Who would be interested in 17mm adapters for the crt.5?!?!?

[R00ST]

He emailed me back and they will be the same price as their other adapters (which makes sense) which is $36.00. I have seen the FLM adapters for the slash and they are top quality.

I asked about the date they will be available and where the first sets will be available (whether it will be direct from FLM, or through Mike here at the RCM store).

[Dafni]

Hmm, I'd rather don't have too much offset in the hubs and use Mikes extended arms instead. Don't like those extended hubs too much, they mess up the geometry and stress the knuckle bearings.

[R00ST]

Ya well the extended arms are nice...but I dont have 200 to spend on a-arms when I have spent less than that on each of my brushless crt.5's (with mikes chassis on them).

Plus even with mikes arms you cant run 17mm so you would still need adapters. So all in all I would rather spend 36 on 4 adapters (possibly a few bucks on bearings or suspension parts over time) than 200+ 36 for some custom 17mm adapters.

all I'd want is enough offset to compensate the buggy's offset vs the stock rim offset.

Just for reference on what it would look like with 1/8th wheels and tires here is mine with some adapters for a Slash. The hole in them are a little big like everybody else has been saying and with the slash adapter the offset is different from front to back. But I think it looks pretty cool with the 1/8 stuff. I really like it and I will definitely pick up a set.

[Arct1k]

OK thats got me convinced - in for a set...

[lincpimp]

No to sound like a wet weekend, but why not just get an 1/8 buggy remove the dirt guards and slap a 10th scale truck body on it, with a smaller wing? All the benefits of the stretched, widened crt.5, but with much stronger arms, hubs, servo saver, diffs... Plus it would be half the cost, or less...

[BP-Revo]

Those was my thoughts from the beginning...

Everyone seems to be buying the tiny 'ole CRT .5's and putting a longer chassis and extended arms. At that point it's a whole different truck.

I've decided to keep the stock arms, as I like the look better. Not to mention the cost of the new chassis and arms are more than the original kit was!

However, I think some 1/8 buggy tires would work well and would present a nice choice of rims and tires. But I don't want too much off set from the hubs alone. I think only enough to make the wheels sit nicely on the truck (not too far in but not too far out).

[lincpimp]

I had a few crt.5s one with mikes chassis and an original swb ofna setup. Did not really like either. I now have a hyper ste and it is much better, IMO. I am also running 2s lipo and a decent motor, which does make a difference. Much lighter and handles better with the stock wheels and tires. I even have a set of bandit anacondas to run on the street!

[Arct1k]

In reality its still not as big as a buggy - more of a 1/10th truggy...

[Finnster]

Personally I'm keeping mine stock chassis. Mike's kit is really nice, but I agree that you can end up spending way more $$ trying to make it something its not. (IMO sorta like a Gmaxx vs a truggy, but everybody's got their thing)

I would like a more modest offset as well. Something that ends up like a 1/2 offset, or at least enough that the tires won't rub the body on a full turn.
would like to have the choices of the buggy tires (hell I put M2Ks on mine for bashing)

$36 is for a set of 4 right?

[R00ST]

Yes thats 36 for all 4 :)

[magman]

Originally Posted by R00ST

Yes thats 36 for all 4 :)

Cool....when they are available...let us know!

Originally Posted by magman

Cool....when they are available...let us know!

Yep, just keep us informed. I am ready to buy some for mine.

Any updates? Any time frame on when we should expect them?