Out of the box part quality from different manufacturers

[martgifford]

I recently bought a B5M on travels as it was £20 cheaper (hardly a saving) in the US.
I bought a ZX6 in Japan where it was half a price of UK in most hobby shops in Japan (not joking)

I am just interested on different peoples experience on part quality and whats included in kit

For example - ZX6 was outstanding quality in my opinion vs a B5M where there was a ballstud with no thread and the fitment of the plastic parts was nowhere near a kyosho. Surprisingly I found the kyosho instructions better then Associated. Everyone is biased and on the plus side associated included some shock oil which Kyosho does not, and also included loads of pistons and different various spring cups

For example I assume a schumacher kit is pretty good and XRAY when i bought touring cars was always top notch.

Any different views out there. For example I was disappointed that associated did not include any grub screws to reduce the slop on front and rear hubs - they cost hardly nothing.Where as kyosho included a pinion and sway bars. I know there are differences in prices but was more interested in what people thought.

Ups and downs for different kits

Cheers