Axial Capra 1.9 4WS Unlimited Trail Buggy 1/10 RTR 4WD Rock Crawler (Black) w/DX3 2.4GHz Radio

Really fun truck, but I received it new out of the box with burned out led lights in the light bar and AMain was ZERO help! I'll be spending my $550 elsewhere from now on

The purchase was super simple and shipped fast. The truck arrived packaged nicely but the light bar on the truck didn’t work. Turns out the wire was broken at the light. Not a big deal but it doesn’t work. The rest of the truck is in perfect condition and I love this beast!! I will be purchasing more Rc trucks from Amain and will be building this truck with parts from them.

I have not yet tried myself this crawler, I have however spent dozens of hours researching it via youtube, rccrawlers forums.
This RTR makes sense over the kit because of the 4WS. One youtuber states that the 4Ws upgrade he made to his Non 4WS capra costs him way over one hundred dollars. So for 50 to 70 dollars you get the car built, Basic but useable electronics and tires.
Watched varios youtubers crawling with the stock 4ws rtr and it performed well, tackling all kinds of advanced obstacles.
There is complaint about the 14 tooth pinion. Most share the opinion that a lower tooth pinion 13, 12, 11, would be more controlled for crawling. For someone completely new as myself, I want to use stock for a couple of months until I become familiar first hand with how I can handle the vehicle. Good driving, will make the vehicle handle better; adquiring driving skills is part or the main fun of using the RC; learning on an underequipped car will develop sharper skills.
Before changing electronics, there are a number of non or low cost upgrades that may be tried, (after driving the car as is). There is a pen spring mod which lowers the ride height and center of gravity of the buggy; swapping tire and or tire foams; adding weight strips to the wheels (lower even more the center of gravity); Getting a hobbywing program card (for brushed motors) to change ESC (electronic speed controller) settings which can improve control of the RC for RockCrawling use. One of the more capable crawlers I watched in you tube, does not use brass parts to add weight, only the wheel strips, which are very affordable. He crawls impossible lines with lots of skill and patience.
As advised by numerous youtubers, I bought a flysky gt5 controller. With this controller I will have available the option of adding dig to the capra and gives more options to control the rear steer. Do note that to use the gt5 the stock spectrum esc/radio receiver unit will not work. The GT5 can be ordered with a receiver unit, the hobbywind program card can be acquired in a not to expensive bundle with their 1080 esc.
Lots to try and change, but the most important thing is driving the car. Finding challenging places to go make it climb, observing the climb and choosing lines so as to make the buggy climb controlled, without having to "punch" it (high acceleration); Developing eye, hand coordination to make the car an extension of yourself.

It is a very good rig nice built and capable to do anything