Ford is Better than Chevy - Traxxas TRX-4M High Trail F150 Ranger XLT

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We all knew this was coming, right? Only a matter of time, but I'm glad they did it, so I could go ahead and pre-ruin it by making it a TRX-4M Low Trail! Watch and learn as I share the non-destructive way to give it a cool new look.
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@chainsaw7887 11 месяцев назад

Some of us don't have a local hobby shop to support.

@jeremyofthejungle 11 месяцев назад

I'm in that club

@joshfowler197 11 месяцев назад

My preferred hobby shop is 2 hours away from me

@606rc 11 месяцев назад

i have one but he ain’t worth supporting 😂

@longtalltexanrc3358 11 месяцев назад

I finally have one an hour away. I buy almost everything from them just to help support him.

@chainsaw7887 11 месяцев назад

@longtalltexanrc3358 if I had one close by they would get most of my money 💰

@bannanapancake 2 месяца назад

When I first saw it, I knew it had to be lowered and lose the roll bar (personal choice) came looking for a vid how you do it.. thanks for the post! Made my day, time to get to work on it!

@scalebuildersguild 2 месяца назад

Glad I could help! Good luck!

@JUMBOs-RC 11 месяцев назад

Scale wise it still looks like a 4" suspension lift sitting on 33" tires

@kevinoxley5898 9 месяцев назад

To get full articulation in back shock, all you had to do is dremel the top plastic off the Bronco shock tower...Works perfect.

@scalebuildersguild 9 месяцев назад

And if I wanted to do that, I would have! Thanks!

@joepiper6064 11 месяцев назад

I have the Chevy High Trail ,put 58 mm tires on it ,and metal shocks ,new wheels,6mm Wheel spacers, black diff. covers .Got rid of the roll bar and the inside part of the bed. Used a piece of black styrene for a Tonneau cover, much lighter also. Keep up the Great Vids!

@markk3652 9 месяцев назад

I bought my black F150 a month ago, and love it just the way it is. I truck around the house, my two dogs don’t really know what to think about it. Was planning on loading up some pupperoni or beggin strips and do the pied piper thing. Still waiting for that perfect amount of powdery snow to see what she’s made of.❤

@cabsbass 2 месяца назад

I got 2 of these for my wife and I, both black, one Chevy one Ford. I put basic upgrades on, bearings/low gears/beadlocks and tires. We are having a blast with them, even without heavy upgrades or added weight.

@scalebuildersguild 2 месяца назад

That's great to hear!

@mikemartin6857 10 месяцев назад

I have that exact same truck...... just got it 2 weeks ago and it's my first foray into the hobby rc space and I can't imagine wanting to lower it. I specifically payed another 30 bucks for a high trail edition for the extra lift when I was really eyeing the new bronco. However to each thier own but I gotta say those old f-150s look so good! And I did get mine at my local hobby shop to support local businesses as I myself am a small business owner. Enjoyed the video 💯

@scalebuildersguild 10 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching! I just prefer them lower.

@MegaTraxxas 11 месяцев назад

Well, for the rear suspension I would suggest shifting shock mounts to front or to back (so that shocks are not vertically positioned). This will save articulation

@nhmtrhd 11 месяцев назад

Thats a very good idea. I bought one of those FMS 1950 F1 pickup trucks. They did the lay down shock thing under the bed and it works surprisingly good, (For an FMS shelf queen)!

@scalebuildersguild 11 месяцев назад

If I wanted to save articulation, I’d keep it a High Trail! 😉

@Brian_Mowry__BMOW71 11 месяцев назад

I'm a low trail kinda guy! Mine will get the low treatment! So glad to see these mini's in an old school 70's truck body! Take's me back to the better days! Great job on the conversion Matt!!!!

@scalebuildersguild 11 месяцев назад

Thanks!

@ScarfDoesGaming 7 месяцев назад

That low trail looks incredible. Would definitely do it to mine if i get one

@scalebuildersguild 7 месяцев назад

Go for it!

@flashevan 11 месяцев назад

I did the low trail conversion by cutting up the body. Gonna do the fuel tube mod next time. Thnx for reminding me again of that possibility

@shmatto1 11 месяцев назад

+1 low trail look FTW

@PorkinsTheWhite 11 месяцев назад

Yeah I agree. I’m more of a Chevy truck guy but that Ford just looks gorgeous. I made a high trail out of my SCX24 C10 but this is so tempting to get.

@3gearrc 11 месяцев назад

I am all over that brown f-150! I've been planning on doing a lowtrail towrig for my other micro builds since the leak a month ago.

@tonyvillalba6299 7 месяцев назад

What is this leak you speak of?

@larrybarnhart7532 11 месяцев назад

I like the lower look… definitely looks more scale.

@BlindGuyRc 11 месяцев назад

I forgot to comment on this video... Woops. Part of me loves these little trucks. Reminds me of playing with micro machines as a kid... almost 30byears ago... yeah... I know.. I'm not that old... haha. But... I also struggle working on them.. the whole blind thing... But I still love seeing all the new versions. Traxxas is really doing some amazing work woth these. Just need an interior.... Come on Traxxas. Who cares the sice. They need drivers hahaha Great video man.

@scalebuildersguild 11 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching!

@twistedtrucker3076 11 месяцев назад

Now it just needs license plates in both corners of the back window. “Bud” “Sissy”

@Sol-hl2rj 11 месяцев назад

What can I say, other than: Traxxas - You should listen to Matt here! Watch his Traxxas reviews - Straight axle TRX-4 options for ride heights and more. Great mods, but as mentioned by another, try moving the shock towers to maintain most of the shock travel. Anyway it looks great lowered a bit!

@richardbalzarinijr2676 11 месяцев назад

Hello good morning. I believe lowering it males it perform better ND overall look awesome. I didn't remove the towers I just removed all the springs on each corner making the truck level. Removed the 6 lug wheel, 79 ford's especially f150 were 5 lug and added smaller tires. Also removed the roll bar

@ifunny2725 2 месяца назад

5:31 those are the tires that came on the bronco and for my experience those are terrible at doing rock crawling, but for trail use they do just fine

@tmgreen122 11 месяцев назад

I ,literally, just got home from my local hobby shop with a TRX4m HT Cheyenne.

@Glowingtomato 11 месяцев назад

Imagine this with the high speed gears and the 1/24 Jconcepts Fling Kings that are coming out. It would be a sweet mud truck.

@forrestcrabbe 10 месяцев назад

Low trailing the high trail makes it look like it has one ton suspension, it's a good look 🤘🍻🤘

@ceecee130x 5 месяцев назад

Much much more scaled indeed. I'm down. Maybe I should also try high-trailing the regular TRX-4m Bronco and see if there's any performance gain.

@keitht7546 11 месяцев назад

Who saw that F-150 coming? I got the big F-150 so I guest I got to get the M version. I do want to make my Land Rover a high trail I think it would be cool✌🏽

@Trucktech80 7 месяцев назад

I wish the Chevy was available in brown, the Ford looks so good in brown.

@HawkeyeKiter 11 месяцев назад

Yes I like your mods. I low trailed mine too. Cheers.

@scalebuildersguild 11 месяцев назад

Glad you like them!

@HawkeyeKiter 11 месяцев назад

Please keep going with the F150 trx4m. I welcome any ideas to make it look as scale as possible with the lights and weathering it. I’m looking for videos on how to age it. @@scalebuildersguild

@EDerable1 4 месяца назад

Yes, want to lower it, live in the Netherlands. Everything is reasonable flat around here and I like scale more

@Cbam871 11 месяцев назад

It actually looks alot better, ill do it too. Hopefully i don't ruin it

@shaunfilby8026 11 месяцев назад

Myself i would cut the holes in the bed. Then put a tonneau cover on, i put one on the 1/10 f150 and its gorgeous

@raymondborn1002 6 месяцев назад

I’d really love to see someone compare the scale sizes of the new FMS FCX18 K-10 to the TRX-4M F-150 Hightrail

@kevinhomer6774 11 месяцев назад

Looks so much better just ordered the parts for my Chevy 😊

@scalebuildersguild 11 месяцев назад

Enjoy!

@jdsrcs8061 11 месяцев назад

Man!!! I gotta get this for sure!!! Growing up my dad had both the Chevy and the Ford!!! Great vid!!!👍👍👍

@scalebuildersguild 11 месяцев назад

Go for it!

@jaredgreen502 11 месяцев назад

I'm not a Good guy but this is the favorite body style they ever made.

@jeffmackovitch9987 11 месяцев назад

Of course YOU did it to the trx4m high trail too. That’s so “the complete opposite” of what I do on my RU-vid channel. Looks good though

@scalebuildersguild 11 месяцев назад

Thanks!

@warfarekid 11 месяцев назад

so glad they released that metallic Brown body again 🎉👌🏻👍

@scalebuildersguild 11 месяцев назад

Agreed!

@karlmoore8639 11 месяцев назад

Would love for traxxas to just catch on that we want low trails!

@radiocontrolled_cars 11 месяцев назад

For anybody buying the trx4m f150, the poster isn’t included, you only get that on the first delivery model from traxxas

@michaelsjournal3827 4 месяца назад

I just got the trx4m f150 yesterday and it had the poster

@DadsRCGaragePNW 11 месяцев назад

BFG comes on the bronco. Canyon comes on the defender. Would assume the standard Baja pro x not the xs and get the same effect with better grip.

@tylerwilson4450 11 месяцев назад

"I do prefer a more firm rear set-up". nice

@scalebuildersguild 11 месяцев назад

😂

@BSalc 11 месяцев назад

Dang! You lowering it made it so much better👍🏽👍🏽.. so tempting to get one.

@RCFIEND24 11 месяцев назад

I love the lower look. I did this with the Cheyenne. removed the springs. prior to seeing this video lol

@crawlerballer 11 месяцев назад

Omg my collection is getting out of control with all these mini releases 😵‍💫. Must have this

@juliuscampbell8606 11 месяцев назад

I was just asking someone on a different video how hard this would be to do thanks for this video know I know the exact way to bring that cg down 🙌

@scalebuildersguild 11 месяцев назад

Glad I could help!

@rcglock9608 11 месяцев назад

Yep. You're right. It looks way better lowered

@JiluMiah-ek2rd 10 месяцев назад

A firm rear setup is is the preferred setup 😂😂😂!!

@greggmundkowsky5798 11 месяцев назад

Damn, now I have to get my own, and yes it will be lowered

@stevefrench3564 11 месяцев назад

I like it both ways or even stock with smaller tires.

@calobdurham447 4 месяца назад

Could you post a link for the tires or the part number for them?

@johnoneal1999 11 месяцев назад

Well, I guess I have to since I fully low-trailed my TRX4 F150...

@RCplamodel 11 месяцев назад

Thanks for the nice car and the video! 👍👍🚙🚙😎😁

@scalebuildersguild 11 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching!

@QD85 11 месяцев назад

Well damn, now I have to buy a traxxas too

@chrispearce9224 10 месяцев назад

The low trail looks so dang good.

@Yan7001978 8 месяцев назад

Ford made an F high boy in those years. But I think your low trail is more scale accurate! All the high trail look like truck with 2" body lift and 6" skyjacker leaf springs!

@navigationmanship 11 месяцев назад

You are just one of those f'n guys!! Haha! If it's high, make it low... if it's low make it high!! Sky is blue... red you say?? I thought you just did that to get under Josh's skin!! 😂

@papatango5082 11 месяцев назад

It looks more like a factory highboy truck after mods , Vs. a Truck with a 12" lift .

@kenneth_jensen 11 месяцев назад

Oh god, thank you it was in a smaller scale 1/24. I'm more into 1/10 👍🙂

@chuckstogdill1938 11 месяцев назад

Needs the chevy ford plates on it now.

@gatorrcgames 11 месяцев назад

I just want this in a k5. 😊

@asplenia 11 месяцев назад

You rock! Asplenia.

@saturnfivehynrgrc581 11 месяцев назад

Good stuff Matt. Like Button energized.

@scalebuildersguild 11 месяцев назад

Much appreciated!

@kyleranderson5557 11 месяцев назад

I’ve been waiting for this!!!! My hobby store told me about this around 2 months ago and I’ve been so excited

@haydenunsell 11 месяцев назад

don’t let traxxas find out who your buddy is.

@longtalltexanrc3358 11 месяцев назад

You lost me at the “one simple trick” line😂 The ford really does look great but I think it’s time that traxxas works on a same year dodge truck. I think the market is ready

@kevinoxley5898 11 месяцев назад

That my friend is a ugly truck lol But why not!

@shafiqjan1474 11 месяцев назад

Still a SCX24 dude, I do prefer the Ford over the Chev 👍🏼

@kevinoxley5898 11 месяцев назад

@hondafreak8613 11 месяцев назад

Traxxas should make a 4.6 Baja Pro X for TRX-4 or sold separately.

@justinopsahl7039 11 месяцев назад

Where are the leaf springs? Josh hates those.

@roshangurusinghe2582 11 месяцев назад

Love the idiosyncracy of a lowered high trail! Hey so what about the light bar? Assume trx will offer in the same style? Will u diy one? Also: crazy light bleed from the stock headlights, how would you solve?

@scalebuildersguild 11 месяцев назад

The black is pretty okay for bleed. Painting the inside black would help. I imagine the light bar will be available soon.

@rezracer6986 10 месяцев назад

I went from “oh, I’ll get the brown one” to “holy shiitake mushrooms! I’m getting the blue!” I may Low Trail it

@scalebuildersguild 10 месяцев назад

Go for it!

@haydenunsell 11 месяцев назад

hey i can finally talk about it now!

@Sysiphos 11 месяцев назад

I just got my K10 high trail and thought about doing this, but I'll need to get out and drive it stock first to see how it is compared to regular TRX-4. I do prefer the chevy even if chrome on it is stickers

@louieHuelsman 11 месяцев назад

Halogen’s.. yup but people would switch em out for the LEDs so all the people in opposite lane go blind !!!

@OBS4ever16 11 месяцев назад

I hate led lights in new cars. It makes driving at night really suck.

@michaeldavis9693 11 месяцев назад

Hell no! In north Florida we drive big azz mud trucks! Seriously tho.. I’m not concerned with scale. I want it lifted. That’s why I’m getting it. I like that my standard trx4 hightrail has many bolt on wheel and tire options, without worrying about rubbing. I mean.. it’s still scape but scale to people who like lifted mud trucks. Low trail looks like something my dad would drive.

@jasonwest6150 7 месяцев назад

Gave my uncle a stockish bronco. I have a k10 high trail. They both do some things better. Best thing of rc is make it what you want.

@patrickhubscher3719 11 месяцев назад

Oh man, it looks so much better lowered. 😢 Why allways High Trails? Are they selling the High Trail versions like crazy? I would buy a normal Low Trail version without hesitation. Hmm, would it be possible to move the rear shock mounts and receiver forward and lower the truck that way?

@scalebuildersguild 11 месяцев назад

Anything’s possible. This way is non-destructive, and allows you to go back if you want.

@justinluczak5611 7 месяцев назад

Looks great! Team low trail :)

@scalebuildersguild 7 месяцев назад

Thank you!

@WoolstyRC 11 месяцев назад

I like a wibbly wobbly rear

@scalebuildersguild 11 месяцев назад

Me too!

@GeezerGramps 11 месяцев назад

Nice job I like the look of your F150 might do that to me K10

@scalebuildersguild 11 месяцев назад

Go for it!

@douglaselliott8298 11 месяцев назад

Hell NO! I'll add brass to lower center gravity and settle it, but It will be running the same 1/10 scale rock garden course as my others(if I choose to buy it).

@trejodaniel 11 месяцев назад

Awesome review! Thanks for the amazing content as always 😊

@scalebuildersguild 11 месяцев назад

My pleasure!

@MegaTraxxas 11 месяцев назад

Can you review more of those chinese brands like Cross RC etc? I think here, in Europe they are also popular

@scalebuildersguild 11 месяцев назад

If I see anything I like, I generally try to review it.

@tomkrushlin 11 месяцев назад

Love that look I think I would do the same

@scalebuildersguild 11 месяцев назад

Go for it!

@allmightygreat1892 11 месяцев назад

Esc rx is set lower on the frame compared to the traxxas bronco and defender. No interior and wheelwells.

@axialjohan 11 месяцев назад

I love it! will there also be a crawl/trail video?

@scalebuildersguild 11 месяцев назад

When I get the chance!

@santiagomoody2607 3 месяца назад

Can u switch out the bodys? Put the Chevy on the ford?

@RCCrawlerz209 11 месяцев назад

I already "low trail" my K10. Lol 🤣

@joshfowler197 11 месяцев назад

I would love a dodge ramcharger or plymoth trail duster high trail

@micahandamyzastrow4910 11 месяцев назад

At least you didn't put tracks on it.

@scalebuildersguild 11 месяцев назад

Yet 😂

@ManyOts 11 месяцев назад

So when are you going to turn this into a tiny Bigfoot? Cause that body is *chef's kiss".

@scalebuildersguild 11 месяцев назад

Not a huge Bigfoot fan, but a friend is building one on an LMT with this 10th scale Ranger XLT.

@8BWN 11 месяцев назад

The poor rear suspension travel makes it more scale.

@markus8834 11 месяцев назад

Looks great though.

@ScaleCustomCrawlers-SCC 11 месяцев назад

Love is as a low trail! Wouldn't angling the rear shocks solve the problem?

@scalebuildersguild 11 месяцев назад

You’d have to move the entire ESC assembly forward, but sure. I intentionally made it have less travel but you could do this.

@trucker5455 4 месяца назад

I didn't get a poster with mine. What gives Traxxas ?

@scalebuildersguild 4 месяца назад

🤷🏻‍♂️

@richardbalzarinijr2676 11 месяцев назад

How would I send u a pic of my truck. I was able to lower it with the stock tires on it with no issues and it made it look like something u would see from the Bigfoot family driving around as a daily driver 😂

@scalebuildersguild 11 месяцев назад

Send it to me via Instagram or join the forum!

@julianorozco761 11 месяцев назад

Saludos Amigo el auto se ve muy bien , esos consejos representan un ahorro de dinero , muchas gracias por compartir feliz dia

@sdy284 11 месяцев назад

Is the blue "paint" on the blue version a flat or metallic blue?

@scalebuildersguild 11 месяцев назад

It's a molded-in color, can't tell you what it looks like in person, sorry!

@sdy284 11 месяцев назад

@@scalebuildersguild tenth scale version is metallic blue and gorgeous. Wondering if 1/18th will be the same or will be molded blue like the 1/18th bronco

@rcplaytime 11 месяцев назад

its a beauty 👍👍😀

@dirtybauer7022 6 месяцев назад

The paperwork is valuable to you new people, dont fucking toss it.

@PhilBender612 11 месяцев назад

What a great looking body on this thing. I love the ford. Hey, Matt, just wondering, are you completely out of the model train game anymore? I think you were in the N scale..

@scalebuildersguild 11 месяцев назад

I haven’t had trains since my late teens. HO Scale at the time.