WRAITH Mud Bogger "Black Edition"

[Paulo Sousa]

so, as you know, my wraith came in this week so i thought it´d be better to open a new thread for it.
this is it stock

[Paulo Sousa]

it´s not as big as they said ;-) ...lol... but it is wide...

[Paulo Sousa]

first opening ;-)

[Paulo Sousa]

going "Black Edition"

[Paulo Sousa]

new steering links...

battery cover...

...and nitro...lol...

[rob]

awesome build dude! Love the wraith. its so mean!

[Danboard]

Sweet! I love it that we are seeing more and more Wraiths being featured in RCSparks!

It's just amazing how much you can do with this platform too! Looks great in black, good job Paulo!

[eurofocus]

That paint looks so much cleaner than the stock decals, nice work!

[ChasinRC]

nice man! you gottah love those blacked out trucks

[lucas07770]

i think axial should release panales for this truck that are diffrent colors.

[ChasinRC]

that'd be helpful. haha.

[vonclod]

cool man it looks good black..was toying with that myself

[Paulo Sousa]

thanks for the coments guys ;-) and yes, there should be colored panels for sale :-) but there´s only unpainted, and not yet for sale in my county :-( not until september any way....lol...the first shipment of wraiths was only for pre-orders,gone in one day...lol...and only came a few spare parts (very few) but no panels....better days will come.... ;-)

[RCFOREVER]

loVE THE TRUCK AND ALSO AWESOME WHEELS

[RC JuNKiiE]

Lovin the black look.
Did yo lay down a primer before you put the black on?

[Guam_RC]

Great Work! Love the build

[Paulo Sousa]

thanks for the positive feedback guys ;-) RC JuNKiiE i painted it directly with spray, 5 layers of it...lol...just like medic did on the "project overkiil" a bit at the time to dry faster ;-)

[Paulo Sousa]

always adding details ;-)
some stickers...

servo in the steering wheel....and JKRC style switches ;-)

[Danboard]

Good work with the body paint, Paulo! Awesome job on the interior with those switches in the transmission tunnel and the working steering wheel!

[Dillard87]

O yea love it an u can bbet if i ever get one it will be bllack too.!!

[crawling wallz]

holy crap. Plain black looks kinda ugly. But then when you added the stickers it was a whole different story. Keep it up. I wanna see more of this thing in the action

[aceofaxe]

Looks great!!!!! I got to get me a Wraith I guess!! lol

[northwest4x4]

thats a great idea putting in a kill switch for the light's I mite do that to mine, cool wraith

[BrotherBloat]

awesome build, dude!

I noticed a Griffin sticker on the side there - is that the same griffin that makes the phone grips for life-sized cars, by any chance?

[Paulo Sousa]

thanks for the coments guys, it really keeps me going further with this project ;-) BrotherBloat the sticker says griffin radiators it comes with the wraith decals sheet ...i dont know if it is the same....did some filming yesterday, not much but its a video...lol...

wraith setup: 20T motor, 87t spur,14t pinion, HPI rock grabbers. i think this is it for what i want ;-) lots of torque and good wheel speed, not as much as stock but still enought to give that starting push that some times is needed ;-) ck setup: brushless 21.5T motor, 93t spur, 25t pinion, HPI reduction unit, Axial ripsaws. toooo slooowww...lol....awsome where grip is available...lol...when it doesnt exists like in this case (loose dirt and very step) it takes a loooonnnng time to get there, but still lots of fun ;-) . i´m driving the HPI and my kid the wraith, he still needs to learn a few things about driving...lol...he will get there.....

[Paulo Sousa]

another test to the wraith with the same setup ;-) i guess i´ll leave this setup in it, it´s perfect, it´has lots of torque and still keeps the wheels spinning fast enought to do a little foff

really got to get me a decent camera...lol...

[Bigjon3o5]

Thats a sweet rig you got there.

[4WheelBasher]

Awesome job bro looks Great

[Paulo Sousa]

thanks for the coments and suport guys ;-)
did some new things on the truck....just for the look of it...

[Danboard]

Aw man! The addition of the wire mesh and perforated metal looks very cool! Gives it a really off-road taste to it in my opinion.

Your Wraith is coming along really well, Paulo, good work! Love it!

[Paulo Sousa]

thanks Dan ;-) i got it in the mud for the first time, its a hot summer here not much mud around :-( the best color a wraith can have :-) :-)

[Paulo Sousa]

i´ve been looking to find the perfect driver for my wraith, someone with experience, that does a little more than just throw some punches...lol....and yesterday he came to me....i pictured a movie in my head the minute i saw him.....




i think this is the kind of rig John Connor would drive in his time..... ;-)

[ChasinRC]

sweet interior with the working steering wheel!!!! so awesome

[Paulo Sousa]

thanks bro glad you like it ;-)

[rchobbyguy]

great balls of fire! i like your wraith!good job .

[DamedCamera]

thats soooo awsome, blows mine away!!! Fantastic job!

[Paulo Sousa]

thanks for the support guys ;-) this really sucks (in a good way...lol....) i´ve finished my project with this truck and now i´ve nothing to do in it...nothing to upgrade, to fix, or even add to the truck....dang!!! really dont know what to do....i´ll just go outside and see if anything brakes...lol....its still mostly stock except the spur, pinion and some links....thats why nothing breaks...lol....tough truck this rig turn out to be.

[northwest4x4]

why finish? You still can add tail pipes and a hood blower, not to mention that there could be added a laptop in the center console, and why not add a fire ex. on one of the pole's up front or in the back, you also could make leg lift's for it ( nerf bars ), and they also have a different hood out there on ebay now, it gives you a hood scoop. Well I look at mine and think I'm done with mine but I see all kinds of things I can do to it all the time thats the fun of having these truck's and car's.

[Trevpatt29]

That is a awesome wraith love the steering wheel and the black and you did an awesome job i want a wraith so bad

[Paulo Sousa]

why finish? You still can add tail pipes and a hood blower, not to mention that there could be added a laptop in the center console, and why not add a fire ex. on one of the pole's up front or in the back, you also could make leg lift's for it ( nerf bars ), and they also have a different hood out there on ebay now, it gives you a hood scoop. Well I look at mine and think I'm done with mine but I see all kinds of things I can do to it all the time thats the fun of having these truck's and car's.

of the above, only the hood blower will completly end my project...loooool...i would really like to have an awsome blower punpin out of my hood that would be epic
thanks trevpatt29 its an awsome car indeed ;-) i recomend :-)

[gabehunt]

nice wraith, lets see a pic of that blower when you get it done. how bout a video of it in the mud? grat job!

[northwest4x4]

here is what my friend did

[maxx4d]

Nice work Paulo....really like the detail work and working steering...I hadn't even thought of that, but very cool.

There's always something to do with these things...time to add a winch that opens and closes the hood or something cool.