If you want your weight more even, you can always move the battery mount foam to the back so you can slide the battery forward

I have a slash ultimate 4x4 and 2wd brushless. They both are great! Especially with proline badlands or trenchers! My recommendation to anyone. Set the suspension coils to about 12-14mm space between coil and shock cap, and use 3rd bottom hole on front arm, and 4th bottom hole on rear arm, and inner most hole for top shock mounts for both front and rear. TSM between 40-60% works best. 25% steering sensitivity (makes turning a little less twitchy). Other settings stock! Voltage LVC warning to 10.7v on lipo, and temp warning at 185F. I run mine 3s 5000mah. Proline badlands. Handles beautifully. It is Traxxas BEST handling platform for off-road, without a doubt. If your rustler or Maxx handles “better”, you obviously have not correctly tuned your Slash.

Thanks for posting - just got my slash on the weekend after 32 years since having my last RC car. Boy what a difference. Plastic got better don't you know! I'm still "savouring" it and still running on 50% "training" mode.... it's that good, why go faster!!!!! I think you make a lot valid comments on the stock parts. I actually think they are very good. The slash was made for dirt/off road driving and not tarmac. If I took a 1963 land rover around a formula 1 race track, I'd be very disappointed with it's lap time (it would probably break down if I'm honest!). I take that same Land Rover through a boggy field to meet a sexy young laydee at the other side with a canoe, a picnic, and chilled wine waiting next to a lake and the guy in the lambo would be cursing you as you paddle off to the sunset! It's all relative as to what you want the RC car to do. I notice you've not mentioned or recommended the top shock mount popping out and not put on alu top mounts? I guess you don't jump it too much? All other "upgrade" videos on here say this is a MUST! I was considering bulking up the shock / cap thread with PTFE tape to get a better purchase.... I'll only replace parts once I've broken them and at 50% speed..... easy does it! Cheers.

haha loved the small roast in this video, totally agreed. The problem I have with the slash is that for some reason the suspension is insanely stiff, like it reacts very slow, it uses same shocks and springs as the rustler and I upgraded to your same shocks, but it is still the same. Good vid

I agree, throttle control does seem to have largely gone out of the window, just full throttle at start, dirt everywhere and a car that just donuts or has no stability because the back end can't get traction. Also agree on the aluminium parts, a huge waste of money for useless bling, in my opinion, its a downgrade as the durability suffers due to no ability to negate an impact by flexing.

Just got those 6863's. Thanks for the tip! Can't wait to try them out tomorrow! They seem to be a little shorter than the stock springs. Do I need a spacer?

Thanks A Million!!

curious as to your issue with aluminum control arms....I put some on my 2wd slash and I like them...they look nice and have more places on them to attach the front shocks to...4 holes instead of 2....giving more options for adjustments and tweeking of the suspension....same for the rear.

Just found your channel by watching this video. I just got a slash and I got the pink springs that you put in. They are shorter then the stock springs so to take up the slack I had to put in a thick spacer. Now the suspension sits all the way up at full extension ( no sag) is this how you run yours. I was hoping the progressive springs would still let it sag down some but be stiffer to prevent body roll. Thanks

Anyone know if the Kumho tires are any better than the BF Goodrich? Thanks

If i put 25wt oil in the shocks, put the pink springs in, low cg chassis, and get trenchers on a 2wd vxl slash, would that be a good setup for parts? I dont want to spend like 400-500 dollars on parts for a 300 dollar car because people say that the barring carriers, castor blocks, A arms, and shocks aren't very strong and upgrading them is pretty expensive considering a good set of shocks is around 100-140 dollars and the plastic suspension components cost around 10 dollars per front and per rear sets. That adds up to be very expensive.

Hello Robert. Just bought my first rc car for my Grandson here in Uk, entry level slash 2wd. As he will be be running on tarmac most of the time I bought the pink front springs as you recommended but on fitting found a problem. When I lift the front of the body and the suspension is hanging down fully, the spring drops down the shock leaving a gap, approx 3/4 inch between the top of the spring and the bottom of the shock cap. I e mailed Traxxas support and they told me to use spacers at the top but that will raise the ride height which is undesirable. I watched your video again and you do not use spacers and your suspension does not appear to drop further than the spring in its uncompressed state. What am I doing wrong ? I would welcome your help.

got a rustler and a slash, i have more fun with the rustler. i put down better times and my reaction is smoother with the rustler. even running slash tires on my rustler.

What battery pack are you using 🤨🤨

Running on pavement with my 2wd Slash VXL Brushless with 3 cell lips, the front will not stay down. I have added weights to the front and it still comes up, flips over backwards, and tears up the body. I cannot hit full throttle without walking to put it back on its wheels. I’ve added weight to the nose, changed to 45 weight shock oil, and have increased the stiffness of the front and rear springs. It’s better, but not great at all. I have a new body to put on, but I’m refraining from putting it on because it’ll look like the old body in 5 minutes. How do I get the front to stay down?

Hey so I just got new shocks and for my front shocks I can’t get them to fit in the front a arms? Any ideas

Hey Robert are you from KC by chance?? 816?

why is your antenna much shorter

Is it durable looking to buy one is it gonna give a lot of trouble

Sway bar fix it.

No offense but talk to much get to the point