cat samich

so i just picked up a brand new hellfire ss kit.
it was still new and only had been assembled. i already added a futaba mag sport radio and servos. i planed to buy a motor for it this weekend, but opon further thought decided to just sell it and finnish my e-maxx project. so my question is what should i ask for it? i was thinking 350$ was a good price but then again i dont really know what these things go for. its super clean and has never even had a motor or pipe mounted to it so i figure it has to still have some value. tell me what you guys think so i can put it on the fleabay or craigslist

slayerphonics

if you have the time, part it out. you will make more money.

cat samich

i dont really wana part it out, its a very nice truggy and as stated before its brand new. is 350 really to much? i thought these were over 600 when bought from a hobby store?

K_B

You can get a Losi 8T for $300 online right now which is considered to be far superior to the Hellfire. The Hellfire has a rather dubious reputation for being fragile. I would try to sell it for $350 on Craigslist because there are less informed buyers that browse CL than Ebay or other R/C related forum classifieds.

xxxkat

The market is really "soft" right now for used (even brand new used). And a Hellfire is an even harder sell. I have a Hellfire and I kept it for the reason that it's not worth anything..and the bad rep was for the RTR Hellfire, The SS is a good truggy.. Not on the same level as a Losi or Mugen but still not bad..price on a Hellfire with no motor or radio equp. is around $150..that's why I still have mine..haha

K_B

I just sold a Revo on Ebay with all the race trimmings including an OS .18TM with less than 2 gallons on it for $185. I also sold a CEN Matrix roller almost brand new for a whopping $77. That's how soft the market is

I was gonna sell my Losi 8 and 8T for the newer models, but I can maybe get $200 for the truggy as a roller with extra parts and tires/wheels. Even less for the buggy. So I too, decided to just keep 'em and run 'em.

cat samich

thanks for the advice guys, i suppose ur right about the market sucking right now. i have just decided to keep it. i went to the LHS tonight and spent a few bucks on an axial 28 a hard coated dynamite 053 with matching header and a new aluminum 3 shoe clutch.


to hell with it i will just run it into the ground and then pull the motor and radio to build another truggy in the future

xxxkat

That's what I did.

supertib

what on earth would posses you to buy a hellfire in the first place ?

cat samich

i traded a rusty xl-5 with no electrics and a blade mcx for it i didnt realize that they were not that popular and also no longer made haha. the guy had 2 of them and this one was new, the other was rtr and he still used it. i just figured he didnt want 2 of them. besides he had a ton of rc's (like 30+) he is heavy into swapping them back and forth with his buddys

besides im not gonna race im only gonna fool around in my back yard track

supertib

oh then you got a pretty sweet deal...! I would just run it and enjoy it, please keep an update and let us know how it does for you......

I have seen where guys walk into their LHS and the owner talks them into a NIB Hellfire SS for full retail...meanwhile the owner knows full well the HFSS is obsolete and is just clearing old inventory to a unsuspecting customer who doesn't know any better....

xxxkat

When I got mine it was one of the first ones out..l got it for "free"..so the price was right and no one really knew about them.

cat samich

My Lhs has more than enough spare parts to build 5 more of them. the guy there said that if i end up liking the truck he would sell me the whole pile of it for a severely discounted price.

devast8r

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So does anybody make a electric conversion kit for one?

stussman

I just got back from a hard core bash over very large jumps with my hellfire with os28. And wow, finally didnt break anything!