!
