Took the plunge today, K8S

[KevinC]

Got this an hour ago at the LHS....
HEAVY.

 

[arrmadillo]

Damm that truck is HUGE! Congrats!

 

[hobo]

impressive in person ain,t they lovely truck bit too expensive for me

 

[Hammer Down]

Your gonna It!!!

 

[Jimbobjr]

Looking good, have fun!

 

[bicketybam]

Got this an hour ago at the LHS....
HEAVY.
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Congrats, Kevin! ???

 

[Outcastblxnut]

Sweeeet????

 

[RWE2500]

She’s a beast. I love mine and Im sure you’ll like that one.

 

[Batman]

impressive in person ain,t they lovely truck bit too expensive for me

You can always go the credit route bud.

 

[KevinC]

Ya it’s certainly a nice engineering feat me thinks. Big and heavy. Got it home snugged up all screws, gave it a once over. At the moment I have no charger or batteries, next week give or take. Still on the fence about batteries. This will give me time to familiarize up close and personal.

I went to the LHS for diff oil for my stampede. I was pretty shocked to see this rig in a small hobby shop in Paris Ontario. Population 13,000......? Crazy right?
When I saw the box.......schwing! I told them I’d buy it but wanted to see if it was the 2020 styles, it was. Never noticed the new external cap pack in the latest RC media, guess I missed that.

I will run stock because it’s big and I’m new......

Thank you folks for your wealth of knowledge and breadth of information throughout these threads. It’s a huge help.

cheers,
Kev

 

[KevinC]

Too wide for my bench, going to build a fold down peninsula to maximize working from both sides. The toe out on the front seems a bit much on the truck,....... do you guys phuck with the steering turnbuckles off the bat or would you suggest leaving them be?....I’ll prolly leave ‘em be for the time being unless I get better advice.

cheers,
Stix Zidinia

 

[hobo]

You can always go the credit route bud.

its the parts just to keep it going that worrys me

 

[Gookie]

Too wide for my bench, going to build a fold down peninsula to maximize working from both sides. The toe out on the front seems a bit much on the truck,....... do you guys phuck with the steering turnbuckles off the bat or would you suggest leaving them be?....I’ll prolly leave ‘em be for the time being unless I get better advice.

cheers,
Stix Zidinia

I felt the toe out was a bit much also, but when I actually ran the car properly it handled fine and in the end is fine.

had similar troubles with work space, built a small stand in the end which kept the base of the car solid for the hex wrenchesand allowed the wheels to over hang the desk surface.

 

[Wmorgan]

Your OP pic really reveals the scale of that thing! It's HUGE!

 

[bicketybam]

Your OP pic really reveals the scale of that thing! It's HUGE!

And freaking heavy! You want to LVC near you car if you are out bashing ?

 

[T3xasb3ast903]

Got this an hour ago at the LHS....
HEAVY.
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Enjoy it man ? ? ? check out the smc 8000 mah 75c 4s Lipos ik a lot of guys with the K8S that run those batteries.. Great punch and good run times on such a massive rc

 

[Hammer Down]

Enjoy it man ? ? ? check out the smc 8000 mah 100c 4s Lipos ik a lot of guys with the K8S that run those batteries.. Great punch and good run times on such a massive rc

I have these and they have been great so far ?
Btw: they are 75c not 100c

 

[RcObsession]

Enjoy Kevin ! Have fun !! ??

 

[KevinC]

Thx all and thx to the last few posters regarding batteries. Will read up on those. Looking at venoms as well......the battery subject is a deep hole, what works for some here ....others have issues with.

I did manage to pick up 3 ammo boxes today in preparation, gonna work on those.

 

[T3xasb3ast903]

I have these and they have been great so far ?
Btw: they are 75c not 100c

Thanks for the correction bro ?