Kraton Kraton Club, Is it really that cool!

[nomis38]

I'm a believer now, lol.

My buddy bought an EXB Kraton "insanely good value, its soooo upgraded lol" and sold me his roller. I've seen him drive his countless times, and I've drove it briefly. Now that It's mine and I really get to be critical and get a feel for it all, I'm so sold lol.

Traded a pair of Dboots backflips "new in package" and $110. Freakin steal in my book.

Dropped in my 150 amp Hobbywing system, $130, that has been itchen for a home for a few months now. Used a stock Arrma servo steering. Bought Duratrax c2 xcons for $65. RPM bumper for $18 or whatever it is. It looks really good and drives/handles amazingly. Thing I love about truggy tires, you really don't need steel belted, as they hardly balloon, plus they just look proper on a Kraton.


BTW lol that wing mount is original and almost a year old. Shocking I know lol.

 

[FatCatRC]

Man I'm lovin how those wheels look on the kraton.

 

[SentFlying]

I'm a believer now, lol.

My buddy bought an EXB Kraton "insanely good value, its soooo upgraded lol" and sold me his roller. I've seen him drive his countless times, and I've drove it briefly. Now that It's mine and I really get to be critical and get a feel for it all, I'm so sold lol.

Traded a pair of Dboots backflips "new in package" and $110. Freakin steal in my book.

Dropped in my 150 amp Hobbywing system, $130, that has been itchen for a home for a few months now. Used a stock Arrma servo steering. Bought Duratrax c2 xcons for $65. RPM bumper for $18 or whatever it is. It looks really good and drives/handles amazingly. Thing I love about truggy tires, you really don't need steel belted, as they hardly balloon, plus they just look proper on a Kraton.


BTW lol that wing mount is original and almost a year old. Shocking I know lol.

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Yeah thats robbery dude must be a friend or drunk haha.

 

[nomis38]

@FatCatRC ikr those wheels were made for it.

@SentFlying Yup he is my bestie plus he has gotten more than his moneys worth outta the V3. lol. It takes a lot of lipo packs to wear the cups this bad. haha.

 

[FatCatRC]

@FatCatRC ikr those wheels were made for it.

@SentFlying Yup he is my bestie plus he has gotten more than his moneys worth outta the V3. lol. It takes a lot of lipo packs to wear the cups this bad. haha.

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Might have to get me a set

 

[TriggerHappy]

Dayum those cups make me cringe.

 

[nomis38]

Dayum those cups make me cringe.

lol ikr. haha. I have tons of them. Just to lazy to swap them right now.

 

[3d-rc.myshopify.com]

I'm more intrested in those tires lol... I wonder how well they actually hold up to full sends and traction.

 

[nomis38]

I ran two battery packs through on off road dirt. Grip is not as good as like backflips, but its not bad, about like the stock talion tires. They didn't wear yet but Ill keep ya updated.

 

[nomis38]

As I bash a bit harder than him I'm beefin it up a bit.

 

[SentFlying]

Cool idea on the wing brace

What if it was short enough to secure to the side of the wing mount where the bolts go through

 

[nomis38]

Cool idea on the wing brace

What if it was short enough to secure to the side of the wing mount where the bolts go through

Some people do it that way. I tried a few different things and found it makes the whole thing to rigid to mount it the way your saying, and the way most do. Mounting to the super flexible wing seems to take the abuse the best from my tests.

 

[SentFlying]

Some people do it that way. I tried a few different things and found it makes the whole thing to rigid to mount it the way your saying, and the way most do. Mounting to the super flexible wing seems to take the abuse the best from my tests.

Rock on. I was thinking the same actually. I'd like to make this work on my OC with a wheelie bar

 

[nomis38]

So I'm gonna reinforce my buddies exb body for him and put front and rear lights like all mine have. Walmart had 5 tubes and I've been goin through a lot lately. So I grabbed them all lol

My body Turned out great, better than new lol. Also made some mud flaps for it and modified an old tbr rear bumper to fit. Shes almost bash worthy. Got a few goodies coming in the mail then I'll say finished for now. lol

 

[nomis38]

EXB has under armor and lights lol. Welcome to the club Mr. EXB!!

 

[nomis38]

Well I swapped out my tasty ol front diff cups lol. Serviced the center diff as well. Maybe Ill make time before the weekend to go through the rear diff.

 

[nomis38]

Goodies for the Kraton.

-T2T brace with f/r mounts $17.99
-Servo mount $14.99
-Chassis braces f/r and the spaces for the rear all in one bundle pack $26.99
-F/R shock towers $46.99
-All four knuckles with bearing and pivot balls $22.99

I have EXB front lowers I'm gonna throw on with all this, I'll update with pics later tonight. Since Ill have everything off the gearbox I'll service the rear diff. Time to get wrenching.

 

[nomis38]

Well I got everything changed and serviced. All four hubs w/bearings, shock towers, T2T brace, EXB lower front arms, servo mount, and F/R chassis braces. Its nice having all new arms it makes your suspension have very little slop. At least for a few battery packs anyway lol.

All the installs on the V3 were straight forward. And now its got lights and an on/off switch that's on my 4th channel button, just like my Senton road car. The Notorious has lights now as well but I didn't get it an aux channel on/off switch.

 

[nomis38]

Shout out to the ebay seller Largescalerc-Plus.

They sent me a LSD diff when I ordered exb open diff. I contacted them and let them know. They said pick a $20 item from my store.

Amazing seller!! The kraton is one step closer to full exb status lol. Installing now

 

[nomis38]

Got it installed. Hopefully now my ackerman wont bend as easy. It hasnt yet with the exb one in my notorious and it used to almost every run.