all in

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I am trying to decide between a traxxas rtr bandit and the team assos b4rs rtr any suggestions or good and bad of each? It will be a weekend racer/basher

MT

If you plan to race, definantly get the B4. The Traxxas is a good car, just not supposed to be much of a racer, more of a basher.

sxcurtin

you wont regret getting the bandit. it can be made into a great racer and is already a great basher.
if your getting the vxl you deffo wont look back!!!!!!
look up ultimatetraxxas.com to see the xl-1 turned into a racer.

The Hedgehog

It takes tooooooons of work to make a bandit into something like the B4 as a racer. As MT said if you are racing get the B4, bashing the bandit will be fine.

The bandit VXL is 199 on ultimatehobbies.com

aftermarket

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Yea...I wouldn't bash with associated. It's mainly for racing. The bandit is more of a bashing thing. If you really wanted to race, you could always make your bandit a racer, too. Different shock set up, lighter parts, brushless, etc, are all things you could do for it to be race worthy.

all in

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I was think b4RS and then pick up a castle brushless system. I already have lipo batteries and chargers from my boats.

drevil

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The B4, no doubt about it in my mind. The Bandit is well built but its no racer.

BTW Don't believe the hype that the Team Associated cars can't be used as "bashers". I've always used my Associated cars/trucks as bashers and never had a problem breaking parts.

Krawlin

Or you could buy the most top notch and durable buggy ever, a Team Losi XXX-CR! It is an EXTREMELY GOOD RACER and VERY VERY DURABLE to handle bashing. I have a XXX-T from Team Losi, which the XXX-CR is based off of, and it is the toughest truck I have, and with a Mamba Max 6900 brushless system, it has amazing torque and absolutely flies! Get a Team Losi XXX-CR and dont look back, you WILL NOT BE DISSAPOINTED!

rcplayer

for $199.95 with free shipping you can get the bandit. i ordered mine and got it in two days

https://www.ultimatehobbies.com/istar.asp?a=6&id=TRA2408!1008

aftermarket

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You mean the bandit vxl Big difference in the brushed/brushless version

Redvanmafia

bandit if your gonna bash, asscoiated if your gonna race. if you just wanna race at a club level, a bandit will still work, but anything after that....not so much,

cubmaster

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$199 for a Brushless RTR, no brainer. You would kick yourself if you had the Associated buggy and had to bash with a guy that had the VXL. I f you want to race just get a Losi then and switch the VXL back and forth

sloppyG

get a B4 and a brushless setup

it costs more and it's better

RSza

GET THEM BOTH
TRY THEM OUT
LET US KNOW

muti369

do what sloppyG said thats spot on