RC Nightmare Community Blog

Painting a new body can be a daunting task but with some planning and patience you can get your design onto that clear body with ease and have it look like a masterpiece. I will show you how I painted the ATTK-10 body that came with the HPI Blitz ESE. The painting will be done with shaker spray cans. Read on »»

If you like to spend a little time at the track like I do you will notice two distinct categories of vehicles.  You have people racing either stock or modified vehicles. Stock basically means exactly what it sounds like, everything is as it was from the factory.  There is also a different kind of stock you may have heard of and that is “stock spec” and this is basically aftermarket parts the still qualify as stock equipment.    There are a lot of reasons to run stock parts in your RC truck or car but I am going to give you three reasons you cannot ignore. Read on »»

If you are rocking jumps with your RC car or truck you have surely started tweaking the shock positioning of your vehicle.  If you are new to RC shocks, or shocks in general as I was you are going to want to know a few basic things about tuning them.  If you take a close look at where the shocks connect to your vehicle you will notice there are several positions across the top and bottom to adjust.  (not all vehicles are the same)  If you cannot adjust the top, well then I guess you’re doing the best you can with the bottom.  A few basic principals to get you started. Read on »»

So if you are like me it took a while to get down to the nitty gritty of tuning your RC car or truck. The reason for my lateness to the world of tuning is simply because I never needed it. I spent the vast majority of my time outside with my trucks bashing away, not really paying much attention to “meaningless” things like shock oil. The truth is it was my own ignorance that kept me from enjoying a whole new level of fun! Tuning my trucks has become one of my favorite past times and running different shock oil weights has become my newest discovery. Read on »»