In this video, we crack open the RC4WD TF2 Marlin Crawler Edition and add a whole bunch of awesome parts from A&M garage (linked below) to turn this rig into a hard-line-eating monster that I’m hoping will dominate in class one next season! Follow along as I describe the difficulties and successes that I experienced during the install process as well as testing out the rig on Cameron’s rad indoor crawling facility!

I LOVE the TF2, especially the Marlin Crawler edition that comes pre-upgraded and already assembled, although you will want to go through and lock tight pretty much every bolt or be like me and just use it as an excuse to replace the crappy factory hardware with better nuts and bolts as you go.

Only real upgrades I’ve done up to this point are:
• Winch and winch controller (RC4WD Warn 8274 with the wired winch control unit)
• Electronics (castle sidewinder 4 with Holmes hobbies revolver v2 snub nose 2040kv and savox 1230SG)
• Spektrum RX

These upgrades were all great, but the biggest problems were:
• Ground clearance, especially due to the t-case support crossmember
• Durability, as the stock sliders and rear bumper were plastic and quickly cracked. They never fully broke, however.
• I wanted just a bit more overall performance from the rig, to make it a potentially competitive class 1 rig (with my poor driving skills)

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