Decided it was time for the D90 to get a little love – the original German Grey paint was pretty scratched, plus it was a bit dark on camera. I've kept the Racing White roof, though.
My plan was for the classic early Land Rover light blue, but choosing colours on phone screens turns out to be, er, not ideal. My Pearl Light Blue turns out to be almost silver... still, I like it, so I went with it.
I've fitted some spare RC4WD 1.55 wagon wheels and their Mud Thrasher tyres, in place of the old 1.9 Boom Racing steelies and 1.9 Mud Thrashers – the outer diameter is pretty close, and the foams are much more suitable (stiffer), so performance isn't massively affected. You do have to drive just a tiny bit more carefully. I reckon they look much more in scale, though.
The old HPI 35T 540 was still running but the fan had completely sheered off, so was just rattling around inside sounding dreadful. I swapped it for a Holmes Hobbies 12T 550 Crawlmaster Sport. LOADS more punch to it now. In fact, I'd also boosted the reverse force (Hobbywing 1080 esc) to 75 percent as I'd been meaning to tune it for ages, but had to drop it straight back to 50 percent as the HH made it nose-wheelie if you reversed hard up a slope...
I've also stripped the transmission and transfer case, fitted all new bearings and regreased it. It's SO much quieter now. I thoroughly recommend replacing ALL the stock bearings in this kit as soon as possible – they're sloppy, don't last and can cause other problems.
Boom Racing D90 ARTR crawler chassis
Team Raffee D90 shell (non-opening door version)
Team Raffee steel roll cage
Team Raffee twin-rate 70mm shocks
RC4WD Mud Thrasher 1.55 tyres
RC4WD 1.55 beadlock steel wagon wheels
Holmes Hobbies 12T Crawlmaster 550 motor
9-tooth pinion
64t spur gear
Savox SW0231MG waterproof steering servo
Hobbywing Quicrun 1080 esc
Boom Racing low profile front axle truss
Boom Racing low profile rear axle truss
Boom Racing high clearance transfer case mount
Team Raffee HD steel CVD driveshafts
Boom Racing BRX70 waterproof receiver box
No-name Camel Trophy-style bumper
No-name ARB winch
