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Originally Posted by Stevebolt
Any tips for when building a kit.
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I have to say it's a great kit, very easy to put together - the best kit I have ever built. The instructions are especially very good, nice great detail. And congrats on your purchase, I love this car, grip roll does not exist with this car - at least I haven't seen it yet!
One thing I would do if I knew beforehand before building the car, is throw the stock turnbuckles and ball cups away and buy better ones. I have just replaced mine with Kyosho turnbuckles and Kyosho ball cups because I have never had any problems with them.
The stock XB4 ball cups pop off very easily. The stock ones seem to pop off randomly even in cases when you don't crash or land badly.
Another thing, although I haven't yet had problems with mine. You might want to replace or at least buy a spare of metal satellite gears for the differentials. A few folks I know has had problems with diffs burning up on the stock plastic (composite) satellite gears. I still run the plastic ones without issue but I don't drive overly aggressively.
Cheers
Simon