Fitting Injora flex blades and shocks on the LCG chassis Traxxas Trx4M Bronco

#traxxastrx4m #injora #injoraflexblades #testingInjora #injoraaluminiumshocks #howtoinjora
Hi guys, got some more parts in!! And this time, it’s to get some more flex put so we gonna be testing the new flex blades from Injora and there aluminium shocks
We are going to be fitting them to the LCG Chassis from Injora
The parts used in this video where purchased from Injora.com
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[@eckos2310]

Thank you for the video and all the hard work you put into it. I greatly appreciate it. I learned a lot from your videos. Can you do a video with injora shocks but without injora flex blades on the trail.Also can you make a video with injora flex blades on the Range Rover Trx4m defender

[@rcfungames]

Hi bro I truly appreciate your comment 🙏 Thank you very much 🤜💥🤛 What I will do is I will fit the shocks to the Traxxas TRX4M defender, and then we'll do a trail adventure Then I will fit the flex blades and we'll see what it's like on the original chassis on the Land Rover Defender. If everything goes well tomorrow I'll post the video 😉👍 I truly appreciate the support I hope you have a good day 👊😁

[@moy11111]

@@rcfungames thanks for the video i was about to get them. Can you show how it runs with only rear blades. Thank you

[@rcfungames]

@@moy11111 bro I really appreciate that thank you 💯 bro I will definitely do that for you, I just haven't had a chance at the moment but this week I will get out and get footage of both running with just the rear flex blades 🤙

[@Kpilato_21]

I don't believe there is a difference with the flex blades they fit both models. there isn't 2 different part numbers on the flex blades for the defender and bronco as they are the same except the bumpers. I have the bronco and fried gave me a defender body and clips right in

[@rcfungames]

@@Kpilato_21 you're quite right there is no difference between the two besides the body clips, and the bodies, the difference I was referring to is that my Bronco already had the lcg chassis fitted and the flex blades were designed to go on the original chassis. But why am I explaining it to you!!! You clearly already know everything!!!

[@pedroperez-uv1lf]

So glad i found this video before buying the flex blades. Good save man thank you

[@rcfungames]

It's a pleasure bro, I'm glad I saved you lots of headaches! I have tried them so many times since this video, on different setups and no matter how you put them! Or set them up, it hits the overall performance so badly. Definitely an upgrade that is not worth it.

[@HeavyHaulagePilbara]

Great work Ryan. I'm curious to see how things come together on my Defender.

[@rcfungames]

Bro I was really excited to give the flex blades a try, as I had seen so much about all this flex! that I had to give it a go!! And I tell you I have never been so disappointed!! It just gave the vehicle terrible torque twist and body lean! And besides that every time you try to climb anything steeper than 30° the suspension just unloads and you roll!! And that's not talking about how bad side healing is with them! 🤣 Seriously worst invention ever

[@tj_garage]

Adding limiting straps help. I get my trx4m bronco next week so I have little experience with the trx4m, but on the scx24, it made a HUGE difference. When I upgraded the shocks, i was frustrated because of the roll over angle but i just used a rubber band as a limiting strap and that helped a bunch. You have to mess with it so that the flex stays the same, it'll still get the same flex and flex easily it'll just stop the front end from lifting up. Hope this helps!

[@rcfungames]

Thank you very much I really appreciate the awesome tips! That would definitely resolve a lot of the issues with the front axle! I will definitely give it a try the next time I fit the flex blades on a build So thank you so much for taking the time to drop this awesome information. Have an awesome day and thank you once again. 🤜💥🤛

[@SevenWelt]

Hello, Very cool crawler and great crawling adventure!👍Nice and interesting update!👍 Greetings Seven🖖

[@rcfungames]

Hi Seven, 👋 Thanks so much for watching and commenting 😁 Greetings Ryan 🖖

[@SevenWelt]

@@rcfungames 😀

[@MrDlow6977]

loved the video....I agree 100 percent with you on them setups...thanks

[@rcfungames]

Thank you bro! I truly appreciate comments like this so thank you very much 🤜💥🤛 And thank you very much for watching ✌️😉

[@pandacrawler6x6]

Awesome mods!!! Very cool tutorial my Friend! Thks for the info share!

[@rcfungames]

Hi bro 👋 Thanks, I really appreciate it 👍👍

[@pandacrawler6x6]

@@rcfungames 💪🏻🐼🐻🐻‍❄️👍🏻 You're Welcome my Friend

[@Jetskir118]

a great explanation of how everything works for a newbie like me thanks so much

[@rcfungames]

Thanks bro I'm glad it was helpful, and it's exactly why I've produced these videos four people that are getting into the hobby. When I first started I found it very difficult to install certain parts as they don't come with instructions. Thank you very much for watching and commenting 🤜💥🤛

[@ceeuuu5166]

Exactly the vid I needed 🤙🏾🤙🏾 thanks bud

[@rcfungames]

Awesome! I am so glad to hear that!! Even if it only helped one person it made it worth making the video. Thank you so much for watching and taking the time to leave a comment. 🤜💥🤛

[@andyjones357]

Sweet I just got some flex blades for my trx-4m high trail k10 today can't wait to get them on tomorrow

[@rcfungames]

Awesome! Great for getting pictures and doing some flat crawling with big obstacles! But when it comes to hill climbs, ect the performance gets worse. And that's not mentioning all the issues that it causes on the front axle.

[@TheSamisbored]

@@rcfungames So I bought them without watching this video first, so far I have just put the rears on, I'm going to try it out with only the rears on to see if that helps at all.

[@skorpionman67]

Good job!

[@rcfungames]

Thanks Scorpioman67 🤜💥🤛

[@skorpionman67]

@@rcfungames You're welcome.

[@giostealthr1]

Good video

[@rcfungames]

Thanks bro 🤜🤛

[@kevincasey6876]

I use a stiffer spring on the right rear to reduce the torque twist . I would leave the flex blades on the rear and see how it works .

[@rcfungames]

I put the stiffer springs in the rear as I've got quite a bit of weight on the body with all the accessories. I removed the front Flex blades as it really made my crawler uncapable, and I remove the top blades on the rear shocks. It performs a lot better like but still was better with the original setup. Thank you very much for the view and comment 🤜💥🤛

[@user-dy2mx6vv7w]

Хороший тюнинг!❤

[@rcfungames]

Thanks bro 🤜💥🤛

[@AmirrezaAhmadi]

To avoid binding in the driveshaft, I added orings to the upper links only. This will change the angle of the diff, and less harsh angle for the drive shaft when it's dropped down.

[@rcfungames]

Yeah I used spaces to angle my diff upwards, but even so the travel is too much I have removed the top blades and used the back hole on the bottom blades, that is taken away my problem, but I fully removed the flex blade from the front axle, has it really reduce the overall capabilities. But definitely a fun factor to have all that flex 💪 I really appreciate the tip and thank you for watching and commenting 🤜💥🤛

[@AmirrezaAhmadi]

@@rcfungames i have this issue that bottom of the servo sits on the links and limits the travel/flex, so it doesn't drop as much as I want it to. Not sure how to fix it.

[@rcfungames]

@@AmirrezaAhmadi is that with the original chassis? I have the issue that when compressing the the front suspension the links catch each other at full compression and doesn't allow to fully compress the shocks I actually can't wait to assemble stock trx4m from all the parts I have removed so then I can test how much better all these mods really are compared to the stock vehicle.

[@AmirrezaAhmadi]

@@rcfungames no, with the same lcg Injora chassis. Interesting! I think shock positions are playing a huge part

[@rcfungames]

@@AmirrezaAhmadi yeah definitely then I would say the shock positions need to be played with for you to get it right. Let me know how you get on Or I will try and mess around with mine to see if I can find your issue and how to get rid of.

[@SebastienMongecadet-rq8vq]

Merci 👍

[@rcfungames]

🤜💥🤛

[@killrroyale]

I don't know if anyone has said this about your flex in the front. You are getting something called torque twist. Stiffen the spring preload or add a bit stronger spring to your right rear shock. This should level out or somewhat mitigate your twist.

[@rcfungames]

Thanks for the information but if you paid attention I did mention I put the harder spring in the back right and I had the pre-load to Max and it was still not good, for the kind of obstacles I've got in my course this setup does not work well like I mentioned in the video. But did extremely well on the flat sections with the boulders as it had insane amounts of flex, but no matter what definitely reduced the overall capability of the vehicle. And anyway it took away the realism which that's what I aim for when building My RC crawlers.

[@CrivRex]

I was hoping to get the blades for my sons hightrail Cheyanne. Wondering if it would act the same.

[@rcfungames]

Hi bro, I haven't tried them on the high Trail yet, but I believe you will have the same problems with the front suspension!! There is no reason you can't run them on the back axle to provide it more Flex.

[@paulus842000]

Great video, how much does all the stuff you have on the roof of your bronco affect the handling because of the weight up top?

[@rcfungames]

It definitely affects the overall performance, I recommend finding a plastic roof rack, the metal one is too heavy! but really adds to the scale look when out filming Trail videos

[@HeavyHaulagePilbara]

I wonder what they are like on default rails.

[@rcfungames]

Tried that! and still the same outcome 😅 I would say 99% of people, that tried them came to the same conclusion 🤣

[@madskreutzer6768]

When you filled your shock with oil, did you have it fully compressed or fully extended?

[@rcfungames]

I closed it up when it was almost fully compressed or else it gives positive pressure to the shock. Which is fine but not the effect I'm looking for. Like this it has a more natural and realistic movement. Thanks for watching and commenting 🤜🤛

[@VS666]

obviously the scale stuff on the roof doesn't help but you can add limiting straps to the front to tip backwards less often

[@rcfungames]

No I guess it doesn't! but I don't see the point of the flex blades as the vehicle could do all that without having the flex blades, anyway so to me just for the cool factor they are awesome but for overall performance and realistic filming on the trail it's not good. I really appreciate you watching and commenting ☺️👍👍

[@RichardBrooks19]

I lost a lot of my steering from my wheel hub hitting the flex blades what do I do

[@rcfungames]

You definitely lose a little bit of steering angle because of the flex blades on the front, there is not much you can do about it Besides that it also causes binding on the front drive shaft because the front axle droops down too low for the geometry of the suspension. All in all the only fix I can give you is to get rid of the flex blades on the front and run 59 mm shocks instead. And even with this setup the droop is still too much for the original link setup. You will need to install the high clearance links and put two spaces on the upper links to give you a better angle on your drive shaft by pushing the axle forward on top. That also helps for the overall droop on the front suspension allowing you to run the 59 mm shocks. In overall my opinion on the flex blades are that it really hits the overall performance of the vehicle from all the issues on the front axle right through to losing all hill climb capabilities due to the fact that the suspensions just unloads and causes it to roll over. Personally I would tell you just remove all of them and run 59 mm shocks and of course position your shocks in different ways as you will gain a lot of Flex articulation just by leaning them forward. I know this is not the answer you wanted but if you watch my videos on the flex blades you will see that I tried everything and I got the steering angle sorted out but it just hits the overall performance too much for it to be worth it!

[@RichardBrooks19]

@@rcfungames thank you so much

[@kevincasey6876]

What size are the screws , I may want to use these flex blades on a different RC .

[@rcfungames]

Are you referring to the length of the screws or the width of the screws?

[@kevincasey6876]

The width .

[@rcfungames]

@@kevincasey6876 I believe they are 2 mm 👍👍👍

[@kevincasey6876]

Thank you , I have asked many people that mod Trx4m on this platform and your the first to know .

[@rcfungames]

@@kevincasey6876 no problem 👍 anything else just let me know I'm here to help 😊 🤜💥🤛

[@harleyguy932]

The front ones are worthless, I left the rear lower ones on only and I’m going to go the route of shock keys instead. Glad the flex blades were cheap…

[@rcfungames]

Yeah like you so I also didn't like the outcome and I only kept the bottom back blades on. Anyway now they make longer shocks so just get that don't need more flex then that😉

[@mattp7872]

What length of shock did you use?

[@rcfungames]

If you're going to run the flex blades I recommend the 53 mm shocks! But if you want my personal opinion on the flex blades! I don't recommend them as it causes too many downfalls to the performance. I would rather recommend going for the 59 mm shocks with no flex blades

[@mattp7872]

Thanks for the heads up

[@Chris-.-]

Where did you get the spacers for the shocks?

[@rcfungames]

They came with the lcg chassis You can also buy this set from Injora www.injora.com/products/injora-80pcs-m2-5-flat-stainless-steel-washers-spacers-for-mini-rc-crawler-mods-4m-49

[@rcfungames]

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[@Chris-.-]

Thanks. Odd that they didn't include them with the Furitek grasshopper chassis.

[@ka4172]

Big flex is only good for big show .Medium flex is the way too go on the rocks .Thats what i learn the hard way.

[@rcfungames]

Definitely I have noticed that's the more Flex I get to my vehicle's the worse they performing. I couldn't agree more a decent amount of flexes more than enough. That's why I like to keep my vehicle's scale looking and that includes the amount of flex 😉👍 Thank you for watching and commenting 🤜💥🤛

[@TeslaM0del3]

Do you have o-rings on your high clearance links?

[@rcfungames]

Do you mean the spaces they provided for the links or the actual O-rings used on the ball joints?

[@TeslaM0del3]

I mean the spaces for the links

[@TeslaM0del3]

An answer for both would be good tho

[@rcfungames]

@@TeslaM0del3 ok cool, yes I am using the spaces 2 on top 1 on the bottom.

[@rcfungames]

@@TeslaM0del3 bro here is a link to the video I did on the high clearance links kzbin.info/www/bejne/mHrOp42VZ8hjoac

[@CrazyQuadBrothersP3]

What size are the shocks? (mm)

[@rcfungames]

Hi dude They are 53mm

[@CrazyQuadBrothersP3]

@@rcfungames Thanks bro! 👍🏻

[@CrazyQuadBrothersP3]

@@rcfungames I was just looking at the flex blades a couple hours ago contemplating. But just caught your video and nah doesn’t look like what I want either. But the injora shocks for my bronco yes! 👍🏻

[@rcfungames]

@@CrazyQuadBrothersP3 yeah definitely go for the shocks they are worth it 💯

[@CrazyQuadBrothersP3]

@@rcfungames Yeah just ordered 2 minutes ago! 👍🏻

[@grassfpv1876]

Should put the bladder on the shock body, not on the cap. U trap air in there that way

[@rcfungames]

Thanks for the tip, but no ar was trapped inside, as it has a hole on the cap. If it had no hole then yes you need to put the bladder on the shock body. If there was a trapped the shock would have pushed out

[@BeaJtesus]

make a video installing injora brand flex blades on an axial brand scx24, make it like I'm an idiot but also as short as possible. I'll literally pay you $20. I'm too stupid to find the video if there is one

[@rcfungames]

Bro I will order some and do the installation, as soon as I get them. They will probably be here within 10 to 14 days.

[@alistairbrammer841]

Not a big fan of flex blades... Doesn't look scale with all the extra movement

[@rcfungames]

Definitely agree with you!! I'm not a big fan and it really hits the realistic look

[@SnarkyRC]

Yeah that's too much flex. Too much flex does more harm than good. I always keep it to a minimum on my crawlers for best performance.

[@rcfungames]

Definitely I agree it just makes it so uncapable Great forgetting some epic photos and that's about it.

[@TheLilhulk1111]

Flex blades just no good

[@rcfungames]

Yeah I agree with you! Flex blades are not good for performance. Thanks for watching and commenting 🤜🤛

[@erikfowler3124]

don't waist your time, advantages not worth takeaways

[@rcfungames]

Definitely totally agree with you!! Thank you very much for watching and commenting bro🤜💥🤛

[@jonhowland4985]

Also….nothing on the roof goes a long way to lowering the center of gravity….

[@rcfungames]

Strange comment!!! I think I know that!!!! This is why it's a trail truck, or else I would never have put so much weight down-low if I wasn't going to load it up

[@jonhowland4985]

No matter how much weight you put down low, it doesn’t invalidate my comment….

[@rcfungames]

@@jonhowland4985 bro clearly you know a lot more than me so why are you watching beginner tutorial videos!!! 🤣 And the logic of your indication and your answer, you clearly don't understand what a trail rig is!!! without any of the stuff on top of course it's going to be at much better performer. But that's not what I'm building and many other people like building realistic-looking rigs!! Why do you have to be another one of those people!!!! You build yours the way you want to and I'll build mine the way I want to!!! Your comment has no logic, only a dumb person wouldn't know that it makes it top-heavy. And only a dumb person would think that it's impossible to add weight down low to counter it. My rigs are performing extremely well even with all the weight on the top, and me and thousands of others love the way they look like this, so keep your stupid little comments to yourself if that's the only thing you got to say!!

[@bradybuckner6184]

maybe take all the weight off the very top of the car

[@rcfungames]

I could take all the accessories off the roof and the roof rack but then it's not a trail truck! And that's where I'm going with this build And I gave the flex blades a shot but they don't compliment the build at all and still knocks the overall performance so bad that it really not an upgrade for this setup. I'm going to start building the new tarantula body from Injora and I will give them a try on there again as they will be more of a comp build than a Trail truck.