RE: a good buggy
Look......i know some guys might not agree with this to much , and maybe some will. I have bought the new buggies and paid for all the hop-ups and got them running really with the cost of alot of $$$. I HAVE however searched around on Ebay and have found some awesome deals! I have bought two of my kani 3's off of Ebay that we're in awesome shape! I waited until i found one that looked very clean , hardly used and for a good price. You can get one with all the hop ups already on it for about 1/2 the price or LESS! You don't have to get a kanai , or 777 or any kind of a kyosho , just pick out the brand and type you want and be patient and wait for a great deal. The last Kanai 3 i bought off there was about 4 months ago. It had about 3 scratches on the bottom of the chassis and all the plastics looked brand new on the car. It had a FULL SET of racer's edge hop up parts from front and rear knuckels , shock towers , chassis braces..the entire full pro package. It also came with a new two peice "fioroni" center diff housing which alone is about $130.00.
With the cost of the buggy brand new , it would of cost me probably between $400.00 - $500.00 , the racers edge pro package it'self is $399.00 and a center fironi diff housing is $130.00. i got about $200.00 in spare parts like arms , k-factory hinge pin set , fuel tank and a bunch of other stuff.
all in all , the buggy to buy brand new (which it nearly was) would of cost me close to about $1000.00 to build that rolling chassis. i picked it up on ebay for $320.00 !! Yeah it's an older model than the 777 series , but some guys still prefer to drive the K3 versions.
I think if you spend the time on Ebay checking it out , and buy from a seller who has a ton of positive feedback , shipping price is good...you can't go wrong. before i buy one online , i ask the seller to send more pics if the ones on ebay aren't that good. I look at everything like a warn out chassis , scratched up or "dulled" plastic parts and things like that.
Just giving you another option.............
JEFFRO503