Should I buy a 4x4 Pede?
 

So I was looking at the new pede 4x4...

I want one. Just looking on ebay they are slightly less than 400 shipped. Or I can buy a roller and set it up with the castle sc 2400 mmp system and run 5-6s lipo... That would cost me about 430-450...

So what do you guys think? I do not mind getting the complete truck, as it seems to be a better deal than buying a roller. But will I hate the vxl setup? I would run 3s lipo and leave stock gearing for 45mph or so. I just bash, but this looks like alot of fun, and I always had a soft spot for the old 2wd pedes.

Buy the complete truck and sell the VXL stuff on ebay.

Was thinking that... Best price for the truck so far is 389 shipped, but I am still looking.

Is your heart set on a pede? It is a cool rig I will say that. If you were interested I could set you up with my jammin from my f/s thread and add a custom painted body to the deal for less than the rtr pede. Don't know if your looking for a roller though.

Your asking if you should buy one? This is coming from the guy who reportedly had well over 50 rc's and had to whittle it down to 20 or so, right?:na:

HA, I had almost 100 at one time... Yes, down to 20 or so right now. Just can't help myself, I guess. Need to finish a few projects, thinking I will give myself 1 month to decide if I really need this pede.

Of course you need it. 4x4 MT is right up your alley:rules:

The only flaw in the new Pede, is they need a bigger battery box. They should have used the slash chassis and went from there, Not sure why they didn't. If i were to do this, I'd start with a slash and do the stampede mods to it. Similar in size to a revo 2.5, a set of Proline 3.0 badlands would be almost perfect for it

Is it not long enough? Or wide enough? The packI plan to use should be fine for it, not much thicker than a nimh pack, so the expansion hold down should do the trick.

Do it! I just ordered the stuff to put me one together last night. If you are a tower member you can get a new one for $349. ($409-$60 ss club member), if not, stormer has them for $369. brook1965 on ebay will sell you a complete new roller for $215 shipped if you email them. I was planning to go that route because I already had a couple extra vxl setups around. I ended up finding a sweet deal on another plat slash 4x4, and just ordered all the parts from them to convert it over to the pede. I've seen a couple of the slash 4x4 converted mt type trucks, but really wanted the pede 4x4 for what it is, light, short, quick, so-on. I think it will be fine on the vxl stuff. I'm perfectly content with the slash 4x4 with the stock stuff on 3s. I have tried a couple diff setups, mmm/2650, med 3650/3300/mm, and have just gone back to the stock. It works fine, waterproof, plenty speedy, cheap. Kinda curious about the tray size, I think its the same width as slash but a little shorter. I've seen pics with a turnigy 5000 3s in one, and looked like they had just notched for the wires. If that fits it will be plenty big for me.

Had a look on tower and did not see a 60 off special for the 4x4 pede... Since membership is only 10 bucks it would be a good deal...

They won't show them on the site. They'll email you the codes every month if you are a member. I live in IL so don't really ever order too much since I have to pay tax. My buddy in KY orders the stuff for me and I just pick it up. I am not sure on the Jan ones yet, the Dec ones were the following. I'd say if you call them and tell them you want to order one and the saver club they'd fix you up with the discount.

$100.00 - $124.99 $15.00 010DA
$125.00 - $149.99 $20.00 010DB
$150.00 - $199.99 $25.00 010DC
$200.00 - $224.99 $35.00 010DD
$225.00 - $249.99 $40.00 010DE
$250.00 - $299.99 $50.00 010DF
$300.00 or more $60.00 010DG


actually see they have them listed for $399 now, they were $419 on the site last week, and $409 in the mag. You gotta get one now!

The battery box is too short for the packs i run, the box seems to be set up for traxxas 6 celled packs. I run flightpower and hyperion 3700 20c's right now, just looking at it from where most pack lengths seem to range.I know some are shorter, but seems most we run are longer than standard 6 celled NIMH pack.

Emailed coupon code(member?) for Jan is 014CY. That's if you spend $300. Saves $50

I registered for their newsletter and get 75$ off of a 300-399.99$ purchase.
Code is 014TE, but the e-mail address of your account needs to be registered for that newsletter so you can use that code.
At least that's how it was a year ago.

I just got one and I love it. I tried to convince Freezie to get one in the thread "just for freeze", but he bought an xbox instead... It's great for a neighborhood basher. Simple and fast.

It's nice to have a 4wd MT that you can run 1 x 2s or 3s battery.

I would look into getting new wheel combo. If you stick with 2.2, you have to use the rpm revolver wide crawler offsets. Or you can use any 2.8 series wheel combos. Me, I prefer masher 2k on 2.2 for the 1/10 scale MT look. Lower the body by chopping down the body posts too.

http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/h...3734137998.jpg

Thanks guys, I registered for the email specials. If I get a decent coupon off that well good, if not I will sign up for the club.

I'm having a blast with my 4x4
http://i726.photobucket.com/albums/w...n_2009/007.jpg
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Set up is the same as my slash 4x4 in my signature.I also lowered the body a bit.

if you want it and can aford it get one, thats the way i do it

i think its a pretty cool truck, i may get the parts i need to make the slash 4x4 into a pede just to see what i think of it too

Interesting, so the 2500mah 40c rhino lipos do fine with the 1400 motor? I had planned to run a flightmax 6s 40c 3000mah pack if I went wth the MMpro/2400kv 1415 combo.

why would you want to run a 1400kv motor with such a small light truck?

$375 shipped at Ultimate:yipi:
http://www.ultimatehobbies.com/store...H+2.4GHZ+RADIO

Why not, i'm playing with a 1200kv lehner xl basic in my T4 on 4s lipo. It's about efficiency, cooler running and runtime.

Ehh, I would rather use the Slash chassis and have a MMM secured in place, than add some larger tires. That with the Jconcepts Rapter lid would more or less the exact same thing. Unless this guy is more fun simply because of the shorter chassis? Even then I would still think the Slash chassis with the pede bumper and wheely bar would be almost the same if not better.

i mreally like the looks of those...i might have to pick one up.

The 2550's work great, I ran this set up all summer long in my slash no heat problems (I gear in the low 40's). I think the 2400kv set up would be great for a 4s set up.The problem with the the truck is gearing ,with 6s 2400kv you could only slow it down to around 52 mph or so(11/54).