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Originally Posted by grelland
Maybe it's my English, but I have never said I am not satisfied with the car's handling or the quality as such, its more the frustration of having to update and change parts when this could easily have been included in the kit.
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The problem you have is the same as we have always had with any kits from the USA, they are made for the home market and not for Europe. This is why Losi and AE kits for years have come with ribbed front tyres, soft weight oil, softer springs etc and the first thing we all change is the tyres and stiffen the car up (come to think of it have we EVER had an American kit with tyres that are usefull here in the UK??) LOL. The X6 is designed for the USA (they do not use E-Speed hangers and rarely use the longer axles - as has already been said) so they are not standard in the kit for that reason, the kit only includes essentials for everywhere, if it is optional "anywhere" it is not in the kit.
Remember, as also has already been said, since our car has adjustable gearbox height (a unique tuning feature found on no other car at present) this is why the axles were first introduced, if you move the gearbox up and away from the axle (so to speak), the bone could fall out on droop, the same as we experince if we run lots of droop (even with a LOW box) however a LOW gearbox and minimal droop would mean you CANNOT run long axles (they would foul on the diff screw through the extra plunge), which is why these are not included in the kit, they dont suit ALL applications, but at £14.50 or so per pair (which is cheaper than Losi sold them) they are an extra that is not too expensive.