Worth buying Metal gears and metal tracks?

[idk761]

I have recently bought a Snow Leopard, but after a while I think I should have went with the upgraded metal gears and tracks. To late now, but is it worth buying them? Also I can't seem to find  a website where you can buy the gears and tracks separately. I saw at Raidentech selling the metal tracks, but they sold out.

How difficult would it be to install them?

[Ex_Pat_Tanker]

http://www.rccommand.com/Tank%20Upgrade%20Parts.php

Some soldering maybe required to swap the motors over (you could leave the motors and swap the just the gearboxes, but I find that the chimp who builds them tends to cross thread the screws holding the motors to the gearboxes ::) )

to change the tracks over, push out the track pin with a thumb tack. You should push from the outside edge inwards as the knurled end of the pin in on the inside of the track. The drive sprocket needs a 2.5mm Hex wrench. Everything else can be dismantled with a medium size phillips screwdriver

[Steenv]

HI there idk761

You will get a completely different driving experince if you go for the metal stuff. I could not imaging having my tanks without the metal extras.

And as Ex_Pat_Tanker writes, its very easy to shift gears, but you will need to do some soldering if your electronics not are rx-18 style and the motors do not come with wires pre-soldered.

cheers
Steen

[Mackem]

Totally agree. Fitting metal boxes and tracks is a must.
The extra weight makes your tanks suspension work more realistically. Instead of jumping into the air when it encounters a twig or a small bump, it just rolls over it. Much more like the real thing.

Cheers
John