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Spares shortages
Has anyone else had any trouble getting hold of spares?
I've been looking around for new front lower chassis plates but none of the usual websites I go to have any in. Fusion Hobbies have had to cancel my last order, saying Ansmann couldn't give them a delivery date for any of the items I was after (screw set, rear shock tower mount & front chassis plate). I've got a front chassis plate on order with JE Spares but whilst the other stuff arrived, no chassis plate yet. I'm thinking they're either going through a lot of these parts or there's a delay on new ones as it's being changed....
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I've not had much issues with normal parts yet but I'm still waiting for my alloy hop-ups
I've just received suspension arms and shock mounts from Models in Motion only took a day..maybe they have the parts you need. J |
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No problem with RC Pro Center, US online shop :
http://www.rcprocenterstore.com/servlet/StoreFront Try this one too : (carbone hop up available) From HK, big shipping price http://www.tcmodels.net/index.php?pa...mart&Itemid=71 A new one : (from USA, it's Team C Racing USA) http://www.teamcamerica.com/shopcart...ain_page=index
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Good suggestions Kedal...I'm gonna keep my eyes on Team C America, they seem to be doing some good deals.
Only prob with them is the postage... If I order say the rear shock mount from Team C, they cost $3.12..which is a fantastic price, but to ship them here will cost a further $14.00, a total of $17.12 (£11) and will take up to 10 days. Granted even over here in the UK the same part costs about £6 ($9) with postage but as a rule you'd hope to get it within 2-3 days. JEspares are doing a pretty good job of keeping at least 1 of everything in apart from of course the lower chassis plates but I'm sure they will get them. My spares order cost about £50.00. I'm now basically set for the first few races I think. I have 2 sets of front and rear hubs as backups as I'm using the alloy ones, front and rear suspension arms, front and rear shock towers, a few bags of screws and fixings and some spring variations. The spares might have cost more then a Madrat kit...but I've got doubles of some parts and tuning options so I'm happy J |
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Thanks for the suggestions - I've got an idea of where to go now if things get desperate!
I actually bought a spare Mad Rat kit purely for spares a while back, ended up building it and using it as a mess about car but now it's fully stripped again. Certainly cheaper than buying all the parts individually but of course a lot of the bits don't actually break and you've only got 1 spare for the bits that do... Still I'm sure it'll come in over time as stuff starts to get worn.
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Yeah, I know this problem of shipping cost...
I order my spares at rc pro center, the price is very very low, this shipping cost is good BUT, it take at least 2 weeks to come in france... very long... but I can wait I'll order only hop up at TCmodels, from HK, the cost is lower than at team C america, but the shipping cost is bigger... In fact, it's depend what I take. It's a shame to have 2 or 3 different shop to order spares/hop up for the same car. I have an advantage to live in france, the change dollar/euro is very good for me !
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Before i lost all my stock i had most of the spares for a Rat, some items took awhile coming in but most were not a problem, once our security problems have been sorted I will be looking at getting most parts back in stock.
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I now have a good selection of Mad Rat spares back in stock, everything from wishbones to shock towers and hubs, I am hopefully getting some stock back together over the next couple of weeks, so I can start bringing it with me to the Mid West regionals as the plan was in the first place.
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