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Looking to uber-out your Hot Bodies D413? If so Azarashi has a very cool looking carbon fiber conversion kit that can help make your buggy the coolest one on the track. The Azarashi conversion kit is set-up to use shorty LiPo packs and a low profile servo mounted vertically. The kit comes with a body, but not body mounts, so [...]
There is a new company on the scene called Xpartus making some very trick carbon fiber upgrade parts for the Duratrax Nissan GTR and Camaro ZL1 nitro touring cars. Their first release is an entire carbon fiber upgrade kit to make the Duratrax cars tougher, faster, and to boost their bling factor. We have had a bunch of good times [...]
So you just built a new Associated B5M but don’t know where to start to uber it out. Carbon fiber is always a good choice and Exotek has just announced a pretty trick battery “Flite” strap for the B5M. The Exotek piece is lighter and stiffer than the stock piece, and looks infinitely cooler. The part number for the B5M [...]
Vectorworks has announced new carbon fiber upgrades for the TLR/Losi 22-4 buggy. First up is a front shock tower made from 4mm carbon fiber that is easy to bolt up and features an integrated front body mount. Also new are their carbon fiber battery mounts. The battery mounts are 2.5mm thick and fit perfectly into the center mounting slots. Both [...]
Pro-Line has announced three new upgrades for their PRO-2 short course truck- front & rear towers and a transponder mount. All three hop-up parts are machined from carbon fiber to be light, stiff, and look trick. The transponder mount has a part number of #6109-02 and a street price of $11. The front tower has a part number of #6109-00 [...]
One way to uber-out your Associated B4.2 is to put new shock towers on it and JConcepts has just announced what might be the coolest looking B4 front tower out there. The JConcepts front shock tower is made from 4mm thick carbon fiber and uses reinforcement ribs to add more strength. The part number is #2193 and it has a [...]
Are you looking to uber-out your Associated RC10 Classic? If so, the guys over at Xtreme Racing have several trick 3mm carbon fiber parts to set your RC10 Classic apart from the crowd. These parts include- * Battery cup small strap, $9 * Transmission brace, $12 * Front tower, $24 * Worlds front tower, $24 * Rear tower, $24 You can get more information on the [...]
New from the crew over at JConcepts are front and rear carbon fiber shock tower sets for the Traxxas Slash 4×4. The slick looking towers are 4mm thick to increase durability, while their stiffness helps to enhance handling compared to the flexy flyer stock units. The part number for the front conversion kit is #2290-1, the rear is #2291-1, and retail [...]
The Losi Ten SCTE not only rips around the track, it’s also a fantastic bash machine. One of the few weak points on the SCTE is its shock towers. Jeremy and Brian over at VectorWorks have new towers for the SCTE that should be a lot tougher than the stockers. The VectorWorks shock towers are made out of 4mm thick [...]
A big part of bashing is hopping up your rig, making it faster, look better, and more importantly, durable. After the guys over at Revell announced their new Dromida line-up of bash machines, they also announced a slew of hop-up parts. Some of the parts help improve performance, some improve durability, and all of them help uber-out the new Dromidas. [...]
The Duratrax 835E and 835B 8th scale buggies have been doing well with the basher crowd. They both have affordable price points and have proven to take a good beating. With their popularity, users are looking to make them even better with hop-up parts. Today Duratrax has announced some affordable parts to beef up and allow more tuning on their [...]
Team Durango has done nothing but grow since they hit the market. Racers have latched on to them for their track properties, bashers have taken them up because they drive so well, and the aftermarket companies have followed suit with their support. We just received a few “sneak preview” pictures of the brand new hop-up parts for Team Durango vehicles from [...]
Want to transform your Associated T4 into one of the fastest (and trickest) trucks at your track or bash spot? The crew over at X Factory have announced their new X-60CF carbon fiber conversion kit. This new kit takes your T4 from run of the mill to factory level in performance, and looks the part as well. The mid-motored X-60CF [...]
When you get a high end car like a new Durango I don’t think you can resist throwing on some trick looking hop-up parts. Exotek Racing has recently announced some trick looking Carbon Fiber Front Shock Towers for the Durango DEX210 buggy and the DESC210 short course truck. Some of the features include- * Made from heavy duty 4mm carbon fiber * [...]
One of the best reasons to own a Durango 210 series vehicle is the vast amount of hop-up parts available for them. Exotek Racing is one of the aftermarket companies that have been strong supporters of the Durango line and they have just announced another round of option parts. First up is a new carbon fiber rear shock tower for the [...]
