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Hi and welcome back. Many of us are old racers who have come back into the hobby, and some of us just never stopped.

Originally Posted by schmoov3

1. Wheels and tyres; From what I have read it seems that people can use the mad rat range as they are a direct fit?

The 12mm hex drive is one of two modern wheel standards, so there are plenty of options. The Mad Rat wheels are a direct fit, there are 5 spoke wheels made for the old Lazer from JC Racing, Tamiya Dark Impact wheels, modern Kyosho wheels and many others.

2. Bodyshell; Would the parma tomcat repro be a perfect fit from Kamtec and do they sell the under body?

They don't sell the underbody. If you want the underbody you will have to buy the Lazer ZX-R underbody from Team Bluegroove. Team Bluegroove also do Lazer ZX and ZX-R bodies.

3. Modern Electronics; I would like to run a brushless setup. Would this be safe to do so? If so what modifications, if any, would I need to do, and what would be your recommendation on the brushless power and lipo setup.

The Lazer can handle most motors, certainly anything you would be looking at if you aren't talking about serious racing, at which point you would be looking at a modern car anyway. We used to race with the equivalent of down to a 7.5 brushless, but even a 13.5 will be fast enough if you aren't racing.

4. Spares; It seems a lot of spares are still readily available but are there any parts which are extremely hard to come by?

Lots of spares are readily available, the problem is the wishbone mounts and the front gearbox are the parts which always break and they are almost impossible to find. If you have a set of the alloy wishbone mounts that were available at the time that's on eproblem fixed, and the gearbox can be better supported by replacing the front shock mount with one with a top brace to stop it twisting, such as this one by Fybre-Lyte.