I get that. It might be easier for you to get ADU parts from ali if you can waitI'd say accessibility and price for the most part. I can get most of the EXB upgrades on Amazon here in Canada at a decent price and have them delivered within 3 days with free shipping. For most other brands I'll need to do cross-border delivery and pay considerably more. I've run into customs issues before and if I can avoid it, I will generally try. I almost got M2C shock towers but after shipping it was a fair bit more. I'm also impatient.I'm open to recommendations for any further upgrades.
Kraton Kraton 6s V5 + upgrade journey
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I've just recently seen the ADU stuff actually. It might be a good plan. I like those bulkheads, look great. Do a lot of the folks here find the Arrma EXB parts to be sub quality?
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That ESC mount looks pretty good!
(I looked online) Modular design. Let us see some pics when it arrives & what ya think! ADU has some nice looking parts available.
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Rear EXB shock tower installation.
Remove tower to tower brace. Remove screws for rear brace and wing mount and bushings.
Remove screws on back of stock shock tower holding body posts.
Remove screws on stock shock tower holding tie rods. Remove shock standoffs. Remove wing.
Mount standoffs on the new shock tower.
Install shock tower.
Put the wing back on.
Reconnect tie rods and shocks to standoffs. Reattach the tower to tower brace.
Reattach body posts, and tighten up the wing mount.
All done.
Remove tower to tower brace. Remove screws for rear brace and wing mount and bushings.
Remove screws on back of stock shock tower holding body posts.
Remove screws on stock shock tower holding tie rods. Remove shock standoffs. Remove wing.
Mount standoffs on the new shock tower.
Install shock tower.
Put the wing back on.
Reconnect tie rods and shocks to standoffs. Reattach the tower to tower brace.
Reattach body posts, and tighten up the wing mount.
All done.
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Have you ever driven this yet? It's looking beautiful so far, but it needs to get a little dirtier!
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Can't wait, man. I bought it in January and we were hit with three storms. The last one, a few weeks ago, dropped 60 inches of snow. I then decided I'd wait until spring to run it and do some upgrades in the meantime to learn this 6s chassis. Gotta say, it's not even two months and I feel pretty comfortable disassembling most of the rig now. Good crash course. I really enjoy the wrenching aspect but make no mistake, I cannot wait to get it out and rip.Have you ever driven this yet? It's looking beautiful so far, but it needs to get a little dirtier!
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Not really. They’re definitely better than the BLX ones, but you can still bend them in a hard crash. They are not quite on par with JBI, M2C, etc., though. People have argued that because of this, they think Arrma is lying when they say they are 7075 aluminum. I’m sure they are indeed 7075, just not one of the higher grades. But definitely not 7075-T6, like the good aftermarket ones.
Looking great, dude! You’re going to have a ball with it. There have been several threads where people have said if they could have only one 6s Arrma it would be a Kraton.
And I agree with @joshludden . Go dirty this girl up, man!
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Even the Arrma website lists them as 7075-T6 temper grade. But who knows. I have a set of 7075 EXBs on my Noto & have been fine. Bash away!
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I’d never noticed that. I’d assumed they were 7075-0. Interesting…
But yes, I agree they’re fine. I’ve only bent one, but it was in a super horrendous crash that took out the front tower and everything attached to it, (bulkhead, shocks) front a-arms, and both cracked and bent the crap out of the chassis at the front kick-up area. I don’t think anybody’s tower would have come out of that crash unscathed.
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New addition to the build. A 3DRC high profile wing mount.
This thing is crazy flexible as you can see above.
This thing is crazy flexible as you can see above.
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Dude that's awesome!!
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Up next is the Arrma aluminum center diff 50T, 200K with a Hot Racing bearing mount.
Remove old 100K stock diff.
Remove old bearing mount.
Install new bearing mount.
Install new aluminum center diff.
Finish.
The mesh took me a bit to get right but I finally got that perfect clickety-click. Thanks to @332_RC for hooking me up with the HR mount and the great advice. Also, a shout-out to the boys in the RC Talk Discord.
Remove old 100K stock diff.
Remove old bearing mount.
Install new bearing mount.
Install new aluminum center diff.
Finish.
The mesh took me a bit to get right but I finally got that perfect clickety-click. Thanks to @332_RC for hooking me up with the HR mount and the great advice. Also, a shout-out to the boys in the RC Talk Discord.
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Looking good @BruceRC Nice rig, bro! Great shots! Glad to help & get that diff mount to you.
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Next time you have all that apart again, you should maybe consider taking out those 2 crappy dome screws in the motor & replacing them w/ cap heads. They'll save you a lot of frustration w/ stripped screws.
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Thanks man! will do.
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Pics of the stock center and aluminum center diffs opened:
Both were decently filled from factory.
Both were decently filled from factory.
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Hot Racing Diff Cover up next.
Stock composite cover.
While I'm here I also wanted to change out these dome screws in the motor mount.
Some 12.9 grade M4x16mm cap screws to replace the dome screws.
Install new bearing cover inserts.
Install diff cover, tighten up, and finish.
Stock composite cover.
While I'm here I also wanted to change out these dome screws in the motor mount.
Some 12.9 grade M4x16mm cap screws to replace the dome screws.
Install new bearing cover inserts.
Install diff cover, tighten up, and finish.
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