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Just pre-ordered mine from the boys at RCmada . They are taking pre-orders if anyone is interested.........Cant wait for this
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Did they give you a price and a shipping date..?
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Some impressions from my XMW build.

* Dont mix up the 5mm shim used in the ball diff with the one used on the layshaft. I went for the geardiff and didnt pay attention and ended up with a tight gearbox.

* Plastic gears are supplied for the gear diff but the cross is metal. I dont trust plastic diff gears in a offroad car and got metal ones (54428) instead. The o-rings are also the crappy black ones, fitted Kyosho red in mine.

* As always with Tamiya cars crappy diff balls are supplied but the diff plates are improved alloy ones. Go for tungsten carbide balls instead (54226) and an Avid/Casper 2.6mm thrust bearing.

* The left rear camber link sits awfully close the gear cover and will limit the use of all but the rear holes on rear hubs. This will mainly affect those that wants use alu hubs. (Carbon plastic is preferred anyway).

* Wing mounts are the weak ones from the 201. But holes are drilled for the more durable 501/511/503 mounts (51271) aswell.

* Slipper pads -> switch to AE yellows as always.

* Gearing options are very limited for mod motors. The upper motor mount screw hits the spur gear when going below 22T pinion.

* Front bulkhead is plastic. The 201/Vega has always needed weight in the nose before so fitted weight block (54439) to mine.

* Orient the flat part of the front battery posts towards the rear so you might actually have a chance to get the saddle pack in.

* If built per instruction rear shocks will end up with an extreme amount of drop. I put 2 mm in mine to start with for a 21 mm rideheight. Also put a o-ring on the shock shaft to limit uptravel and prevent driveshaft from hitting the outdrive.

A heads up for those who wants to get titanium screws for the car, rcmart has a sale on Tamiya TRF 201 Titanium Screw Set:
http://www.rcmart.com/tamiya-84126-t...h=595_744_1468 20$ shipped.
Gosh ...all those impression don't seems to be that good
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Small issues... Nothing that is a big issue in my eyes.... No kit is 100% perfect regardless of price....
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Did they give you a price and a shipping date..?
Hi Sir-Dave,

Expect it to be 2-3 weeks.............. But this was the cheapest I found shipped to uk.....
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Nice!!

should have mine in about 3~4 days
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nice.....
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Just going to leave this here for you Tamiya spring users

2wd Front: 54507
Hard springs x2 (.61 spring rate) =3.48
Medium springs x2 (.56 spring rate) =3.19
Soft springs x2 (.52 spring rate) = 2.96


4wd Front
: 54506
Hard springs x2 (.76 spring rate) =4.33
Medium springs x2 (.70 spring rate) =3.99
Soft springs x2 (.64 spring rate) =3.65


2/4wd Rear: 54508
Hard springs x2 (.43 spring rate) =2.45
Medium springs x2 (.40 spring rate) =2.28
Soft springs x2 (.37 spring rate) =2.11

Multiply the above by 5.71 to get your lbs. equivalent
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Still waiting on a few parts...like the kit ... ..( stuck in damn customs for week now! )..but look what works on the front of the car.. B5 front arms... most of you knew that the B5 knuckles work but I thought why not try out the Arms too...







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Just a little bit of weight reduction on the Gear Diff.. weights less than the standard ball diff by 5 grams... will post of the Cut gears and light weight stuff for the Ball diff as well next week...
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Couple of top shafts to reduce some of the unwanted weight from the TRF201 transmission

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Stellamodels in Hong Kong have the TRF201XMW kit listed as being in stock on 29th May, at $408 plus shipping.

http://www.stellamodels.com.hk/42277...is-p-8244.html

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Stellamodels in Hong Kong have the TRF201XMW kit listed as being in stock on 29th May, at $408 plus shipping.

http://www.stellamodels.com.hk/42277...is-p-8244.html

They just lowered the price to 398$
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On ebay now 260 + 29 shipping to uk. Now thats awesome
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I can't find it, but that is an attractive price! 400USD buys you two more driven wheels in most cases. I'd be interested to switch back to a 201 in the long term, but at the MSRP and rates I'm hearing so far I have to make a deal with the devil, sell some limbs or hope I find an oil field in my backyard
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I can't find it, but that is an attractive price! 400USD buys you two more driven wheels in most cases. I'd be interested to switch back to a 201 in the long term, but at the MSRP and rates I'm hearing so far I have to make a deal with the devil, sell some limbs or hope I find an oil field in my backyard
That's £260, not $260 I'm afraid Origineelreclamebord!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Tamiya-422...item51be0b8e6d

In the UK at least, £260 (~$400) is roughly the same price as a few other race spec 2WD buggies, such as the Schumacher KF, XRay XB4-2WD, or Yokomo B-MAX2MRF. There are cheaper buggies like the Associated and Losi, but I certainly don't think the TRF201XMW is overpriced considering the spec out of the box.
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Sorry guys should of put this is uk pounds just got over excited !!!!!
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I guess I'll check my backyard first for some black gold before I resort to the more drastic measures to get a new TRF That, and/or... be patient - Yikes!
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