Baring in mind that the majority of people who will be interested in this car will be running Kyosho cars anyway it is likely that they will be able to build it up out of their spares box / old car.
I might be lucky in this respect but if I don't mind mixing blue and gun metal alloy parts I priced the car up as only £10 more than the conversion kit + raiding my spares.
(If your not running Kyosho, especially the Lazer, then please ... take one for a drive, you WILL be very impressed
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For the rest of you out there without the depth of Kyosho spares to draw from here is my advice;
1) buy a 2nd hand Lazer FS/FS2/FS2-sp ...I've seen cars come up for around £120.
2) buy a 2nd hand Ultima RB5 (any type, think of the WC front end as a tuning aid for a bit more mid corner steering ... which the DB1 certainly doesn't lack to start with) .. these can be found for £60
3) strip both cars and sell on the remainder of the parts ... depending on versions bought you might well get the majority of your money back
4) replace the wear items with new (hinge pin bushes
LAW32, ball cups
97021H, shock bushing set
W0203)
5) treat the diff to a rebuild
6) go racing.
Anybody who has run the Kyosho cars before will know that the build quality is 2nd to none and I have an RB5 from 2007 and an FS from 2009 both of which I'd happily put straight on the track and neither have had any major components or gears replaced!
Looking back to the days when the pits where filled with Atomic S4s etc. there were plenty of people who were happy to layout £600+ on a buggy if it gave them an advantage ... DB1 will be giving you an advantage
