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Over time dirt and crud can collect on your shocks and affect their response leaving your truck with inconsistent performance. Regular shock maintenance will give you more consistently responsive shocks and therefore truck!

Today I will go over a general guide on how to rebuild your oil filled shocks. For this demonstration I will be rebuilding one of the HPI Blitz ESE’s stock shocks, however, most shocks are constructed in the same manner.  If you are building the shocks for the first time you can skip the disassembly portion Read on »»

We were browsing the local hobby shop tonight and something popped out to us that normally we took for granted.  A young boy was looking at the different RC’s and had finally settled on a short course truck. (good choice we say)  He then made his choice almost instantly and almost exclusively by the speed posted on the outside of the box.  This is of course where we jumped in and decided to give his mom a little help.  We explained that there are several factors that go into how fast an RC can drive and they almost never come out of the box as fast as they claim. Read on »»

Now that our body is all masked off and ready let’s turn it into a masterpiece!

Make sure you are using paint that is formulated for polycarbonate. Other paint types may not adhere correctly. I will be using Tamiya paint for polycarbonate: PS-5 (Black), PS-6 (Yellow). The ATTK-10 body is a 1/10^th scale body and used up both cans of paint so depending on your design you may need more than one can of the same color. Read on »»

I just got home from yet another muddy, dusty, sandy run at the local RC track and I couldn’t be more ready to climb into bed and catch some well deserved sleep.  It occurred to me that I had better spend a little time cleaning up my truck.  The thing is, as you all know tomorrow has a way of never coming and when it comes to the upkeep you don’t really want to let things go too long.  Besides keeping your RC looking fresh there are a lot of moving parts that can experience build up each and every time you use it.  It doesn’t matter if you run a Nitro or an Electric RC there are a few things you can do each time you run it to make sure things stay running smooth.  Were going to look at a few tips on keeping your electric looking good, running good, and lasting long. Read on »»