CAC beadlocks, Proline Dirt Works, RPM rear arms

[Rob #28]

Hmm so those are the truck size ribs and bow ties right? Interesting. Weird seeing ribs on a slash lol.

[rocketrob40]

Aug 16, 2008 8:13:02 GMT -5 Rob #28 said:

Hmm so those are the truck size ribs and bow ties right? Interesting. Weird seeing ribs on a slash lol.

The jury is still out for me on whether or not I'm buying into the bowties, but the ribs definately kill the whole "scale-realism" for me.... at least in my eyes.


I'm all for the proline A-arms, hubs, shocks, whatever anybody wants to change out - especially if it adds some bulletproof-ness to the truck - and even some cool things like real beadlocks ..... but when it comes to tires, unless another company (come on Proline, your rubber compounds are far superior) comes out with slash-specific treads that retain the "real" look I'm gonna stay with the stockers.

[chiefmasterbeast]

yeah, the stockers are nice and fairly good over all types of surfaces. Ive driven mine on asphalt, mud, grass, sand (wet and dry) rocks, gravel and even down some railroad tracks. they grip well on all the surfaces and i like em. i do want some of those CAC beadlocks tho.

[jackal20]

the dirtworks tires i narrowed awhile back awesome on loose
dirt. the tires have not failed yet.. m/m 4600 kv-2cell lipo

[dion]

Aug 14, 2008 6:15:02 GMT -5 gman said:

i am lookin at those too but do you think they will fit right?

I test fitted a Proline "eightshooter" beadlock yesterday, and it won't fit on my truck. It rubs against my RPM arms and the top of my TRX uprights.

[dion]

Aug 16, 2008 8:13:02 GMT -5 Rob #28 said:

Hmm so those are the truck size ribs and bow ties right? Interesting. Weird seeing ribs on a slash lol.

Yes, it's not that asthetically pleasing, but it still looks very scale on the track!

[dion]

Aug 16, 2008 9:35:19 GMT -5 @rocketrob40 said:

Aug 16, 2008 8:13:02 GMT -5 Rob #28 said:

Hmm so those are the truck size ribs and bow ties right? Interesting. Weird seeing ribs on a slash lol.

The jury is still out for me on whether or not I'm buying into the bowties, but the ribs definately kill the whole "scale-realism" for me.... at least in my eyes.


I'm all for the proline A-arms, hubs, shocks, whatever anybody wants to change out - especially if it adds some bulletproof-ness to the truck - and even some cool things like real beadlocks ..... but when it comes to tires, unless another company (come on Proline, your rubber compounds are far superior) comes out with slash-specific treads that retain the "real" look I'm gonna stay with the stockers.

Yes, I agree, but this is what I came up with until something more specific comes our way. Until then, it works well for me, even though it's not as scale looking as I want. But it looks better to me than running 1/8th scale buggy wheels/tires!

I'm thinking about getting one more set of CAC's!

[dion]

Aug 16, 2008 10:56:48 GMT -5 chiefmasterbeast said:

yeah, the stockers are nice and fairly good over all types of surfaces. Ive driven mine on asphalt, mud, grass, sand (wet and dry) rocks, gravel and even down some railroad tracks. they grip well on all the surfaces and i like em. i do want some of those CAC beadlocks tho.

Give the Prolines a whirl...I think you'll be surprised.

[gman]

do the proline rims rub the castor block or the screw? would they fit with the stock arms?

[cconrocks]

I have proline eight shooters with geolanders and my front rims rubbed the castor block had to space them out to ge them to work.

[dion]

Aug 27, 2008 16:07:34 GMT -5 gman said:

do the proline rims rub the castor block or the screw? would they fit with the stock arms?

On my truck, with the RPM arms, it's rubbing both. I'm sure a couple of wheel spacers (like Tamiya's 1 and 2mm spacers) would do the trick! Or maybe using the Team STRC pieces will allow more clearance?