My Blackout (so Far)

[iwik76]

Thought i'd show you my work in progres (loads more to do/fit this week).. hope you like it?

 

[Zapped]

Nice truck....You got to drop that body down bro...Love the wheels..I know the tires are hostiles but what rims are those?

 

[Obeast44]

They are Silverback Guerillas.


http://www.davesmotors.com/s.nl/c.885035/n.1/it.A/id.7425/.f


Slhawkins has a set on his Baja, they look even better in person.

 

[chevy1]

Those rims are silverback theyre price is ok but im not sure how tuff they are

 

[iwik76]

Cheers mate, your not the 1st to say that.. will take a look at it when i do the build..


The wheels are from a company called silverback rc, i have lost just under 1.5kg swapping stock to these.. you can buy them stateside http://www.largescalerc.com/SilverbackRCBlackGuerrillaRearWheelfor5B-2.aspx

 

[Zapped]

They are Silverback Guerillas.
http://www.davesmotors.com/s.nl/c.885035/n.1/it.A/id.7425/.f


Slhawkins has a set on his Baja, they look even better in person.

Do they come with the beadlocks???

 

[stalker77]

No you have to buy the Silverback beadlocks seperate, if those are the beadlocks you want. Thats what I have on mine and I love them. They are a heavy duty wheel and beadlock for sure.

 

[Zapped]

No you have to buy the Silverback beadlocks seperate, if those are the beadlocks you want. Thats what I have on mine and I love them. They are a heavy duty wheel and beadlock for sure.

Sounds good,Thanks for that sl.

 

[DemonRC1]

Those rims are badass for sure. If I go back to running HPI fronts I'm gonna grab those.

 

[stalker77]

I have a pretty decent pic of them on my baja. I would post it if I knew Rob wouldnt mind. I know this is the redcat forum and all.

 

[countrygnome]

Looks sweet, I like them rims as well...

 

[mixmasterjay]

looking good cerwyn mate , them rims make it look scale road going MT lol

 

[cordy]

They look fine.

 

[iwik76]

hi been a busy weekend for my blackout, done diff's oil's, full bearing change, alloy upgrades front and rear.. thought i'd show you the results so far..








Think the hard work is paying off.. working on the shell this week but i think it looks good Naked...!!

 

[mixmasterjay]

i must admit they do look ace with no shell on :0)

 

[mp3jeep]

very nice!! Tire and rim combo makes it!

 

[Gosraider]

lovely truck

 

[iwik76]

Done the shell, lowered it..

 

[extrm79]

awesome truck

 

[iwik76]

I wanted to bring you some news regarding some compatiable parts for the Maverick blackout my friend who has a plastics company has been making


Now the parts are fitted to my blackout and are "test" parts.. but so far so good...


These parts have shifted a bit of weight off the blackout all pictures are below


Stock chassis weighed in at just over 1.2kg - - - - - - Custom Chassis came in at just under 0.8kg


Stock shock towers weighed 96g - - - - - Custom shock towers weighed in at 48g


The other parts which include the servo mount and front and rear plates also come in at just over half the weight of the stock pieces..


These test parts have taken a serious bashing today and the weight difference has made a massive difference so far in terms of speed.. My blackout flies... :good: :good: :good:


Let me know your thoughts on this Project...