Where to buy your off road toys...

[dandownunder]

Hi Guys, am keen to get one of these rock crawler or off road buggy kit, where you make it from the ground up. Can anyone offer any good online stores that post internationaly ??

Cheers
Dan.

[Muckinhell]

Yeah just look up any of the major kit manufacturer's on ebay or google them. look for tamiya, kyosho etc. I got my Tamiya f350 off ebay and its awsome little rig. or go to a Australian site called thecrawlpit.com , this is forum like this for rock crawlers etc and they could help even more...

[dandownunder]

Cool, thanks mate, will go check it out. Am after a rock crawler type with two motors, will see how I go.

Cheers
Dan.

[2 BRUTAL]

honestly mate, buy 1 that is RTR, ready to run, unless you are very patient and can understand instructions with very little wording or pics to go with them. My hyper 7 came basically already assembled, just a few minor things to do, but looking at the instructions, it would have taken weeks to assemble it at home.
I emailed a few Nitro shops in the states but they wouldn't post 1 to me because of the size, I guess in total kit form it would be smaller to post, but very painful to assemble.

[Muckinhell]

Tamiya have the dual motor rigs then people modify them themselves from there to add diffrent bodies and bigger lifts etc. Another great site is tamiyaclub.com. They have some awsome scale rigs. I absolutly loved building mine. Really gives you great idea how it works etc so if anything goes wrong it will be easier to fix. Took me 2 weeks working an hour or so a day to get mine up, really read the instructions and the finer details etc then couple days to paint in my own colours, then add what ever stickers you like from the kit to persoanlise it.

[Maverino]

What your after is a Clod Buster- 1 motor per diff. These can be had almost anywhere at hobbyshops. But if u type in Clodbuster o super Clod Buster u will find what u want. As for Websites for learning more, try HERE (http://thecrawlpit.com/forum/index.php?sid=7606f529837ea7b8d4c864a16f360e44) at The Crawlpit.

Frank

[dandownunder]

Thanks for all the info guys. I've found a company and am going to get the ClodBuster, looks like a great setup, going to get some more powerfull motors for it and bigger batteries aswell.

Anyone know if you can get light kits for them ? this one has spotties on the rollbar, would be cool to setup some lights in them ? I've seen them on the Ford models.
Cheers
Dan.

[Muckinhell]

yeah there is a mob on ebay that sells light kits for rc cars etc fairly cheap too.

[Magnat]

I Run a Radio Control Vehicle website and although the Highlift is Very cool, its a Scale Replica of the F-350.
If You want to get a real tough Rock Crawler then the Clod Buster or Super Clod Buster is the way to go with 55T Lathe motors and a few suspension mods it will climb milk crates !

Rock Crawling is how ever one of the most expensive forms of land RC.
Most parts either have to be custom made or improvised..

If You want a Rock Crawler on a tight Budget, the HPI Wheely king 4x4 will be coming to Australia soon and is rumoured to be around $450 RTR.
You remove a Single Brace and you will get a Huge amount of Articulation from the stock Suspension..

HPI Racing | High Performance R/C Car Products. (http://www.hpiracing.com/news/2007061801.html)

[dandownunder]

Magnat, thanks for the info. I am deffinetly going to buy the Super Clod buster. Would love any info you have on how to make it a bit more capable with some suspension mods.

Will check out the other engines as well.
Cheers
Dan.

[Magnat]

Hey Dan...
The Best possible advise I can offer you is to search ROCKCRAWLER.com

They are the best possible source of information on RC Rock Crawling..

[whaldo]

toy world are selling the rampage rockcrawler for about $550 now
it's a nitro with a 25 motor rtr picked one up a few weeks ago

[smash]

go and have a look at hpi web site

[smash]

ring the hobbyman in dandenong he is a mate of mine but he is good been in the bizz 20 odd years he is the one that had all the monster trucks at the commenwealth games doing demos and picking up the shotput javelin and discus he knows how to build a tough truck when it comes to rc a bit like bbm but on a smaller scale