New 2wd madrat

[Jamie.T]

X-pro turnbuckle set will retail at:

Steering turnbuckle £3.99
Front upper arm turnbuckle £2.99
Rear upper arm turnbuckle £2.99

[stox217]

Originally Posted by madwestmo

im after the shocks that come with the x-pro but cant find them to buy anywhere

any info on the wheels/tyres ?

oh and im going to get some bearings from walawala on ebay

well the kit tyre's was fine for what set up i had but everybody would say yellow pin's front & rear and balistic buggy green's in the wet

[stox217]

Originally Posted by madwestmo

so a set will cost me more than my whole kit did mind you the plastics ones aint much for jumping/racing

how about the proper turnbuckles off the x-pro ? how much will they be ?

thanks

Might as well wait for second hand b4 shock's to come up for sale as i got some for £30 for the full 4 with spring's & oil
so just wait it out and hope some come up.

[stox217]

Originally Posted by thomj316

X-pro turnbuckle set will retail at:

Steering turnbuckle £3.99
Front upper arm turnbuckle £2.99
Rear upper arm turnbuckle £2.99

pair or single?

[Jez]

Originally Posted by madwestmo

im after the shocks that come with the x-pro but cant find them to buy anywhere

any info on the wheels/tyres ?

oh and im going to get some bearings from walawala on ebay

it may be worth seeing if anybody would split a pro kit so you could buy the shocks at maybe a little undeer retail?about £40 a set sounds reasonable,then someone else could buy berarings and so on.just a thought.they are good shocks.ta jez.

[Jamie.T]

All prices are pairs

[stox217]

Originally Posted by thomj316

All prices are pairs

very good price may invest in the future

[Spoolio]

Originally Posted by qatmix

I have to build mine yet, but I intend to try racing it this year with a budget of £50 to cover spares / hop-ups. So £100 all in to race for a season.

It will be interesting to see how competitive it will be

This is my plan too. So far £47.99 for the kit (real cost £2.99 after I sold off one of my very old cars), £8.50 for bearings and £14 for a set of mini spike tyres so that's £70.49 so far. Everything else, speedo, servo, receiver, battery will either be cannibalised from my spares box or begged, borrowed or salvaged from skips . I remember when I started I had a B4 with a crappy 27T motor but seemed to enjoy it more. It all got a bit too serious at the end of last year and stopped being fun so the plan is to start having a laugh again.

[Spoolio]

Hmmm, suppose I should expect it for under £50 (glad I bought a 'rat and not the X-Pro) but these are the things I've come across so far:

1. Two of the steering post bearings were very tight on the posts and wouldn't seat properly without some fettling.

2. One of the M3x8 screws at the front of the top plate has stripped out before the screw even got anywhere near tight so I now need a new front bulkhead (the bit with the balljoints on).

3. The top plate itself wouldn't sit right. In the end after fiddling with the steering post bearings umpteen times I've just accepted that it is a "stressed" item now its been forced into place with the mounting screws which is probably not a good thing long term. I expect it'll pull out at some point probably after a hard front end landing forces the shock tower up.

Other than that one of the bloody e-clips made a successful bid for freedom. I hate e-clips and have my fingers crossed that there is a spare one in the pack.

[Battle_axe]

i have just ordered a madrat of modles in motion and after its bult it will be coming to prolines new track in bicester i will then see if it can survive my driving :P

one last thing is there a motor with it? if so whats it like?

[budgio]

Yep comes with a motor, just like a standard tamiya motor
Welcome to the forums matey.
I,ll be seeing you at the track then

[Battle_axe]

Originally Posted by budgio

Yep comes with a motor, just like a standard tamiya motor
Welcome to the forums matey.
I,ll be seeing you at the track then

you may have seen me last this week i was the one who had the baja champ parked on its roof all night the foward battery and that tabletop dont mix at all

[Bazzokajoe]

anyone wanna see something apsolutely awesome?

pro version for £78 anyone?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Team-C-Racing-...3%3A8|294%3A30

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Team-C-Racing-...3%3A8|294%3A30

[Jamie.T]

Has anybody actually bought one from Dinball as there IS a contract in place that prevents them being availalbe to the uk?

Also it doesnt look like the pro, more like a mad rat with slightly upgraded shocks. The pro cars come with clear bodyshells and not pre-painted.

So in fact, its about £25 more than the Ansmann version......

[Bazzokajoe]

At that price i intend to soon... they have the "ansmann" brushless 1/8's in aswell... for less than £200

[4_cell_racer]

Originally Posted by thomj316

Has anybody actually bought one from Dinball as there IS a contract in place that prevents them being availalbe to the uk?

Also it doesnt look like the pro, more like a mad rat with slightly upgraded shocks. The pro cars come with clear bodyshells and not pre-painted.

So in fact, its about £25 more than the Ansmann version......

If you read the full auction it says "Come with Clean Lexan Body " I think they may well mean CLEAR not Clean

Also to me that does look like a PRO version just with out the green tinge that Ansmann like

Does the UK pro version come with tyres? if not then the one @ Dinball is a pro!

Shall I, shall I not

[Jamie.T]

Let me know if anybody is able to purchase one and have it deliverd to a Uk address. This would then be outside Ansmann's contract and proceedings will be adheared to.

[jameswilkinson7]

in the pictures its got turn buckles... Like the pro.

[Si Coe]

Is there anything you can do about it Jamie? After all the shop is in Hong Kong, so he's not actually importing them into the UK. He is simply selling over the internet to a customer that happens to be in a different country. Which, whilst irritating for you, is not against the rules.......

[DCM]

well, there is ways and means. If Ansmann has entered into a contract, to exclusively sell the car in the european market, and it is contrctual, they will have leaverage.