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Originally Posted by Hpi_guy
Can anybody explain the difference between the 2 models, the only difference I can see is a turnbuckle set and clear shell
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As has been said, shocks are threaded alloy rather than plastic and the X also comes with ball races. The monkey comes with a set of tyres whereas the x2 doesn't (not that they are worth much from a racers perspective).
The Mad Monkey is stick pack layout (although you can run it with saddles).
The Mad Monkey with some used alloy shocks and a ball race set makes a decent set-up for not much money. If you are buying new shocks though, it doesn't make sense as you are close to the cost of a x2c.
Or if you really wanted to, you could go the other way and get an x2c and change the chassis, battery strap and shell to make it stick pack layout. (if you wanted to do this I might be interested in buying your x2c bits to make our monkey into an x2c layout).
The shells on the monkey and rat aren't very durable in my experience.