Why I sold my TLR 22T 2.0

I’ve been reducing the stable a little bit the last few weeks, and one of the cars I sold was my TLR 22T 2.0.  I had it for about a year and a half, and it was basically my project mule that I spent the most time and money modifying.

The main reason I sold the truck is that it’s likely a 3.0 will come out from TLR in the next few months.  And possibly an Associated T6 of some sort soon also.  But the other reason I sold it is that it wasn’t really the right platform to compete with here locally.

Where I live, the stadium track class is 13.5t spec, and the TLR is a bit too heavy in that class with the sideways battery Exotek chassis.  ROAR weight limit is 1700 grams for the truck, and my truck was in the high 1800′s almost 1900 grams.  Dropping 200 grams is pretty difficult, but losing weight helps a lot in a spec class, especially when very few trucks out of the box are anywhere near it.  So it would have cost a lot to get anywhere close to competitive weight wise.

I did like the truck, and it’s still one of the better ones on the market.  My TLR was extremely durable.  In a year and a half, and probably around 150 battery packs, I only broke one camber block and bent two turnbuckles.  That’s pretty much it.  The plastics don’t wear very well however, so I did replace all of the arms and steering components a couple of times in the life the of the truck.  The T2.0 was the first truck that TLR really optimized for mid-motor, and it ran fairly well.  I never quite got the front end grip that it seemed the Associated trucks had, but the Frank Root setup worked pretty well and it was pretty close to a perfect setup.

I also kept the truck for my son to race, but he moved on to the 22-4 2.0, and is faster with that, so I will be using that (cringe) for my son to race.  It’s just so easy to drive, but it’s definitely not as durable.  The T2.0 was a tank.

I still have a few sets of TLR wheels and have a full set of electronics ready for the next stadium truck to hit the market.  Who knows, I might even consider a Kyosho.  That’s a brand I’d like to try.