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| There are literally hundreds of upgrades available for just about every radio controlled car & truck made today. How do you decide what to spend your hard earned dollars on? Some buy for looks, others for performance. The RC Solutions roll cage for the Losi LST is one of the best upgrades you can buy and scores a perfect 10 when it comes to both looks & performance. | |
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Packaging
/ Instructions: This roll cage comes unassembled in a thick plastic bag from RC Solutions. All of the hardware needed for installation is included. The instructions are pretty clear with each step described clearly along with helpful photos to reference. Make sure you follow the instructions closely, I made the mistake of waiting to put the fuel tank back in last and it won’t go in with the cage fully installed. That added about 30 minutes to the project! |
Ease
of Installation:
You will also be replacing the transmission protection plate on the underside of the chassis. This plate would have come off in about 3 minutes had it not been for the red locktite used on 2 of the screws directly under the motor! As you may know, blue locktite’s hold can be broken normally while red locktite needs to be heated. I heated and heated and gave it all I had until the small allen head finally stripped out. I ended up making a notch in the screw with my dremmel tool and used a used a long flathead screwdriver to break it loose. Needless to say this was the most frustrating part of the install. Everything else went according to plan. A brief heads up about this in the instructions would have been nice.
After you get the front, rear, and lower tranny plates installed you are ready to assemble the cage. It almost doesn’t need instructions but follow them anyway. They will help you figure out the correct orientation of each piece (left / right, front / rear). The front piece that interlocks the two long main pieces can easily be put in backwards. Make sure the side with the small hole cut out near the bottom is on the right side of the truck (gear side). Bolt the cage into place up front and in back and put in all of the body clips as shown in the instructions and your LST is ready to take on anything!
It
can be upsetting to cut up a good body to accommodate a roll cage.
I was pleasantly surprised when I discovered that I only had to
make 2 small notches in the body that are barely visible in order
for it to fit properly. Always run with a body on the truck, if
you don’t you only risk unnecessary damage in a crash. In
an upside down crash, the truck tends to dig in to the ground and
start to tumble violently. When a body is used the truck tends to
slide and not tumble. Some of the RC Solutions roll cage designs
have the body mounts cut right into the roll cage like the E-Maxx.
The LST roll cage uses your stock body mount posts which work nicely. |
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| Performance
/ Durability:
It’s hard to give any upgrade a perfect score but considering the protection and bling factor the RC Solutions cage adds to your LST I would say hands down it earns a 5 car rating. Your local Hobby Shop should stock the LST roll cage. If not they can order it and you can be fully protected in no time!
RC Solutions Losi LST Roll Cage Review Date: 6/2/2005 |
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