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Originally Posted by Smokey
I've only had my savage for a few months but the wheels show no signs of wear and all I've done is hard core bashing with it, alot of air. But I don't like the real soft ruber on the wheels and the inserts are waaaay too soft. I'll probably get a set of those bones tires and the q6 wheels with some third party inserts.
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I have had two sets of the stock tires. The first set was worn where the tire is glued to the rim. The second set got mangled when my truck was hit by a car, thats when I went to the Q6/Stock tire setup. I also tried the 7" UFO tires and rims from HotBodies, didnt care for them.
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Originally Posted by Smokey
The cam servo saver should be awsome I run the OFNA one and it has changed my sloppy, inprecise steering to something that allows my servo to turn the wheels on the ground while the truck is stopped! (the servo saver that came with the truck was garbage should be the first upgrade for every savage it makes the truck sooooo much nicer to drive)
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I havent changed the servo saver, my steering setup is all stock except for the Hitec steering servo I put in.
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Originally Posted by Smokey
The dual chamber pipe is a welcome change since the ribbed one I got with the SS 25 is loud and that is about it.
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I have only ever used the stock pipe and the ribbed pipe, I currently have a black ribbed pipe on my truck right now, I like it.
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Originally Posted by Smokey
The stainless dual brakes are a nice touch and allegedly they changed design slightly of the "servo saver" for the throtle and brake so it works a bit better.
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This has been my #1 issue with the truck since the day I bought it. The stock setup faded really fast and I had almost no brakes after the first day of running the truck. I have gone through 4 or 5 sets of the dual brake setup and every time I end up ripping the pads off of the caliper pieces. I have done a custom brake setup on my truck using the stock carbon disk and multiple plates to get the truck to stop the way I want it to.
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Originally Posted by Smokey
And I can't forget the 4 gear diffs since that is recommended by just about everyone after they take apart thier diffs and see the carnage that even the stock 25 engine wrecks on the cups.
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Havent done this yet either. I do have a second set of diff's that I plan to modify with the HPI 4 spider kit, but I have had pretty good luck with my stock 2 gear setup.
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Originally Posted by Smokey
As a guy with a wife and kids I don't have heaps of money to throw at this hobby and seeing the HPI commitment to this product makes me feel a whole lot better about the $500+ that I'v spent so far on the truck.
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I have a wife and 3 kids, so I know where you are coming from.