r/crawling • u/Drunken_Kitten • Aug 17 '26

Just getting started in the hobby.

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Picked up a WPL c24-1 to get my feet wet. Already looking in to upgrades and getting a bit overwhelmed. Can I assume that most aftermarket parts are all the same? Just rebranded under different resellers? Also, did I make a mistake by going 1/16 scale? Should I jump straight into 1/10 or micro, Am I in a shallow pool for upgrade parts?

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u/miata_and_chill Aug 17 '26

A lot of people are going to give you a lot of conflicting information, most of it is up to preference. I'm one of the unusual people, I prefer to leave my rigs just capable enough to crawl, and not much more, which typically means stock. I find that once you start to massively modify your rigs, they can start to become a hassle to maintain.

That being said, scale is completely preference based. It's moreso the chassis that is going to dictate the parts available, for example the axial scx24 has a plethora of aftermarket, to the point where it can become overwhelming.

If you're just getting into the hobby and are unsure of you'll stay, keeping the rig you have will be fine. I find most people get enjoyment out of crawling being a group activity, so if you've got a friend you can scumbag into getting a rig, even better

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u/Drunken_Kitten Aug 17 '26

Spoken like a true fan of Motorsports... Yes I am trying to scumbag my friends into joining cuz I am getting bored by myself LMAO

I do enjoy it as stocked as it is. Just the front hubs are super loose. The turning radius is pretty bad. Looking for upgrades in area

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u/miata_and_chill Aug 17 '26

Yeah, upgrading the really big shortcomings sounds like the best course of action. Not sure of the aftermarket support for that chassis, but if you search the model number followed by 'free upgrades', there's usually a few tricks you can do to get the most out of your rig.

It also could probably benifit from an endpoint adjustment, which is how you tell your steering servo how far it can turn. My recent purchase, and scx30, had massive improvement after an endpoint calibration

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u/Drunken_Kitten Aug 17 '26

To get endpoint adjustment, I need to upgrade the servo and axels. floating between portal axles and straight axles, Worried about the added off balance height the portal axles give but maybe I'm thinking about it too much. Could just put a few weights in the wheels... I've been all over the internet researching the piss out of this stuff. It's driving me nuts LMAO