JLB CHEETAH durability upgrade EPIC BASH TESTING

We added added a home-built chassis brace to the cheetah. Using exact science and state of the art engineering (not really), we designed this $7.00 upgrade. Afterwards, the car seemed to be able to take much more of a beating before breaking!
This is a great video to watch if you plan on buying the cheetah, if you already have the cheetah, or if you just like watching RC cars fly through the air!
LINKS:
JLB Cheetah RC Car: www.banggood.c...
JLB Cheetah from Amazon: amzn.to/3tRBrZx
Wheels and tires in this video (2pack): amzn.to/3lConUj
lower control arm holder (stock): www.banggood.c...
differential ring gear: www.banggood.c...
differential pinion gear: www.banggood.c...
upgraded lower control arm holder (4pack): www.banggood.c...
upgraded upper control arm holder (2pack): www.banggood.c...
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Arrma body clip retainers: amzn.to/3hKp7pm
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[@VesuviusRC]

Very nice upgrade, clean and effective. I don't do such high jumps with my cheetah but this mod looks pretty tough. Will try.

[@DerbyCityRC]

I didn’t do high jumps before either because I knew it would break on the second one lol

[@VesuviusRC]

@@DerbyCityRC indeed. The red upgrade you use down there I don't have it yet cause when I saw how often the gold one breaks I bought a dozen and I still have some. :))

[@DerbyCityRC]

@@VesuviusRC I did the same 🤣. Feel free to use my link in the description when you’re ready!

[@Deimos000]

Great stuff thank you so much for this!

[@DerbyCityRC]

You’re welcome, man! Thanks so much for watching! Let me know how yours improved once you get the chassis brace done! 👍

[@jasenmaccurdy2645]

Pretty slick upgrade! You beat the crap out of that thing! Love it.

[@DerbyCityRC]

I know! Haha! More to come, Thanks!

[@georgepapamichail1006]

Great videos !!! Your boy is really a natural talent. Bravo !!

[@DerbyCityRC]

Thank you so much!

[@rcsendandblast1579]

Epic vid. 👊😎

[@DerbyCityRC]

Thanks! This is probably one of my favorites still!

[@Leonsrchobbys]

very nice my friend I put the full strut bar on the centre of mine made life so much better👊👍😊🤟🇬🇧😎

[@DerbyCityRC]

Yes, mine as well!! Much more run time out of it! ✊🤘✌️😃

[@mehimrc1314]

Yo bro you've got my vote and I did hit that like for the front flip. Great mod, infact its a bloody amazing mod. I'll see about getting a one bar mod done, either way shout-out coming your way. Keep on ripping that thing, I wish you all the best with the channel. Your a funnier, cooler version of Branden harrera and your editing is pretty sick.

[@DerbyCityRC]

Thanks man, I appreciate it! I thought about just doing one bar, but decided on 2 for the extra strength. 👍

[@mehimrc1314]

@@DerbyCityRC I think one bar with the thickness would work the same but hey, it's your mod and you call the shots haha.

[@DerbyCityRC]

Lol. I usually go a bit above what’s needed.

[@mehimrc1314]

@@DerbyCityRC Me too bro, I hope my community post helps you out since you've done us all a solid on this one.

[@DerbyCityRC]

@@mehimrc1314 really appreciate that, glad I can help! 👍🤘😎

[@jrunner3622]

Love it.... I've had it for 5 years now only thing that broke was the differentials and lower front arm...lol Love the jumps🤙🤙

[@DerbyCityRC]

Thanks! I’ve broken that front lower arm brace several times, but not an arm itself yet. Another video like this one is in post production now! 👍😎

[@DrJT-ly3vr]

Good mod... Good for 6s arrrmas too

[@DerbyCityRC]

Very true. The 6s arrmas have the thin walled single rods definitely could use this double solid rod system.👍👍

[@scaccobol]

great jumps!🤜🤛

[@DerbyCityRC]

Thanks my friend! 👍

[@stuff_from_mitch3418]

Would you recommend those added aluminium bars also for the hbx 901a to save the chassi?

[@DerbyCityRC]

No I don’t think it’s necessary. That darn cheetah is made out of plastic-y glass and snaps if you breathe on it. Hbx uses some of the best RC plastic. Any crash that breaks a chassis on an hbx is gonna cause issues regardless. 👍👍

[@rc_bros3691]

whats you suspension tuning totorial pls

[@DerbyCityRC]

I actually haven’t tuned it yet, however I believe I’ll be trying 90 or 100 wt fluid in it soon👍👍

[@beevang1668]

Link to get the 2 metal bar.

[@DerbyCityRC]

I bought mine locally and cut down, drilled, and tapped. But these here should work the same. 👍 amzn.to/3IEzGH9

[@AndrewKellman]

What size drill bit did you use to tap yours? My screws are M3x.5 and I need a 2.5mm drill bit that I don't have

[@DerbyCityRC]

I purchased an M4 tap that came with the proper size bit, which is a 3.3 mm. You can find metric drill bits on Amazon.

[@AndrewKellman]

@@DerbyCityRC I ordered a 2.5mm bit. Just finished making the braces. Very happy with how they turned out. Thanks for the video showing how to make them!

[@DerbyCityRC]

You’re welcome, man! Once that’s done she should be able to handle a bit more!!

[@rc_bros3691]

i have i problem so yestrday i got cheetah and first run rear dog bone snaped I didnt even jump or enyithing I was just driving around my house.😭Do you have solution for that?? I will try do what you did whit that aluminum braces.

[@DerbyCityRC]

That may have been a weak axle. Mine only broke on jumps, even small jumps. But after I did that aluminum brace, I still have never broken one. And it’s been run many times since I made this video. Lots of stuff around the axles still break, but not the axles themselves lol!

[@rc_bros3691]

@@DerbyCityRC beacuse i am not going to bash it just drive in forest and that stuff but i cant belive how easily that dog bone broke!? Thit this happend couse of to much power and was to mush torq for dog bone? I realy dont know its my first ever rc car.

[@DerbyCityRC]

It’s possible. It defies Hoyle not have broken that easily. May have also just been a bad one from the factory. I would email the company and let them know a dogbone axle broke so easily.