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Kit or RTR?? - 4/27/2007 11:06:10 PM   
Nate31184


 

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Joined: 1/17/2007
From: Southborough, MA, USA
Status: offline 		How hard is it to assemble a kit or should i just get an RTR? I'm lookin into getting the MT 1.8ss
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RE: Kit or RTR?? - 4/27/2007 11:47:12 PM   
husted


 

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Joined: 1/10/2007
From: stormville, NY, USA
Status: offline 		hey, i have a rtr wich is cool, but my buddy has a kit. well i should have gotten the kit. easy and fun to build,plus it has some hop ups.but you half to buy radio gear. my buddy bought a radio that can control like 10 cars, cool. i'am up grading mine to the 18ss. hpi now sells a18ss+ with has more up grades, i'll be doing that to.

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RE: Kit or RTR?? - 4/28/2007 12:04:56 AM   
companykid91


 

Posts: 25
Joined: 4/2/2007
From: crofton, MD, USA
Status: offline 		if i was you i would buy a kit. i wish i brought a kit so i knew all the parts on the car and as husted said better upgrades

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RE: Kit or RTR?? - 5/2/2007 1:41:05 AM   
rc_racer69



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From: campbell, CA, USA
Status: offline 		ya get a kit
first you learn how all the parts fit together when they break and ya good hopups come in the kit

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if it aint broke dont fix it,if it is ive got ductape/superglue

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RE: Kit or RTR?? - 5/4/2007 5:01:21 PM   
BretD


 

Posts: 62
Joined: 4/26/2007
From: Spring Valley, CA, USA
Status: offline 		Be prepared to spend more on a kit then a RTR, I'm building a Hellfire and have currently put $925 into it which is about $300 more then RTR and am about to spend another $200 or so.

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RE: Kit or RTR?? - 5/27/2007 8:59:46 PM   
fire_racer17



Posts: 45
Joined: 11/23/2006
From: Bridgewater, NS, CANADA
Status: offline 		I'ld buy a RTR because whether you break it or are just installing a hop-up at some point you will have your RTR all apart anyway.


Fire_racer17

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RE: Kit or RTR?? - 6/9/2007 5:51:57 AM   
poe


 

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From: edgewater, MD, USA
Status: offline 		You really don't have to spend more on a kit. Its just that most people do. Go kit, they are easy to build and a good way to learn the ins and outs of these cars.

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