The latch-style body mount is one example, the Traxxas iD system is another. Another 'thought' is that Traxxas is, and has been, trying to "shoves others out of the way", so-to-speak, meaning that they have been creating ways to prevent 3rd-party manufacturers from making parts for Traxxas vehicles. However, bodies are fairly inexpensive, so that shouldn't have been their most important thought. I can (partially) understand Traxxas' line of thinking in designing the body mount the way they did - it extends the life of the body. If you, or anyone else, is tired of the Rustler 4x4 body popping off, switching to the Slash 4x4 shock towers, adding a traditional body mount, and replacing the body with a different body, will probably be your only realistic option. Obviously, there are other aspects of this conversion, but this should give you an idea. I'll also be switching to traditional 2.2" stadium truck tires, thanks to the use of 15mm wheel hub extensions. As for the rest of the 'conversion', I've installed the JConcepts Suspension Conversion Kit, and will be installing Traxxas GTR rear (ie. I found my body in Pro-Line's (discontinued) Crowd Pleazer 2.0 body for the Jato (thank you, eBay).
I wanted to stick with the general 'stadium truck' design (although, as many have noted, in here, as well as in other forums, the Rustler body isn't so-much a true 'stadium truck', but more of a truck-car "crossover". While slightly shorter than the Rusty's wheelbase, it can easily be made to work.except that I didn't like the Traxxas-designed body.so, I went searching for an alternate body. 1-1/4" shorter than the Slash 4x4 chassis). Adding to the 'problem' was coming up with a body that would work with the Rusty's shortened chassis pan & wheelbase (the Rusty 4x4 chassis & wheelbase are approx. Obviously, this means replacing the body, as the holes (especially the large rear hole) in the Rusty body could/would play havoc with a traditional body mount. So.getting back to my "project".I decided to swap the Rusty shock towers with a pair of Slash 4x4 towers. In other words, it's a poor design on the part of Traxxas. However, if you don't have a center chassis brace installed, then that tell me one of two things - either the chassis brace has little, or nothing, to do with the body front detaching from the shock tower. My theory was that, since the chassis has been stiffened up, anytime there was any frontal impact (crashing into a wall, landing nose first after flipping during a jump, etc), it was causing the body to bend enough, to the point that the front "body retainer" was pushed back, and it would remove itself from the front shock tower (where the front "body mount", if you want to call it that, is located). That being said, I had been thinking that it was the brace which was leading to the body popping off at the front (since the rear is locked into place). It's pretty rigid, thus flexes even less than the carbon fiber chassis braces you'll typically find in most race kits.
#Traxxas rustler 4x4 vxl aluminum conversion kit mod
The only mod I'll mention here.as it's the only mod that plays into this problem.is that I installed a VG Racing center chassis brace, which helps to prevent chassis flex. From what I can tell, you're running the Rusty stock, or mostly stock. Before I explain, let me step back a bit. Has anyone else had problems with the body popping off in the front? Probably a dozen times during this video.I've had this happen so many times since I got my Rusty back in January, which is part of the reason I'm doing what I'm in the process of doing.
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