![]() Dromida followed them up by giving each vehicle a facelift, so to speak, with a sharp new paint scheme and sent them back to market with powerful brushless power systems and only a modest price increase. First came a set of five cool vehicles that all came with brushed power plants, were plenty of fun and priced right. This can happen on any vehicle and trying to locate a small black dogbone is like trying to find a needle in a haystack.Dromida has followed a rather natural line of progression in how they have handled their 4.18 series of off road vehicles. In a hard crash dogbones may pop out and go flying. Coupled with the power of the brushless motor, replacing the stock plastic spur with the aluminum gear featured in this kit is a must-have. Even though the stock spur is housed with a gear cover small bits and debris can still get in wan wreak havoc. All parts are made of top quality aluminum and are anodized in eye catching blue. The Drivetrain kit consists of an aluminum center driveshaft, aluminum axles, aluminum dogbones and most importantly a 45-toth aluminum spur gear. The last of the three hop-up kits from Dromida takes aim at the stock plastic components in the drivetrain. We received the kit specific to the MT4.18 so our mini monster truck is sure to take on bumps and jumps even better than before.Īluminum Drivetrain Kit – DIDC1160, $29.99 Each kit comes with 4 aluminum oil filled shocks that have threaded shock bodies and collars for easy preload adjustments, and interchangeable front/rear aluminum shock towers. To toughen up and smooth out the suspension the Dromida Shock Kit is a great place to start, there are three different versions with different shock lengths for the various versions of the 4.18. Costing less than $30, it comes with a 22-turn motor clip on motor heatsink to keep the motor running cool and efficiently and a pair of pinion gears specific to that various versions of the 4.18. If you happen to have gotten one of the earlier, brushed versions, of the Dromida 4.18 vehicles and are looking to go faster the Brushed Speed Kit may be the right choice. The aluminum option parts should install in 5-10 minutes, will not develop much slop at all, even after hours of use, and are sure not to crack or fail. In addition, the front mount usually takes plenty abuse due to front end mishaps while driving and thus develops slop faster than the rear and at times might even crack. There is nothing wrong with the stock plastic units, but after must use they tend to develop quite a bit of slop. Installation of these is fairly straight forward and should take 5-10-minutes for the pair.įront and rear Aluminum Hinge Pin Mounts fall into my list of “must have” option parts. The aftermarket Aluminum Shock Towers that Dromida offers come anodized in blue, have a pair of shock mounting holes for tuning and are much more rigid that the parts they replace. Installation of the axles and dogbones is fairly quick and painless while installing the center driveshaft and spur gear will take about 20-minutes.Īluminum Shock Tower Front/Rear – DIDC1124, Front Aluminum Hinge Pin Mount – DIDC111, $11.99, Rear Aluminum Hinge Pin Mount – DIDC1112, $11.99Īll of the Dromida 4.18BL vehicles utilize the same exact shock tower on the front and back ends. Other items included in this kit are a set of 4 aluminum axles and dogbones, all anodized in blue, and a blue anodized center driveshaft. ![]() Even though fully enclosed, the stock spur can fail due sand and tiny debris getting in and from the power of the brushless motor. The most important of these is the inclusion of a blue anodized aluminum 45-tooth spur gear. The Aluminum Drive Train Kit that Dromida offers addresses this and replaces nearly plastic part with an aluminum counterpart. These little vehicles have powerful brushless motors that can cause the drivetrain to wear after much use. ![]() Let’s take a closer look at some of them.Ĥ5-tooth blue aluminum spur gear, IDDC1105, $7.99 Aluminum Center Drive Shaft Blue, DIDC1107, $4.99 Aluminum Dogbone/Drive Shaft Blue (4), DIDC1108, $11.99 Aluminum Axle Set Blue (4), DIDC1102, $7.99 ![]() To up the ante so to speak Dromida has a nice line of option parts to make these already great little vehicles even better. As you might have guessed, they all come with brushless power systems to make them fast and they perform well due to great suspension and a 4wd drivetrain. Dromida has 5 fun 1/18 vehicles, the DB4.18BL, DT4.18BL, BX4.18BL, MT4.18BL, and SC4.18BL that as of late are taking the mini world by storm. ![]()
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