Traxxas TRX4M Defender BUILD - Upgrades, Trail Runs, Crawling & More!

I live in the Appalachian mountains and we have a lot of hiking trails here i was wondering what you would suggest for a decent rig to run in a wooded rocky trail been looking at the scx24 and the trx4m but they are so close i just don't know which would be better

This or the high trail as a beginner? Im not planning to heavy modify my rig but I love the look of the defender just the clearance is a bit low and ive seen bad reviews on it

Great video, can’t wait to upgrade mine…hey what’s that song?? Super catchy

Hi 👋🏼. I bought the TRX4M because of you.

This video helped me so much!!! Thank you!!!

Excellent filming. Good stuff.

What size are the shocks

I did the same thing - bought my kid a defnder and a bronco for me. :P

I for one love this setup man excellent work!

Hey Adam, I have really enjoyed watching your videos on this small crawlers. I am considering getting one for my boy who is turning 4 this year. Do you think that's too young for him to control these things? I'll be getting one for myself, too.

What's the song title you played at the end?

Do you have flex blades on this?

How did you manage to keep your tires from grinding?
I have the same but they drag when steering

Love it! Just finished a High Trail build and am now on my TRX4M Defender. Literally ordered the whole Injora parts list. I was curious if you got the tail to sit a bit higher as it looks to rest the body on the tires when just driving? Also, what weight oil did you use in the shocks? Since my body will have the same add ons as yours it seems I may want to go with heavier oil. I know its unsprung but I also have the brass wheels from Injora in route which will make the body move more on drops. Great video and great build. Even cooler its with your boy! Awesome sauce!

Does anyone know if the 62mm work with the defender body on stock suspension?

Stunning driving test, I do like it😊

Awesome videos bro love the builds question which do you prefer if you could only buy one scx24 or trx18m and why seems like if anyone should know it be you, thanks bro

Great video! I'm pitching in a vote for a crawler build.

CRAWLER Defender build please!!

Rock crawler defender would be sweet. I just picked one up and gave it a few brass upgrades. Very good trail rig

thank you for being such a high caliber of content creator with your standardized tests and they way you take your channel seriously. i really hope to see you up there with the million subscriber channels and more. God bless you.

I subbed ! Your enthusiasm and attention to detail with very clear and concisely articulated language inspires me . Teaches me too ! Thank you

Very cool build. Mine is very similar. Loving it. Have you seen the new Flex Blades Easy Suspension Travel Extenders? Out of stock when I ordered some stuff from Injora. Picked up a 3D printed set for the lower shock mount. Wow, what a difference!

Tell your son its very similar to my Defender build! Awesome looking!!

Great vid, nice rig! I was gonna start upgrading mine but I'm gonna sell it and build a different 1/18 after the recent attack on the community by Traxxas. They almost had me back after 10 years, but they lost me again.
Boycott Traxxas.

Looks great, my only 2 cents is I think if you found wheels the color of the diff covers . The bronze against the green looks great. 👌 very cool rig.

Thank you for stating fun facts about these cool 1/18's!...

Add a mini winch

Very precious man thank God everyday for my children and I thank God for your children as well and all the children of this earth

Hopefully Traxxas don't put a stop to all the aftermarket parts I heard stuff yesterday that didn't sound real well

Your boys favorite colors are the color of money LOL he knows what he's doing the ride looks really good

Just say all that to say that I'm proud of you buddy keep going

Sure you have noticed this with Bud since I started watching you this 3 months ago 4 months ago maybe you have grown 4000-5000 subscribers almost and getting like 20 to 30 thousand views in a month that's doing really good man I mean really good

Steel shafts on a 750mah battery. I guess the weight helps stability.... But that battery ain't twisting stock shafts.

Question 4 ya, on scx 24 front lower shock screw broke. A little is sticking out. How do I get it out. Metal axel

Looks very cool! And binding or rubbing with the larger wheels?

I made some soft sway bars which massively helped with torque twist and side hilling. Music wire at hobby lobby is pretty cheap.

I absolutely love my Defender. It's my go to of crawlers. You do a great job showing what all of these rigs can do, and what can be done with them.

My bronco weighs 775.5g now with all the injora stuff I got for it lol plus metal bumpers and sliders

I wonder what the low gears could do with the new Injora motors. Can you do a video review for both the 55t and the 48t paired with the low gears? Thank you 😊

The defender performance could also improve a lot with the Injora high clearance steel links or some HC brass links to compensate for the top heaviness. I will put the Injora ones in my bronco build. Because we'll OCD kicked in when I had to upgrade them when my daughter destroyed one. She is trigger happy. Drove over a pile of clothes and cut the driveshaft clean from the motor end. Maybe that saved the gears. Now they need to match! 😂😅

The trx4m is a great truck. I wish traxxas or anyone would come out with a bunch of overland stuff for the trailer. There's very little out there for it. Maybe I'm not looking in the right places for stuff.

Great video .....I luv my FCX24 but this trx4m is growing on me with a few upgrades.... it's my daily

A crawler defender would be amazing! But very much enjoyed the little man’s build.

Do you think those injorna wheels help against the beadlock Traxxas wheels with weight like performance wise

Hahahaha...and I was buying em, buying em, buying em 😂😂😂

Fun Run! The Defender is looking great and we want more Defender. :)

I’d love to see the side hill and uphill numbers without the accessories on the roof rack.

you need to get a 3d printer! I got mine 2 weeks ago and its awesome! I'm making my own flex blades right now and I printed a lcg chassis and a little tool crate! with as much creativity with your builds you could make some awesome things with a 3d printer!

That is one really nice Defender. You did a great job on it and I'm a little jealous of those axles too. I think the TRX4M's are a perfect rc for the little ones. Definitely interested in more Defender and Bronco content for sure.