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Hey bud Yes the DR8 is a great bit of kit for the money. Great thing is they have made improvements and addressed the weak spots highlighted by the end users. This is always something I enjoy to see. I recently fitted a gyro on mine and wow what a difference this made ripping through woodlands and dirt tracks. If you haven’t done it I would recommend the dumbo handset DDF-350 and a receiver with a gyro all super cheap on AliExpress I was honestly amazed how much difference this makes to the car when on the ground. I do bash a lot but I do also like a good circuit made up from the surroundings the planet provides us with

@JPBashed I've always loved the handling of the DR8 and even as it is, it's probably one of the most planted I have compared to some others (Losi HammerRey for example looks great but is a real handful). I said to you in another video that I have a 'few' cars but I've just counted and it's actually 15 😀 My cupboard full of transmitters is now bursting at the seams, so at some point this year I'll probably want to look into a single 'programmable' handset (if that's the right word) and hook all of my cars up to that. I don't know if that's something you can do with the existing recievers in the car, but perhaps such a "How to" video might be a nice spring project for you? 😀

Wow 15 that’s some collection. I’d buy a dumbo DDR 355 and a load of the Giro receivers and put them all in. Unfortunately the existing receivers won’t work and should just be kept with the correct controller in case you decide to sell 😉. Happily do a receiver install and commission video for the Dumbo 😊👊

@JPBashed .... well I'm into rock crawlers as well so 5 of those are crawlers of various sizes. Now that the misses has got used to me having 'toys' everywhere, I do want to get into RC planes next year, so I'll have to weigh up many spent there and pricing up if it's worthwhile getting all of my cars working from one handset. It may not be the best use of my money for now, but if I decide to, I'll come back and politely request a video. Cheers buddy. Good chatting to you.

Flying RC cars interesting videos to be made there 😂 Was nice to meet you and chat too. All the best buddy.

Hi buddy. First off I’m no expert but I try to share my knowledge and experiences I gather from the community. If you have never serviced the diffs then yes I would strongly advise you do this as most come with minimal fluid in so 15 packs later you would be potentially in dangerous grounds. The DR8 is one of the more challenging cars I’ve worked on to do diff maintenance but my video is a worst case one as I’d never done them on this car before and it did take me a bit longer to work out the best way. I would suggest taking your time with it just do one diff each time you attempt the maintenance and then it won’t be as stressful. Remember where you take each screw out and place them down in a way that helps you remember how to put it back together. It’s not that bad just a bit fiddly. Think I covered most of it on the video so at least you have something to reference to and I’m here to help if you get stuck. Before you do any work make sure all screws you are attempting to remove are clean and dirt free. This will help get them out and back in. Sure you can do this. Just be patient and go at a steady pace and you will be fine. I have done other videos on how to replace the diff fluid in the diffs in more detail. I would suggest taking 1 x diff out. Cleaning it and filling back up and fitting back each visit. This way it will be more manageable. Any questions I’m here to help. You got this.

If you need me to do anything in real time or talk you through anything let me know bud.

@JPBashed .... Thanks for taking the time to answer mate and I appreciate your support. As soon as I hit 'send' I knew deep down what the answer would be. I guess I just needed someone to give me a bit of a push 😀 Hopefully after doing the relatively easy center diff, that will give me more confidence. I'll remember to use non-power tools (and a bit of soldering iron heat if necessary) to try and avoid stripping any fasteners. And on the more complex front and rear jobs, I guess I can always take photos on my phone of each stage to help me manage which holes different bits have come from (and I'll keep everything nicely laid out as well). Thanks again for your words of encouragement mate. I won't be doing this until the new year anyway, but once I have, I'll come back here with a 'Mission Accomplished' 😀 I shall now go and subscribe and enjoy a few other of your videos 👍

It’s really nice to have some interaction from a fellow enthusiast. You will do it I’m sure and just gain more confidence the more you do. Screw guns can speed things up but just make sure the screws are hand cracked before using to minimise damage to the screw heads. The ones to watch are the bottom ones on the chassis that hold the motor mount down. All the others should be pretty easy to get undone. The front and rear is t actually that bad. If you can manage the fiddly middle one the front and rear are pretty easy. Happy to do a break down of front and rear for you in real time if it helps. Thanks for the sub. I haven’t posted a video for nearly 2 months. Had a lot of life issues and I’ve kind of lost my drive and have t took my cars out for as long. Reading your message has made me think I should give myself a kick and get back on it so thank you 😊

@JPBashed ... Thanks for the offer of a real time video but I don't want to put you out and also I just need to grow a pair. I'm a smart guy so it should be well within my limits; it's just one of those 'fear of the unknown things' and none of my local mates are into RC so I have no moral support. If I balls it up, then I'll come back and request a video 😀

@@RCvapor oh no not that one brother. That was when I first got the Truck. More recent short at Landywood I sent it. I’ll DM you the link

@@HornieCow You still use the pin. This repairs damaged arms or reinforces new arms to stop the pin from ripping through the arm.

@@JPBashed Ok so this is a repair of damaged arms. I thought you found a way for them not to break. :)

@@HornieCow Well this is an untested repair but as I have so many RPM arms that the hinge pins has ripped through when damaged, I thought of a way to put them back into service. I actually think this will stop any damage to the arm and can be installed from new. I develop stronger hinge pins already but they still bend with a bad enough crash. I think this repair method with actually make the setup a more durable one. When I have fitted a set on and sent the truck to the moon and bashed it hard I’ll do a damage report and see if it is actually a new way to make RPM arms go through hell. RPM arms are solid and the only weak point I’ve found is the hinge pin holes which open up over time and hard bashing. Thanks for your comments and interest.

@@JmanRc If you like the MT10 you will love the MT8 it’s a next level beast. But if you like to bash then expect to spend some money upgrading some parts to turn it into a tank. Thanks for the comment. Check out the MT8 Facebook group for all the MT8EXB recommended mods.

@@craigs-crash-n-bash Yea but I already have 74 MPH under my belt so it wasn’t what I was hoping for 😉

@@JPBashed still not too shabby mate , and the truck didn’t go home in a bag , so that’s a win !

@@craigs-crash-n-bash yes it went home in one piece ha ha

@@marksrc-ri9jf it was and imagine all 3 of us smashing XMAXX’s of the ramp 😂

@@JPBashed yes mate would make awesome content for sure 👌

@@SnoriRC Yea apart from forgetting to put the bearings on both sides when reassembling. 😂 Cheers MIT

​@@JPBashed... on the positive side, seeing such mistakes is all useful info for us newbies mate. So see it as this actually being more useful content than if it all went well first time.

Thank you for your comment. I don’t get much feedback so it’s really appreciated 😊

@@johnny_d549 As if, great minds think alike ha ha. Thank you I really appreciate you saying that. Hopefully I did it right!

​@@JPBashedI did mine the same as you did. Guess we will see 😂

Guess we will, love it.

@@craigs-crash-n-bash 😂😂😂😂😂 what can I say. Send me the bill 😂😂😂

jp needs an xmcxx

@@marksrc-ri9jf I think I do to be fair DAM IT 😂

@@JPBashed we are all jumping aboard trust me haha

@@marksrc-ri9jf yes he most definitely does ! Everyone needs an xmaxx

One of my Fav spots and its probably the closest

Thanks Craig. Think I’ll be more hesitant about having my cars righted in the future as my first break on the DR8 was from OP Bashed driving into the car and bent the shock shaft! 😂

@@craigs-crash-n-bash Thanks Craig

@@ProTuneHobbies Hi, can’t say I would agree with that comment about the durability. I have 2 x of these and we have given them some serious crap and they have taken most of it other than bending hinge pins and snapping lower arms but any car would have broke under those incidents. This broke because there is a concrete and metal strip that sticks out and OP Bashed hit it on the ramp and it cracked the wheel and shattered the bearing. I would agree the bearings seem to be problematic on these. Have changed a few. TLR is a solid unit my friend trust me.

@@JPBashed agreed, I beat the living crap out of my RTR Typhon and TLR Typhon and have yet to have any issues out of either one besides wearing the tires out, but that’s just my driving style. As far as I’m concerned, these things are absolute tanks.

@@850RC Nice comment and I agree. Titanium hinge pins and the rest is bullet proof ha ha

@@SnoriRC Hey, yea I have gone through a lot of these ends now as I am testing them before I potentially sold them. They won’t be going on sale. They are 100% solid and work perfectly until it lands on the roof. The second it lands on the roof they shatter. I’ve sent it 50ft in the air and landed on all 4 and no breaks. Unfortunately I forgot about them breaking when landing on the roof and the jump before it broke I landed on the roof. The simple stress of landing a quad just bent the chassis because both brace end connected to the centre diff were broke. I know this due to previous testing and actually the penny dropped when discussing it in the MT8 Facebook group. Shame as we need to be able to buy the ends from TA without the brace. Will try the bearing trick and see how that works out but I suspect a hard enough bad landing would still bend the end. Time will tell brother.

Hey Jay, thanks for dropping in and saying hi brother. Well I sell carbo fibre braces and part of that i had 3D printed ends made to sell with the braces as you cant buy the stock ones on their own which is very frustrating. So I have been testing them out and they have now cost me a chassis. Work great until you land on the roof and they just break!!! Wish I knew someone who could make some that are more flexible 😉, know anyone mate? 😂. Got my new chassis here and having a Titanium grade 5 one made. Watch this space, will announce by who later down the line.

@@JPBashed I might know someone. lol Can’t wait to see the new chassis and order one for myself!

@@850RC Not sure how long it will be before it’s made but I will keep everyone up to speed.

@@joemoore1616 Sometimes it happens ha ha

@@BryanSikorski nice one brother

Added you up

@@craigs-crash-n-bash All OP Bashed and my camera work. See him nearly hit me with the car 😂😂😂

@@JmanRc they will if you bash hard 😉

@@TEKonTECH Early days. We talking about the MT8 or the Typhon?

@@JPBashed MT8, noticed the same thing once I installed Sweeps Racing Road Crushers 👍🏾

I’m really sorry I would not have a clue!

@@MartynP-ng1rg Makes more sense. Not sure what they were playing at with the UK ones then 😂

@@TEKonTECH Yes buddy they most certainly do. I hadn’t planned the video just went for it in a moment of madness and was tired so took me a while to get there, but I did in the end 😂.

@@JIPPERR_1 I didn’t realise that you guys spelt it differently. That makes more sense now, thanks. Thanks for the comment. Yes was great fun and hope to go back when the weather is a bit better. The video didn’t really reflect how bad the rain was ha ha.

​@@JPBashedI had to look it up lol

@@craigs-crash-n-bash Thanks for the comment and once again thank you for inviting us. Yes the weather wasn’t the best but just shows how much fun you can have without your swimming shorts on with a controller in hand 😂 Which is still in the airing cupboard drying out by the way.

Lol yea you are right there. I was tired, didn’t plan the video, just went for it and then forgot what I was doing 😂. The dumbo is a great controller for the money. Now run 3 x RC cars with it and am super happy.

Ultimately the dumbo is a radio link just cheaper 😉

that’s a very good point to make, nice one brother.

Thanks Craig, hope it saves a few quid for hard Bashers like yourself.

Well I can only get better and I enjoy my bad driving 😉 Gives me plenty of practice fixing them 😂

@@TEKonTECH Yea defo not made for bashing that one. It weakens the motor mount too with the mods so wouldn’t like to say if that would hold up after some hard bashing 😉👌. Thanks for the comment. Hope you are enjoying your MT8 bro.

@@NicholasLoan Pourquoi t'ai-je fait de la douleur mdr ?

No comprehendo

@@NicholasLoan If you can type in English would be much easier my Friend.

@@ProTuneHobbies Hey, I have 1million in the centre and 60 front and 30 rear, I was contemplating adding some weights to the front as I can’t find a decent surface long enough to get the power down soon enough. So what you recommending in the centre diff?

@@JPBashed honestly no idea about sizes and stuff, all i remember is that if it wheelies it needs to transfer more to the front. learnt it off one of them youtube video things

@@ProTuneHobbies It’s a bit more complicated than that and it can be complicated to get right. This MT is generally wheelie crazy and loves to flip so it’s a tricky one. The centre diff with heavy fluid actually spreads the power more evenly to the wheels. The wheelie generally happens because the front wheels balloon and it drags the car up so more power to the front may not be the answer. However the wheels I use shouldn’t ballon much as they are belted and speed tyres. I will look into it more and see what I can change diff wise to compensate and give it a try. Thanks for your comments, appreciate it.

@@ProTuneHobbies but yes thinner centre diff will put more power to the front wheels. Might be worth a go ha ha. 😝

@@rudymartin3558 Yes it does buddy

@@ChriswithaCrc Thanks Chris. 80 MPH is my next target but I’m sure the car has more than that in it. Just need to find a suitable car park to hit the speeds on which is the hard bit!

@@ProTuneHD Ha ha who’s that then OP Bashed 😊😉

@@TEKonTECH Hey really glad you enjoyed the video thanks for your comments.