Regarding the RTR.... I was going to go that route and I think that is a could be a good way to go with this truck. The FRE is $500 no wheels tires or body. The RTR is between $470 and $500. At one point RGX was going to offer (maybe they still do) an RTR upgrade kit that would bring it up to FRE specs. A body, tires and wheels would cost about $100. I think the RGX upgrade kit was $125. So.... for the RTR and the upgrades about $600. Turn around and eBay the motor and radio you could easily make the $100 back.... you'd be ahead of just buying the FRE as you would have the body wheels and tires too for about $500.

At the time I bought my FRE, there just wasnt enough info out there to make me comfortable enough about how close in spec the RTR was compared to the FRE. Sounds like it is pretty close.

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