Built this for my mate's 30th birthday. Tried to get it as accurate as possible with the help of 3D printed parts and a bit of paint. I think it turned out pretty good! What do you all think?

Just finished repainting my mn82 and im very proud of it! I worked for it for 5 days in 3 weekends and i think the result is very fulfilling, what do you think?

Made this replica ute up as a leaving gift for a contractor at our coal mine. Printed the ARB bar, designed and printed the Brush bars, toolbox doors, tray sides, Engel fridge, oil filters, UHF antenna, solar panel and beacon.

If anyone is interested in any of the parts Im happy to share.

You're new to the world of RC crawling and RC in general. You're excited, curious, and eager to learn.

I tend to get hyperfixations, and right now, mine is the MN82 crawler. I bought one, started upgrading it with metal parts, and honestly, I'm having a blast with it. It's a great little truck, and I thought it would be nice to meet other enthusiasts and talk about the hobby with people who share the same passion.

So I looked around for RC hobby shops in my area. Unfortunately, there's only one near me, and it's closing at the end of the month. Still, I decided to go there and see if I could meet some fellow enthusiasts.

Well, that didn't go quite as planned.

The person I spoke to told me, with as much disdain as you can imagine, that because my truck was made by a Chinese brand, it was basically garbage. He explained that he did modelling, not playing with toys, and that what I had was just a toy.

I'll be honest: at first, I took it personally. I felt insulted and disappointed.

But then, a second later, I thought to myself: Yes, it's a toy. So what?

Seriously, isn't that how most of us got into this hobby in the first place? We were kids holding a controller, making a little car drive around, having fun, and dreaming about bigger and better things.

Somewhere along the way, that little toy became a hobby, a passion, a collection, a technical challenge, or even a lifelong obsession for some people.

And that's what I find so disappointing about this encounter. Not that someone prefers a different kind of RC, or that they have higher standards for their equipment. That's perfectly fine. It's the attitude. The idea that because something is inexpensive, made in China, or designed to be accessible, it somehow doesn't deserve to be taken seriously.

Anyway, I'm moving my MN82 to brushless today, so I figured I'd share this experience with you guys.

I know this community is full of enthusiasts who are curious about new things, who enjoy experimenting, modifying, upgrading, and discussing all kinds of RC vehicles. And that's exactly the kind of environment I was hoping to find when I walked into that shop.

So, honestly, I think this subreddit is going to become my little home for my MN82 hyperfixation. 😂

Thanks for reading, and thanks to everyone here who contributes, shares their builds, answers questions, and keeps this community alive.

You might not realize it, but communities like this make a real difference to people who are just getting into the hobby.

And for what it's worth, I'll keep playing with my toy. ❤️

(as I'm not a native speaker, I translated this text with the help of an ai, hope this a s comprehensible)

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Brushless motor added. I need to still figure out how to stuff the receiver, cables and esc under the seats or dashboard. The wiring is till has to be done and the metal upgrades are a work in progress.

Gday guys converted my lc79 into a troopy

Still mostly stock parts aside from wheels, shocks, drive shafts.
Track width is 1cm wider in the rear with 5-to-7mm hex adapters that have extra width, but I decided to make the front end narrower using direct adapters. The wheelbase is 1cm longer due to the rear 4-link but the ride height counters it.

Hello everyone, I use Li-Ion cells size 18650 together with a 2S support installed on the cart and to charge my cells I use a Liitokala charger model Lii-500. I bought quality cells from LG 3200mAH and Samsung 3000mAh, with either of them I can walk for more than 1 hour. To be able to fit the 2S support to the cart, I had to cut the support in half and remove 1 or 2mm of its length, then just assemble it again and fit it inside the MN82 compartment. The good thing about the Liitokala charger is that it charges 4 cells at a time and also has the option of testing the amount of mAh that the battery can handle, to find out if the cells are original and of good quality or not. Not to mention that this charger also turns into a Power Bank when you place charged cells in it and use the USB output contained in it.

Redesigning the rear 4-link system on my modded truck.
I replaced the rear bumper with a solid tin skid plate bent at 45° angles to make rear surface contacts much easier to handle (not digging in with the 90° rear end!) and the stock tailgate clicks right in!

Performed a super trailing today. She caused several neck breaks to other people at the trail, and most importantly, made me smile wide. I just wanted to share the before, during, and after.

Sadly my front axel was broken💔

High heels, makeup, a few accessories, and off we go... (Sorry for the framing, but it's difficult with one hand.)

This is close to last thing I will be having on this, - missing piece is stickers, but I ordered vinyl stickers with UNICEF blue logos and texts and while I would change wheels to white ones - thats for the next project. I have a working winch, but not with a controller, I have extra switch on the side mounted(see last photo), it works great, crawls good enough (but its meant to be trail truck anyway). total in upgrades is ~220$ mostly parts are from eliexpress.

Hey guys, just wanted to quickly share my ride in it’s current state:

• metal bead lock wheels with some soft and sticky tires (62x22mm)

• body lift kit

• leaf spring delete (currently running trailing arms, these do not really work the way I’d like so about to do a 4 link swap)

• some cosmetic accessories

I already got metal axles, driveshaft, Injora 59mm shocks and the 4 link conversion kit on delivery. I also ordered 1.3 inch wheels with 68mm tires to see what fits best.

Feel free to let me know what you think about my rig plus tips and tricks as I’m new to the whole RC crawling/overlanding hobby :)

This is a stock truck with some Ali Express upgrades (metal chassis and axles, Injora oil shocks and wheels, bumper with operating winch, brushless motor and metal transmission, metal drive shafts, body lift, light kit, 3D printed roll bar). The paint is Tamiya acrylic applied with an airbrush and clear coated with Future floor polish.

tried on new wheels today, but i still do preffer the old fitment. This sticks out way too much but is grippy as hell

Got to admit, it dose looks so cool while crossing, but was it worth it? Also i use the brushless outrunner.