After getting the LED kit for my Maxx (that I just sold) my new to RC neighbor that I regrettably sold my Outcast 4s to wanted LED's too. So I went with an idea Ive had for awhile for a very simple and cheap LED install. I bought these here for $7.99 from Amazon. Then with a body reamer (drill will work too), some gorilla tape (any strong tape will work), and soldering new connectors on so the body could be taken off easily I installed the LED's. I then installed the LED bulbs into the truck with some additional wider washers on the outside, and a larger lock washer on the inside to hold them securely. I was sure that without some washers they would have punched right through the body with the first solid impact. I then ran the other end of the wire into the receiver box. It was a bit of pain to get the additional wire to fit in the gap where they go through the receiver box but I got it. The pics below will show the process probably better than I can explain but I basically just made a connector that could be undone when removing the body (also turning off the LEDs for running in the day). Im sure you could also have a toggle switch to turn them off and on, but I figured this was the easiest way to install them. Because even with a toggle you would always have to worry about yanking too hard on the wires. For anyone that wants to do this and use the same stuff I did here is a link to the JST connector kit I bought for $10. So I guess that makes the total about $20. Not bad still.
I think it came out great. The neighbor/ friend now wants the same thing done on the other 2 Outcast bodies. So Ill be doing it three more times (see my Kraton 4s note below). So far it has held up to some pretty extreme bashing. The only thing that has happened is the LED bulbs would occasionally fall out. 4 dabs of super glue solved that. I will also be doing that to my Kraton 4s I just bought from @jondilly1974 when I get it soon. He has already done most of the upgrades I would have done, but I have a few more in mind I will post about. The first being swapping the STX2 with my Flysky FS-GT5. Anyway enough babbling pics below!
I think it came out great. The neighbor/ friend now wants the same thing done on the other 2 Outcast bodies. So Ill be doing it three more times (see my Kraton 4s note below). So far it has held up to some pretty extreme bashing. The only thing that has happened is the LED bulbs would occasionally fall out. 4 dabs of super glue solved that. I will also be doing that to my Kraton 4s I just bought from @jondilly1974 when I get it soon. He has already done most of the upgrades I would have done, but I have a few more in mind I will post about. The first being swapping the STX2 with my Flysky FS-GT5. Anyway enough babbling pics below!
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I picked up a $9. glue gun at Home depot in the Power Tool section. Indispensable. Shoo Goo/E6000 also works, but its not as rigid as hot glue for that area. It needs to be rigid for bashing. My 3 Crawlers are fine with 'goo, but my Noto. and Tekno MT need the hot glue.
