u/KSteeze

Hauling 600g down a literal cliff like it’s nothing

Unladen, It's an absolute cheat code and it climbs the most absurd stuff, and the risk of tipping is so minimal because the AWS allows you to place the car exactly where you want. The only mod I've made is putting in a 1s 2200mah battery which also helped increased weight in the front. I think the real fun with this thing is loading it up and making it top heavy and seeing if you can use AWS to balance your way to the top. The perfect backup rig to have when you're constantly breaking your other 1/24 car 😂

Just trying to add to the pool of lacking information on the FCX24M's and share a photo of this monster.

Upgrades top to bottom chronologically (1 being first mod made).

1. Injora stainless steel driveshafts since I read those go first.
2. 40mm Injora big bore shocks. Fit totally fine in the stock configuration and added some clearance. Front shocks are frame mounted for more articulation, though currently have a bit of rubbing at the bumper and front of fender that needs to be solved.
3. Injora m1.4 hood-mounted rock lights (now hooked up to new receiver). In hindsight I kinda miss having them on the bumper since the hood reflects a lot of light back at your eyes. Love the lights though, wicked bright.
4. AliExpress 1224 brushless motor and ESC (made by "FLYUACE"). Original motor pinion stripped when I installed a steel main drive gear, so I fast tracked upgrading to brushless. Thing is at least double the torque and double the speed. AM32 ESC just requires some tuning which apparently I can't do since I don't have a PC... Drag brake seems to be set to 100% which is obnoxious because the thing is so fast that I feel like I'm going to explode the transmission when I let off the throttle.
5. Meus ME-8B transmitter and 08A receiver (8 channel). Awesome combo and receiver fits great (I followed https://deljojoseph.com/project24m regarding switching the locations of battery and receiver, though I have the ESC where the stock receiver was, and the new receiver sits behind the rear shock mounts at the back. Only issue here is servo wires hitting the plastic interior which I will solve with a knife and some spray paint.
6. Meus orange LED strip lights (have their own LED controller hooked to channel 5).
7. Meus headlight/rocklight LED controller (found on amazon and doesn't have annoying flashing modes). Both the head lights and the rock lights are hooked up to this controller so I can cycle through them with one button on channel 4.
8. Injora 1.0 aluminum wheels (apparently with a little negative offset that wasn't listed..), and Injora 58mm x 24mm tires with yellow silicone inserts. These tires are huge. The rears with the 40mm shocks didn't rub with my last wheels that had 0 offset, but now with this negative offset they do rub a little which is annoying. Solvable I think by going with the 57mm x 22mm Injora tires, or 0mm offset wheels.

Just a cheeky update on life with the ADV 160 🤣. Thing is an absolute tractor and I love it. Did not love my local dealership quoting me $240 to change the oil, which I then did myself for $28 (including buying a funnel lol). Have a great week y’all.

Hi all, brand new to the community/hobby and just had to share because I'm floored by how much fun these things are! Just installed a bigger battery, steel driveshafts, and Injora crawling LED's. Last night was so cool crawling in the rain!

The front two LED's are mounted using the same screws that attach the bull bar to the bumper (they seem to be long enough to hold both, and far back enough to not ruin approach angle). Stock shocks are in their highest position as well.

Just so, so cool! Working on getting weight down low to reduce rollover tendencies, and open to suggestions :)