W00KIE

I went through KM and they kept me up to speed all the way, $555 shipped to the uk, Didnt get any customs charge yet.

took 12 days to get here and 5 of those days were in the uk [:@] Gotta love royal fail

Spent my change on hop ups

Foxy

Looking good, did you deanodise the shock parts and chassis yourself?

W00KIE

Yes bud, Not a great fan of purple alloy. [>:]

Still waiting for some parts brfore i fire her up

beer=food

LOL looks just like a real baja, hahahah, pity its not, hahaha, kiddin, anyways looks pretty neat for a clone, l wouldnt buy one, because they will NOT be as good a quallity in the plastic's, this is china were talking about, american plastic v's chineese plastic, there is no comp there its a total no brainer, the americans have the BEST plastic PATENCIES in the world, and the better quallity standards in production as well , but hell, you get what you pay for, the Japoneese are decades ahead of the chineese in plastic research and development, the chineese out produce us all put together, but with inferior types of plastic's, china needs another 20 years to really catch up, and get the FACTORIES producing better quallity plastic's, because there are very few, full on high quallity plants in china at this time.
Get the original, and support YOUR local econemy, to the guy who posted all the pic's, well done, gave everyone a very clear idea of how well that baja was cloned, and they seem to have done a good job, short of the plastic's at a guess.

hellya

Hey beer=food I recieved My Baja SS yesterday....I look on the bags of parts they have oriental stamp showing inspection.



so guess what the plastic from the hpi baja SS and the hpi 5's parts are made in a foreign country

DarkFire989

What is deanodise? Did you strip off the purple anodizing?

hellya

yes thats deanodizing...... using a lye product such as easy off oven cleaner to strip the anodized color

DarkFire989

Oh thanks hellya! W00KIE, that makes your baja look real nice. The paddle tires are sweet.

W00KIE

Cheers fella

Costic soda crystals are the quickest way to strip the colour off, Just dont do it indoors.

jtnktz

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Well just an update:

I received my A-Arms went on with out a charm. I noticed that the KM A-Arms has kinda a gloss on it while the HPI did not. Don't know if that means anything.

Going to take it out to BMX track tuesday. Will take videos.

Themorales1999

So does the part look even after using something like Easy Off to strip it? []

hellya

deanodizing looks like this

jtnktz

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That looks pretty cool.

Well today I was just driving it around and I jumped it off a fill landed while the throttle was applied and it stripped the spur. Also the pull start ripped but I rubbed it against the body so it started to tear so that is user error. The spur however is questionable. Anyone know where I can get a cheap spur gear and pull start?

NitroBurn1

Someone had mentioned that King Motors was going to sell an SS version of their 5B clone. Does anyone know when it will be available?

jtnktz

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Mid June from my informant. Will be RTR though (Radio)
Also coming out with yet another Marder clone.

It will be EXACTLY like the HPI ss kit. Bags instructions and all.

NitroBurn1

Any word on price for the SS?

jtnktz

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I'll see if I can find out later tonight. I probably will be the first to own it. I plan on buying the first one. Will have a review as well.

Themorales1999

"I jumped it off a fill landed while the throttle was applied and it stripped the spur" What's the spur? And how were you supposed to drive it to avoid such damage?

jtnktz

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The spur gear is the gear that interlinks with the clutch. What may have happened is the engine moved there for the mesh was wrong. Happens ALL the time with my T-Maxx

hellya

If you can buy thier RTR for $410 plus shipping....I wouldn't doubt the SS version will be the same price or less

DarkFire989

Waiting for this thing to arrive is killing me. Im annoyed that he isnt shipping until the 9th. And if it took 5 days just to get to WA hellya, imagine how long it will be to MA.

jtnktz

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It took about 5 days to get to me. I'm in VA. Also keep in mind that it is express mail here to when it gets to U.S. it will be overnighted to your house.

DarkFire989

Thats cool, I guess thats what you get for what you pay for. 130$ in shipping [:@]

Snaut Rocket

I would get the ss from there except one problem.
I dont know if it would be as tough.
And I really dont want to support china.
USA all the way

DarkFire989

I can see the moral stand point on this, but since this is so cheap for a gasser, I couldnt refuse. And being 17 I couldnt even think of spending 1k on a rc car. Plus my parents would not be very happy either.[:@]