Tamiya CC-01 Basic Off Road Tuning & Test Run: Tires, Ball Bearings and Locked Front Differential

The most basic and affordable off road tuning for a stock Tamiya CC-01. Compared to the low cost, these three essential and easy changes will change the truck's off road capabilities completely.
I know, 'cause I have already been running it like this all winter. Compared to last year, it feels like a completely different truck.
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The three steps:
1: Changing tires (and wheels)
2: Locking the front differential
3: Replacing all bushings with ball bearings
There really is no down side for step 2 and 3. Even though I like to build my models 100% stock for the first runs, I think this is how I should have build it in the first place. The advantages are great. Especially the locked front differential has changed the truck's off road capabilities tremendously. If you want to go on a bit of light trailing with your CC-01, I recommend doing this in the initial build.
Step 1, on the other hand, includes a major down side! The visual appearance of the Tamiya CC-01 Landfreeder changes completely, and, in my opinion, definitely not for the better. I really like the scale look of the stock Landfreeder, with stock tires. But then again, changing tires back to stock and lowering the body again, when one feels like it, does not take a lot of time.
Again, the advantages are great. Some Tamiya CC-01 kits come stock with off road tires. But some. like this Tamiya Landfreeder [#58579], come with tires more suited for the road. Smaller off road tires, like. 1.55, would suit the truck better visually and make way for a more scale and realistic trail run, but as I hoped to go trailing in the winter woods I wanted to try out some larger tires. I do not like the looks of it, but.. just wanted to try it. The Tamiya Rock Block [tamiya#54554/OP-1554] are versatile and very affordable. At the time of the purchase a set of 2 wheels, 2 wheel caps and 2 tires cost around 15-20 Euro/USD. They are definitely not crawler tires or some of the best off road tires. A bit on the hard side actually. But for the cost I am not dissapointed. I had to change out the body posts and raise the body for this, but as the Tamiya Landfreeder kit #58579 already comes with one extra set of body posts this could be done easily.
One could argue that a basic upgrade of a CC-01 should include changing the very hard CVA dampers most of the kits come with. I agree. I have to look into that some day too. On the other hand, I am not embarking on a complete CC-01 modification, so things like steering and suspension stays the same for now.
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This video features homemade footage of my own radio-controlled unit, the Tamiya CC-01 Landfreeder #58579, from my personal RC model collection. All rights reserved.