TRX4 Brass Yes or No??

So it appears it does in fact help...LOL

Cheap Crawlers from Banggood

Hobbywing 1080 esc

Holmes hobbies brushed motors

Integy 76g Portal Covers ( used in this video )

Treal 93g portal covers

104g Portal covers

242g Portal Covers

All kinds of brass stuff for the TRX

[baxrok.]

It's not just about adding weight. It's about weight distribution. Properly added weight also plays into how effectively your tires/foams work. Like anything else, too much is no good.

[slopppy]

I appreciate your time and effort put in for the video as always. I was long time brass addict and I installed heaviest set I could fit under the chassis. Lately, after competing with high level comp builders, I started to realize that too much weight can work against me. Like you pointed out, just the right amount in the right location can be beneficial but finding that balance is the hard part.

[JennyWakemanSimp]

Haven't loaded up on brass yet, but from what I've seen upgrading the wheels and tires completely changes the performance of the TRX4. I also made some small mods like swapping the electronics, and adding SSD Steelie wheels to it. Another mod I think helped a bunch was modifying the battery box to use a velcro strap rather then the stock plastic strap, along with going to a smaller 3S battery.

[linglingbraps]

Pulled the trigger on brass knuckles since your test showed they made the biggest difference. Real pleased how they made hard lines easy. Thanks for the vid!

[NateBz]

Brass at all 4 corner and use the front battery tray. I run either 2 2000mah in parallel or a single 4600mah hard case. Huge difference. Lots of rock crawling here in SoCal and my Bronco improved dramatically. Also running cheap aluminum beadlocks and proline dual stage foams.

[Jessdanvers]

Joe, what I like about your videos is, you say it how it is. Far better than other channels. Keep up the good work bud.
From the UK..

[andygrew]

There are circumstances where a light rig wil excel, and there are circumstances where a heavy rig will excel. The added weight does seem to wear certain parts faster, decrease battery run time, and make carrying the rig a chore though.

Running a lighter body, ditching the scale accessories, relocating the battery to a lower location, choosing a lighter motor/ESC, and running a smaller battery are things that one might consider first.

[DanielStinebaugh]

Nice job at keeping the line's identical, helps in the review of the performance! Thanks for creating and sharing this!

[mainebearhunter]

I have yet to install any brass in my bronco yet . Waiting for the winter rebuild. I like my trucks as heavy as possible to be as scale as possible. But this truck isn't really a rock rock crawler. Light rock and trail rig . But love the videos

[LeftenantMalachi]

My Gen 8 is loaded with brass and is an awesome crawler. Now that I got my TRX4 Blazer I just have brass on all four outer portal covers and some SAMIX bottom brass shock retainers. I feel this is a good balance between crawling and trailing, not too heavy but heavy enough to crawl. Going to replace the plastic chrome diff covers with aluminum for protection mainly.

[Ennis]

Picked up some brass portal covers for the front, only 40g a piece. With some brass shock cup 20g for the set. Hoping to see if it helps. Didn’t wanna go to heavy. Jus needed a tad more for some nasty inclines near me.

[ka]

Roll your truck with brass or without is a also a big difference to break parts or not.I think only comp drivers need brass tuning.All transmission parts would be more stressed with adding weight.But its every ones own decision.I like front brass to compensate my heavy Unimog shell.

[khwamtay]

I just put a 200g brass front bumper mount on my son's TRX-4 Tactical Unit plus widened the wheel base and it made a huge difference in it's performance

[starcityrc]

I just snapped a plastic baulkhead and bent an aluminum D Link.

Both parts have Brass made variants.

Yup definitely going with Brass

[waynecastleman]

I dont think weight in itself is key. Adding a wider stance with better articulated upgrades such as oil filled shocks steel suspension adds weight and helps balance the climbing and from that point you should figure out wether you need to add weight and I like going as scale as possible without making my ride look like a Walmart toy.

[smallfry]

ive always just put weight in the center under the battery tray and a metal skid front bumper and have been doing fairly well for a couple years now. i just cant justify spending so much on 25 cents worth of brass

[DriftomaniacsRC]

Brass portals best thing I ever fitted to my TRX4

[jeffreybozeman]

I just got the K5 last Saturday! My first crawler, and I’m Very happy with! More capable than I imagined. Since I’ll be adding a rack a few accessories to it i figure I’ll get as much lower metal/brass to get more LCG.

[joshmiller]

When I added brass to front and back on my bronco it made it nicer IMO. I only ordered one set of brass portals then put the outer half on rear axle and the inner half the front (like RCSparks bronco build). Nicely balanced IMO. I recently put on some beadlocks. The beadlocks added a lot of weight. But I like it. Seams realistic. I dont do competition crawl events just fun.

[RuisRcAdventures]

That VRdlD is truning out a right winner dude. Very interesting comparison 👍😁