If RC4WD launches a kit of this platform with or without body I think it'll become the first kit I've bought instead of an RTR.

If you want "trail scale" truck fun, the TF2 or TF3 (with mods, steering mostly) are both great rigs to pull the trigger on.
Thanks for all the info, it always helps to progress our hobby forward with new ideas to build on and improve.

Good to see you doing what makes you happy bro.

Mod science!! Definitely saw a difference in the run video. Been working on my leaf truck, trying to make it work better. Great stuff as always..

Great video. Love that it's uploaded right before my lunch.

My brother and I go to beat the creek every year. It’s a great time. With great people. We will also be running leaf spring trucks. Hope to see you in the trails bud.

Crawlers need scratches. I don't see a problem here.  ;)
I watched the video and it was hysterical. Good times!

AWESOME video!!  Super helpful!!  Just did it to my TF3!!  Thanks for sharing! Hope others see this video!!  Super helpful!  Thanks again bud!!!  Keep up the great videos always!!

Heck ya man, love the vid and beat the creek is a blast.

Been on the fence with buying one of these due to all the really negative reviews. But I'm thinking after this video I may get one.. thanks for the great video Josh!

You r genius sir.. how do you spot that and came up with solution is just genius

She’s looking mint bud

Looks great my friend👍🏻👌🏻

Just got a marlin about two weeks ago. Drove it once after putting in all the screws rolling around the box. Now treating it like a kit and thank god. Almost everything is loose and no lock tite or grease. Some wet fluid in the transfer case has been all and a drop of blood red grease in the diffs that wasn’t touching gears lol. Still love this thing

I hope to see you at BTC! This will be my third trip and it gets better every year. You won’t be disappointed.

Another great video of a bitchin truck! Both bodies are frickin awesome!

Oh yeah!!! Suspension is moving a lot more and smoother in all the "after" shots. Awesome 🤙.
And if you're looking for a good place to move come on over to Maui Hawaii bro. If you don't want to move here you can always come and visit. I have a guest room. Hawaii has the most amazing rock crawling spots, and hiking trails for overlanding. This island is just epic for RC's. Lots of good go-fast bashing spots as well. There's quite a large community of RC crawling enthusiasts here. And a big drag racing scene. Check out some of my videos if you're curious what the terrain is like over here. Aloha🤙

Waaaaay back in the day I built a TLT/bruiser/Pede/Highlift hodge podge of parts Hilux. One of the tricks I did to add weight to the rear and keep it fairly low was stick-on lead 1/4oz weights up under the bed. Might try that to run that weathered yota body, though I will say the shiny new black parts look a little off on it. But if ya tossed them compass tires on some weathered steelies, and weather and maybe add some 'trail damage' to the bumpers and sliders, would be the my favorite of the 200 pre-release tf3s out there. Just my .02 cents.👍
Look forward to seein' what ya do with it!

I have a brand new in the box original release Trailfinder (1) kit I ordered many years ago. I never got around to building it. When RC4WD and the trailfinder was new the kit was all the rage. They were so new the boxes the kit came in were just generic, unprinted boxes. When you ordered your kit you would check boxes selecting which tires, wheels, etc. you wanted. It did not come with a body back then, most used the Tamiya Toyota body. I bought the Tamiya Toyota pickup body from eBay. I need to sit down and build this kit someday.

I like your thought of Weight, yea this is a Model, but they should be scaled to the Factory Vehicle Weight +/- but will have the crawling to match the Original.    ...  keep it up..  Thanks   :)