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If you’ll indulge me for a moment, this week I’m going to stand on the top of Mount Pious and make a righteous decree to all below that kits really are the Greatest Thing®. As I write this I’m knee deep in a new Vaterra Ascender build (the pic above is my freshly painted body) and having a blast so [...]
Some guys build shelf queens, while others beat the daylights out of their trucks. If you fall in the later category, RC4WD has a tough new Skid Plate for their Trailfinder 2. The skid plate is made from die cast iron to take the worst beating that you can throw at it. Length- 2.36″ Width- 3.39″ Height- 0.93″ Thickness- 0.04″ Weight- 1.16oz The plate [...]
The folks at RC4WD never fail to impress with their scale realistic products. Their latest is a set of fully licensed Fuel Offroad 1.9″ Maverick Beadlock Wheels. The Fuel wheels are machined from aluminum with incredible attention to detail and come with a black finish to look extra trick. 12mm hexes allow them to fit on a wide variety of [...]
New from the folks at RC4WD are Fuel Mud Gripper M/T tires. These were made to fit 1.7″ wheels and are molded in RC4WD’s X2 SS super sticky/super soft tire compound. Fully licensed by Fuel Offroad, the Mud Grippers have the great scale appearance that everyone is after now days. The tires are street priced at $25 per pair, they have [...]
Back in 2013 and 2014 it seemed like there was some sort of major scaler product or news release every month. We are close to halfway through 2015 and, boy, it sure feels quiet by comparison. Over the last year and a half we’ve seen Axial release the new Yeti and Yeti XL platforms as well as updating the SCX10 and [...]
When we first caught word about RC4WD releasing the 6×6 Beast II Truck Kit, more then a few people were excited! We just got our hands on it, and of course had to post the unboxing pics. It’s always interesting to see how RC4WD is going to package their parts, and this one did not disappoint. Need more details? You [...]
The 6×6 scene has steadily been growing in popularity. On the trail they can make short work of sections that a normal 4×4 struggles with and they just plain look cool. Just in time for summer, RC4WD has announced a new 6×6, the Beast II Truck Kit. Featuring a Mil-Spec hardbody and loads of scale detailing, the Beast II should [...]
Add a nice touch of scale realism to your Axial Jeep Rubicon with a Billet Grill from RC4WD. The grill is made out of aluminum, it is anodized black for a tough scale look, and everything needed for a proper install is included. * Width- 1.34″ * Length- 3.18″ * Thickness- 0.02″ * Weight- 0.28oz The grill has a street price of only $14, [...]
For those drivers wanting to get away from leaf spring suspension, RC4WD has announced a 4 Link Kit for short wheelbase Trail Finder 2 trucks. The kit includes everything you need to do the swap, all the parts have been CNC machined from billet aluminum, and black anodizing is used for a scale authentic look. The kit has a street price [...]
Get your mud on with the new Genius Sem Fronteira Tires from RC4WD. These 2.2″ sized tires are fully licensed and molded in RC4WD’s X2 SS compound of rubber. They are street priced at $29 per pair, they come with normal foam inserts, and they have a part number of #Z-T0131. To get more details simply hit up This Link [...]
RC4WD has teamed up with Marlin Crawler on their latest front bumper for the Trail Finder 2. This officially licensed front bumper is hand welded from heavy duty steel tubing to be extra tough. To look good the bumper is powder-coated black, this also helps with its corrosion resistance. The bumper has a street price of $42, a part number of [...]
Turn heads on the trail with the new Hostage 2.2 Beadlock Wheels from RC4WD. The Hostage wheels are officially licensed by Fuel Offroad and can put an all new look on your rig. They are CNC machined from billet aluminum, then anodized black for a very trick look. A 12mm hex comes standard, making them easy to bolt on a [...]
As a few of you longtime readers may be aware of, I’m a big fan of mud trucks. So when I saw the new RC4WD 2.2 Mud Basher announcement a couple months ago, you know I was clicking the “ADD TO CART” button on their site before I even finished reading the description. So here’s the funny thing. Mud tires (much [...]
Just last week the folks at RC4WD announced their latest and greatest uber scale builder’s kit, the Gelande 2 Cruiser. As you can see, the truck comes as a kit with several sections preassembled (axles, transmission and transfer case most notably). The star of the show is the injection molded Cruiser body, inspired by the legendary Toyota FJ60. Yep, the body [...]
After posting news about three new boats hitting the market this week, everyone in the BigSquidRC office is itching to go boat bashing. But how do we get a new rc boat to the lake? RC4WD has announced a new 1/10th Scale Dual Axle Boat Trailer. Like most everything in the RC4WD line-up, the boat trailer is very scale realistic [...]
