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Bump: Prices to break if interested (ovno, deals on multiples) :- Shocks - £25 a pair Bodyshell - £10 Wheels x 4 - £40 Complete front end (plastics, diffs, driveshafts etc) - £45 Complete rear end (as above but without steering obv) - £40 Centre transmission (inc centre shafts + spur) - £30 Radio / servo box inc Savox MG servo + alu horn - £20 Chassis inc roll handle, engine mounting plate etc - £20

1/8 Hobao MT roller - I'd intended converting this to BL but as I already have a MTe and an eye of something else this can go. WYSIWYG. Excellent used condition, wheels and tyres good, hexes perfect, no perceptible wear to drivetrain and little signs of use to plastics and chassis. Diffs and shocks good. Negatives of note are a dent to bonnet and a crack to side of shell (which I will shoegoo and scrim tape before sale if I get time) and some surface corrosion to front and rear driveshafts. This is the PLUS model, not the original sport, so improved durability (on paper at least!) and some quality of life improvements like the circlips holding drive cup pins not the old type shoulder screws. If asking price is met I'll include the stock savox steering servo and alu horn. Located DE55, near NDOR track, west of M1 between j28 and J26. Post avail at cost (poss around £15), or collect / local meet up. Looking for £120 NET or possible trade for something interesting RC wise, such as 4s upwards ESC, SCT / DT etc. Would consider breaking if enough interest. Please PM trades first to save cluttering the thread.

Finished off the painting of a new shell for the customised brushless Hong nor X1 CR Pro. Shell is from a JConcepts, and as you can see from clear shot cut lines we're no use. Fits lovely now, and is deep enough to swallow lipo's without any mods to body posts. Tamiya florescent orange (pics don't show it well) with oldie but a goodie black flicks. Will fit a Hyper 7 too...

Hi Ig this hasn't sold I'd love it... would add to my Hong Nor collection very nicely. c

More like they've taken the electrics out to fulfill someone elses warranty claim. Marginally dissapointed I didn't buy it, have a glut on 1:10 electrics doing nowt.

Someone buy this before I lose willpower: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FTX-Zorro-1-10-Trophy-Truck-EP-Brushless-4WD-RTR-Rolling-Chassis-Only-FTX5557WO-/144233559037?hash=item2194fd73fd

Thinning out for the off season. Savage Flux XL roller, in overall good condition with little wear. Has terrapin tyres, alu rear hubs, widetrack suspension, 17mm hex - diffs / shocks all feel good. Other than that I know very little about it. Comes with a Proline shell in good condition (pictured), and another tatty but useable one (not pictured). Not 100% certain of value, parts shortages over the last few years was an issue, but parts and kits seem to be flowing again. As pictured with spare shell £200 net, if you didn't want shell / wheels etc feel free to make an offer. Collect / local meet up or post available at cost.

First up: Cnc rear hubs. I run identical ones on a hyper 7. Was told these are lightweight Hyper 8's but not 100% certain. Very nicely machined. Used but good as new bar light rubbing to outer edge where hinge pin locates. House 16x5mm bearings. £25 NET plus post Next: Alloy rear hubs. Came off a Dragon Racing hyper 7 LWB. Very well made. Bearings fine, and will carry you through, I'd replace them myself as consider them a service item. House 16x5mm bearings. £20 NET plus post.

Yes it's a Lambo, this is the best stock image I can find online quickly I'm busier than a one legged man in an ass kicking contest atm so better pics of mine are on the back burner.

If you order from uk warehouse it should be shipped from within the UK... so no import fees / taxes. Fwiw I run my CRT with various set ups - fav has been 1800kv 4074 - it's useable on 4S, sweet spot on 5s and fast as on 6. Caveat is mine has buggy ratio diffs, your X2 doesn't so like for like mine would be quicker. Also worth noting, the x2's have conical cut gears - smoother and in theory there's more contact between ring and pinion. In reality they profile of the teeth means they're weaker and I heard horror stories of users on high torque 6s setups - there's no way I'd run 8s through them. edit @mayzie12 has more experience than me running high power through HN.

Please either delete some of your exiting ones hosted here, or easier, host images elsewhere and link to it: flickr etc

Sorting the man cave out today, as moving much into storage for the winter. Dug the X3 GT out, so will get some side by side shots, hopefully tomorrow

Yes, she's a 1/7 - much like losi did with that audi thing, and arrma have more recently it's merely a stretched 1/8. When time allows I'll get some decent photos, my new oneplus phone camera is a 💩 and don't do it any justice. I too like the exhaust, used to run something similar on savages waaaay back. Purple ribbed thing with two exits.

Headroom is always nice. An 150a esc means I wanna run lipos that can push 200a as a minimum - so for 1/8 that generally means 5000mah 40c is my starting point.

Almost certainly not, it looks much nicer with all the decals / accessories fitted too, Shells are kinda still available though, via Hobao direct - though they're not cheap and size / cost will prob add a chunk of change with shipping.

So, I don't run much on road, rarely have over the years - but I've always had a soft spot for a nice on road rig. Being a Hobao stalwart I wanted one of these many years ago, and missed the clearance sale of UK stock by dithering over the price. Used ones come up from time to time, but never clean enough I'd buy, at a sensible price, or cheap enough to work from. So when a BNIB One-Seven Evo came up for sale I couldn't miss out. Box is quite tatty sadly, however the important bits are new, not just mint. Some better photo's to follow but he she is.

Battery tray the goto conversion one would be the losi8, part no losa 4461 - it'll need some drilling of chassis but is well made and big.

Mounts the readily available options are: Hong nor motor mount, as fitted to the X2 Brushless, X3 and LX2e - it's an elliptical design, so has limited pinion adjustment. Non uk retail that I know of, but available many places abroad. http://www.rc-willpower.com/Cart/index.php?route=product/product&path=145_217_255&product_id=10407&sort=p.price&order=DESC GRC custom: https://www.grcworks.gr/ofna_en/025_en Again not in UK, nicely machined. Discontinued mounts include: RCMonster - long discontinued, might find new one in states. Absima 2310001 conversion kit - stocks we're thin on the ground years ago. Yes, the HN parts themselves - mount, servo mount and battery tray was cheaper than buying mount and tray separately. At one time pre RC-Willpower price hikes there we're some great deals on the kit - I know I stocked up. Spurs - No need to go smaller, you can get a hobao 52t centre diff in without modification - though the spur will prob just poke out the bottom enough to catch fingers - a skid plate will solve that. I have a Hong Nor mount new, but just fitted to a conversion - if you can't wait for one from abroad let me know. c

I've converted a few X1 / X2 CRT's - and run one as my daily (or twice yearly atm 😞 ) driver. Mount wise there's a few options out there, battery tray is easy - HN sell one that fits straight in, and servos you can cut down your nitro tray or fit HN's own. There's a thread from many years back with my first X1 CRT conversion Worth adding that the hoops I jumped through on mine won't be needed on an X2 - yours has proper truggy ratio diffs (thus smaller spur) and a standard chassis. Steve's pic early in the thread shows one done with HN parts.

D u r a n g o. Not that that would help USA customers understand or part with more cash.

Check sizes (or get on owners thread for recommendations) but something like this would be a cheaper solution: https://www.modelsport.co.uk/product/ftx-carnage-mounted-wheels-tyres-black-2--369427 Advice above is good, you don't want alu rims for many reasons, plastic is perfectly good but obv there's poor ones or ways to break good ones.

VS is a newer platform, 'replacing' the SS, both have brushless versions - Vse etc. The VS is stronger. In truggy's, there's the ST, which is a truggy Hyper 7 in essence, and a tank, then the newer SST (available as brushless as SSTe). SSTe is NOT a basher, even with all the upgrade parts. It's not terrible, but excels more on the flat, bumps, little jumps. Hoabo do a kit version of the ST, called the ST Pro - it indeed has upgrade parts over the ST. VS buggy has no kit, only a 80% roller (prebuilt) available as standard or Pro version (with upgrades). VS buggy drivetrain is bulletproof as RC goes. Some weaker areas that the Pro addresses or you can easily address on the RTR (hinge pin braces and chassis braces being the two i'd recommend for everyone). ST is a full fat, almost retro 1/8. It's a totally different league to the Quantum, which is a budget 1/10 rig. The ST Pro is superior to the ST (which itself is a good rig). There is no factory brushless version of the ST, though it's easy to convert. Hobao stock is usually readily available from many sources, though there have been ups and downs in recent years (pre covid / brexit).

From memory the translucent blue cased ones seeemed more likely to emit the magic smoke of doom, but in all honesty most of that info was anecdotal - I had one blew the first time I pulled full throttle, and another two that ran fine for a reasonable length of time. As with many of these I find they're DOA or soon after (like mine) or work fine for an indeterminate length of time, often giving up the ghost for no apparent reason - the difference between them and established brands is general longevity for the ones that work... Value wise? It's not a rig i've ever owned, as was put off by the general chassis design. Again anecdotally owners, once you get past the rank amateurs, seem to like them. Question should be are you happy with amount spent?