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Schumacher have decided to dive into the Short Course scene with two types of tires: Mini Pin-SC’s and Mini SpikeSC’s. These Mini Spikes are a less aggressive general purpose tire, which Schumacher reccomend for Grass, Astroturf, Carpet and general use. Mini Pins are aggressive high-traction tires, for astro carpet and other surfaces with a lot of grip. Schumacher suggest trimming the front tires to reduce [...]
Recently the folks over at ST Racing Concepts released a GT-8/Rally conversion kit for the Slash 4×4. Is your Traxxas Slash 4×4 already collecting dust, and you think you need to breath some new life into it? Would you rather be driving more of a rally car that a short course vehicle? Can you believe that under the hood these [...]
ST Racing sent us a sneak peek of this new kit last month, and now they are offering up more details about it. The Slash 4×4 based GT-8 conversion includes almost everything you need to turn your short course truck into a asphalt peeling speed demon. Some of the parts included are aluminum lower hinge pin blocks (front/rear), front bumper/gearbox [...]
DE Racing is expanding their line of Trinidad SC wheels with a new color, fluorescent yellow. Other than the incredibly bright color, the wheels are the same as the others in the line, with the faux beadlock style and realistic molded in details. The Trinidad wheels come in a number of offsets specific to a lot of the different SC [...]
It seems that ST Racing Concepts can never release just one product at a time. Their press releases are usually jam-packed to overflowing with new stuff. This time around the Slash 4×4 is the recipient of their big announcements. If you’re looking for an additional suspension tuning option check out their new 0.5° rear hub carriers. They are precision machined [...]
Has your Slash 4×4 been sitting on a shelf? Maybe it’s just not getting the attention it deserves? Well ST Racing Concepts has a new chassis mod kit to spark some life into your SC truck! They have just announced the Traxxas Slash 4×4 to GT-8 Rally Cross Conversion kit. The kit allows you to keep the standard [...]
The Truth is still out there, and now there’s a better version of it. JConcepts‘ new Truth V2 may share it’s name with the first Truth body, but that’s where the similarities end as the V2 is a completely new design. Though it does take a few design cues from the original, such as the roof scoop, fan treatment, and [...]
Novak wants you to dump the Velineon system from your Slash 4×4. Why would they want you to do that? Because they have a replacement for it. They’ve taken their sportsman class, inexpensive GTB 2 ESC, paired it with their Ballistic 550 motor and have called it GTB 2 / Ballistic 550 Traxxas 4WD BL Combo. Among all the usual [...]
Pro-Line has a new adjustable battery strap for the Slash and Slash 4×4, let me tell you about it. Well first of all, it’s a battery strap, it’s also adjustable, and it’s made for both the Slash and Slash 4×4. Also, it’s blackish in color and … did I mention adjustable? I guess the main point of this whole deal [...]
JConcepts has a hot looking new wheel style for a few different Traxxas vehicles. The Tense is a one piece wheel with a cool little added detail, wheel caps. The caps come in two styles, open and closed, with the closed featuring JConcepts’ logo machined on. They’re held on with six button head screws for a realistic look. For the Slash/Slash [...]
[Update: This contest is now closed.] It’s time for another Big Squid giveaway! Actually TWO giveaways to be exact! This time we have a whole load of bright and shiny hop-ups for the Traxxas Slash 4×4 from those masters of metal machining at GH Racing. GH Racing has been awesome enough to throw a bunch of their great looking and awesomely durable [...]
Here’s something cool from Pro-Line. A Volkswagen Bug body that actually has fenders on it. How novel. It actually casts a much different attitude than all the fenderless beetle bodies that populate the alternative-style short course landscape. This new vision of an old body is officially licensed by Volkswagen, so you can expect all the decals necessary to replicate the [...]
The first and, thus-far, only recipient of the Basher Approved Lifetime Achievement Award, RPM, has some new products for lovers of the Traxxas Slash 4×4. These shock towers for the front and rear are drop-in replacements for the stock parts but are much, much stronger thanks to that lovely RPM material that we all adore. These pieces will retail [...]
I think we turned that frown upside-down with this one. Who says being a fan doesn’t pay off? These were the winners of our 1/10 scale Traxxas Slash Give-away. You can have your chance too, just be at the IHobby Show on Sunday for our Bashing Demos. The first one is at 11:00 am and we will be giving away [...]
Outerwears, not to be confused with underwears, has some new products for the drivers of short course trucks. Available in many colors for the Slash, Slash 4×4, Blitz, and SC10, these new Short Course Truck Shrouds will help keep gunk and junk out of your chassis while still allowing necessary airflow for all your electronics. The shrouds are [...]
