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Originally Posted by gps3300
Another ZX-5 question: I have the original crap handling, leaking shock car that came out 2 years ago. Please can someone simply list the part numbers and descriptions of all the bits I need to update it to the latest spec? Where's the best place in the Uk to buy bits?
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Jim76 is almost correct but not quite .....
To get the car running as a full SP would be expensive but some of it is just for show....
I will assume that you have the LAW31 ali front arm brace and decnt screws already ..... if not get those!!!
To do the rest of the conversion you need an LAW35 SP upgrade pack.
If you've not got the tripple cap shock cartridges then you can get W5184 which is the tripple cap rebuild kit for the RB5 / SP. That contains the cartridges and ALL hardware including 42 / 50mm shock shafts!!!! That will be about £30 - £35.
I still have the original ZX5 shocks on my car at present and they don't leak ..... but I took my time building them with grease (packed) and careful deburring of the plastics.
As for the best place in the UK to buy from that will be Dom @ DC Racing. As I am now fully Kyosho he will no doubt be ordering from them on a very regular basis to keep me going. I am sure you won't beat him on price either and definately not on quality of service!!!!
As for the comparison with the B44 price wise by the time you factor in a one-way of some description for the B44 it will be a little more expensive than if you bought the current ZX5-SP, DC screw kit and W5184 shock upgrade.
For my driving style the ZX5-SP is a vastly better car than the BJ4WE / B44 / D4 style cars so I'd obviously suggest you go in that direction. Everybody who has driven my ZX5-SP has commented on how nice it is to drive.
Compared to the original car it is super safe, one person described it as like it drove itself around the track .... another compared it to a XX4 on weed ... LOL I've yet to hear anybody say anything negative AFTER driving the ZX5-SP.
