best spot to score an Xmod??

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- April 27, 2004 at 3:53 am #12118
  PandaBear
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  Wondering where s the best (cheapest!) place to get an Xmod from,
  also all its fancy accessories & taking into account shipping etc.
- April 27, 2004 at 4:43 am #51022
  ph2t
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  ask a pimp at bitpimps.lixlink.com, they’ll help you out….
- April 27, 2004 at 11:58 am #51028
  merc-blue
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  panda.
  unless ur into electonics mods and putting extra cells and voltage regulators, fet, handwinding motors… etc etc etc. dont buy one.. as soon as you get it to make it compeditive you need bearings 6 cells fet. MIN. also if u put in AWD u need to mod the turning circle otherwise a BCG will have better tuning than you…. lots of mods
- April 27, 2004 at 12:28 pm #51030
  Dracer07
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  yes. Xmods do suck. I spent over $150 dollars total just for most of the parts to break. They arent very reliable. Just stick to Mini-Z.
- April 27, 2004 at 12:48 pm #51031
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  hey bruce:
  
  try http://www.ebay.com
  
  xmods are ok but the front knuckles keep breaking on me.
- April 27, 2004 at 1:33 pm #51034
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  panda.
  unless ur into electonics mods and putting extra cells and voltage regulators, fet, handwinding motors… etc etc etc. dont buy one..
  
  i’m quite confident that panda knows how to drive a soldering iron:8ball:
- April 27, 2004 at 5:21 pm #51047
  merc-blue
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  yeh i know but just casue you can doesnt mean you like to..
- April 27, 2004 at 8:30 pm #51058
  betty.k
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  yeh i know but just casue you can doesnt mean you like to..
  
  touche!!:blush::8ball:
- April 27, 2004 at 9:01 pm #51062
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  I was thinking of ripping all the electronics out
  and retrofitting real RC gear into it… 🙂
- April 28, 2004 at 12:00 am #51069
  oldtamiyaphile
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  Seriously, buy an Overland, I haven’t touched my Xmods since. Great fun indoors or out. The XM is an outdoor car due to it’s radius (even with the ‘fix’), but it has less ground clearance than a MR-01. Another problem is the lower kingpin screws tend to get ripped out when running outdoors, I now run without, and occasionally loose a knuckle…
  
  Lots of people to all sorts of mods to them, mods that are far beyond what the car was designed for, and then things start to break all the time.
  
  I put OL tyres on it and it’s a bit better (even with 4wd an OL with locked diff does better off road), but then you need another body, such as one off an OL…
  
  I’d look at the DTM-X4, US$80 at Dinball, then add your electronics and smoke all before you.
- April 28, 2004 at 12:25 am #51071
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  OTP, i think you are missing the point…..the appeal is the four wheel independant suspension and 4wd…..OL is cool but kinda lame
- April 28, 2004 at 6:14 am #51079
  oldtamiyaphile
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  Buy both and say that blackeye:
  
  My Sisu proves that chassis flex is better than fancy suspension at this scale, works just as well, and a lot less weight.
  
  Edited by – oldtamiyaphile on 28 April 2004 02:28:47
- April 28, 2004 at 7:56 pm #51090
  merc-blue
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  hmm try mini z madforce.. i mean i dont think there AWD but there bloody amazing cars… if i had the cash (or a job) (or a cridit card i could max out) i would have one
- April 28, 2004 at 8:39 pm #51092
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  Mini MadForce is really just an Overlander
  with crazy big wheels; they’re both 2WD.
  
  Xmod is cheap enough to hack, the Kyoshos aren’t
  cheap enough for that. 🙁 And the Xmod comes
  in an Acura RSX which would be cool.
  
  For Kyosho type of $$ I’d go Mini-T instead. :p
- April 28, 2004 at 9:14 pm #51094
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  Add the cost of the RS options you spoke of at the start of the thread and you are at Kyosho $$$. Mine cost around US$90+ shipping, for which I can get an OL from TE. Add the cost of ‘real’ electronics, and you’re well into 1/10 territory. They weigh a ton and really need Lipos because all that bulk puts too much load into the drive train, now you’re at 1/10 nitro cost (assuming you don’t have a lipo set up already).
  
  If you must have an RSX get an Epoch.
  
  Get an Xmods if you must, but just don’t try to tell me they’re cheap (at least for Aussies who have to get everything mail order, and not from online stores, you have to trouble a friend for the ‘privelage’). Based on the price and what you get, certainly for AU folks, they border on being a rip off.
  
  If I want a heatsink, I have to buy a motor pack (why four motors?) for US$20(?), have someone buy it for me, pay post, so for around AU$40 I have a heatsink. For that I can get an alu motor pod for a OL in my next order from TE, Dinball or eBay.
  
  Edited by – oldtamiyaphile on 28 April 2004 17:27:01
- April 28, 2004 at 9:43 pm #51096
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  lipo? (1st thought was “liposuction”… then thought Li-Poly batteries, ah so desu.
  
  yeah its starting not to look so cheap after all… 🙁
  
  Not as if I got any spare cash right now, but if I did I’m now leaning towards just sticking it into the TLT-1/2 fund. :smiley16:
- April 29, 2004 at 11:54 am #51107
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  yeh panda thats wise.. mine cost mer about 250 including postage and stuff.. and took 3 months to get here. i coulda got a 1:10 for that.. (well almost a 1:10 couple bux short)
- April 29, 2004 at 1:07 pm #51108
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  i’ve got two Acura sets my man… interested? PM if you want to know more… Its a stock kit, chassis is brand new and unrun, but the shell has minor scuffs and is missing both wing mirrors… have two Xmods so will part with one if you want
- April 29, 2004 at 6:11 pm #51119
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  Yup, if I wasn’t trying to get as much 1/32 stuff as possible, I’d get a TLT-1 over a Mini-T of MOL. But in my case, the MOL is 1/32, so I gotta get that next.
- May 18, 2004 at 12:24 pm #51526
  Jowlz
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  get an iwaver from toyeast. they are better than xmods and cheaper. xmods have too many mechanical flaws.
- May 19, 2004 at 12:50 am #51564
  ken_wyleung
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  get an iwaver from toyeast. they are better than xmods and cheaper. xmods have too many mechanical flaws.
  
  But the iWaver may finish after your break the servo gear!:D
- May 19, 2004 at 1:03 am #51568
  TallduDe
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  who cares really if you break a sero gear there cheap!
  
  i got one and i am surprised at the quailty of it. for some reason its quicker then my real Z with the same set up (9th pinon gear and ball bearings!)
  
  but an x-mod looks the business, with a bodykit, and 4wd is good for drifting, still considering getting one to thrash about!
- May 19, 2004 at 1:18 am #51571
  merc-blue
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  yeh x-mods are good fun but dont buy one thinking they will be cheap casue they will waste all ur $$ for some reason.. i heard RS (who ones tandy) will be sending them out to tandy in AUS … who no more buying parts from overseas
- May 19, 2004 at 1:19 am #51572
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  who cares really if you break a sero gear there cheap!
  
  i got one and i am surprised at the quailty of it. for some reason its quicker then my real Z with the same set up (9th pinon gear and ball bearings!)
  
  but an x-mod looks the business, with a bodykit, and 4wd is good for drifting, still considering getting one to thrash about!
  
  You are the lucky one!:D And I am not:shock:
- May 19, 2004 at 1:31 am #51576
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  who cares really if you break a sero gear there cheap!
  
  i got one and i am surprised at the quailty of it. for some reason its quicker then my real Z with the same set up (9th pinon gear and ball bearings!)
  
  but an x-mod looks the business, with a bodykit, and 4wd is good for drifting, still considering getting one to thrash about!
  
  You are the lucky one!:D And I am not:shock:
  
  So, can you tell me where can I order the servo gear for iWaver please?:)
- May 19, 2004 at 1:56 am #51577
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  okay a bit of confusion brought about due to my inability to read what i type.
  
  i meant that iwavers are cheap so it dont matter if they break really.
  
  so iwaver servo gears are different to Z ones aye?
  
  x-mods to australia huh that would be interesting…….
- May 19, 2004 at 4:09 pm #51580
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  actually tandy corp owns radioshack(all from texas boo!!)
  
  i dono xmods are cool but after playing with an iwaver i dont like the xmod much anymore. hell ill trade an xmod with a buncha crap for an iwaver 🙂
- November 13, 2004 at 5:50 pm #56964
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  okay a bit of confusion brought about due to my inability to read what i type.
  
  i meant that iwavers are cheap so it dont matter if they break really.
  
  so iwaver servo gears are different to Z ones aye?
  
  x-mods to australia huh that would be interesting…….
  
  …you probably already know this by now but i just found out for myself, the iwaver 1st gear & steering pot is slightyly larger than the Z’s. you can mod a Z 1 to fit into the iwaver tho with out to much difficulty…:)
  
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  actually tandy corp owns radioshack(all from texas boo!!)
  
  i dono xmods are cool but after playing with an iwaver i dont like the xmod much anymore. hell ill trade an xmod with a buncha crap for an iwaver 🙂
  
  …you still got this jowlz, i know im about 6 months to late, but i’d thought i’d ask any wayz…:p
- November 13, 2004 at 10:47 pm #56968
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  this place has the best prices i know of for radio shack stuff (zip zaps, xmods and tune up kits)
  
  http://stores.ebay.com/Movie-Centrals-Variety-Store_W0QQsspagenameZstrkQ3amefsQ3amesstQQtZkm
  
  fast reasonable shipping, reliable ebay store:8ball:
- November 14, 2004 at 2:58 am #56969
  Roe
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  …thanks betty.k, i’ll check em out…:)
- November 14, 2004 at 12:27 pm #56973
  TallduDe
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  forget the xmod get a zip zap se dude! hahahaha
- November 14, 2004 at 5:03 pm #56975
  Aaron
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  Damn those things are pricey… Looks like I’m staying XMods Free until they list some nice Mopar muscle (about the only way to ensure I part with $$)
  
  A.
  
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- November 15, 2004 at 1:53 am #56981
  betty.k
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  how about some og muscle?!:p:8ball:
- November 15, 2004 at 4:41 am #56990
  z-beam
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  nice, are they specially made for xmods?
- November 15, 2004 at 5:00 am #56996
  betty.k
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  they ARE xmods!:smiley2::8ball:
- November 15, 2004 at 5:09 am #56999
  z-beam
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  im not to sure about a 4wd mustang!?:smiley2:
- November 15, 2004 at 2:25 pm #57010
  Aaron
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  I saw those, but I really really want a ‘Cuda/Challenger, or Charger. Even a later model Mopar (Dodge/Plymouth/Chrysler) would be good.
  
  * But no freaking PT Cruisers
  
  A.
  
  Edited by – Aaron on 15 November 2004 09:25:49
  
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- November 16, 2004 at 11:38 am #57024
  TallduDe
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  if they bring out a dukes of hazard one ill get it!
- November 16, 2004 at 4:32 pm #57030
  jamiekulhanek
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  im not to sure about a 4wd mustang!?:smiley2:
  
  They are 2wd…
- November 16, 2004 at 5:03 pm #57031
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  im not to sure about a 4wd mustang!?:smiley2:
  
  I was’nt sure about an all wheel drive Acura either… I like the bodies, but not sure about those rims… more added weight?
- November 17, 2004 at 8:58 pm #57063
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  ionnoe. i guess its backwards for me. as soon as i got fets and resistors in my xmod i wus done with the miniZs. miniz, xmods they all break. thas why we mod. to me miniZs are jus too weak. i got tired of broken flex plate and servo gears. ive been spiold with awd. i can drive on any surface nomatter how slippery(wood, waxed, rough pavment and un evan serfaces) a change of fets and neos is a good starting piont for these things.
- November 19, 2004 at 5:10 pm #57104
  Aaron
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  chino – I tend to agree that AWD spoils 😉 *laughs* it’s very easy to enjoy and AWD car, and more challenging to punt a RWD or FWD car.
  
  I also agree that they’re just as bad as each other for breakages and weakpoints… but it just seems xmods suffer more wear/sloppy parts failure than breakage….
  
  A.
  
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- November 19, 2004 at 5:22 pm #57105
  jamiekulhanek
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  yeah you are right aaron, though the xmods are built pretty tough…
- November 19, 2004 at 8:40 pm #57113
  betty.k
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  well i’ve owned xmods and iwaver/z’s for an equal amount of time now. (about 3 months each)
  in that time i’ve broken the following on the xmod:
  
  4 drive cups
  2 knuckles
  1 chassis
  2 front axles
  numerous aerials
  
  and that’s it. most of those breakages were able to be repaired. and you all know how “gentle” i am with my rc’s:dead:.
  
  in the same amount of time i broke too many parts for me to remember on the z waver. about 7 sets of servo gears (1 of which was alloy), 10 h plates, a couple of bodies, chassis’, shocks, etc. it just stopped being fun constantly repairing things, it broke too often for me to aquire much driving skill with rwd.
  i just wanna have fun with this thing, it’s better an idiot like me has something that’s within my limits. maybe one day i’ll try again:8ball:
- November 22, 2004 at 5:14 pm #57147
  Aaron
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  *nods* betty.k, but you’re special 😉
  
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- November 22, 2004 at 10:11 pm #57149
  betty.k
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  4 cups of chino thanks! hur hur!:approve::8ball:
- November 22, 2004 at 10:51 pm #57150
  kitsune
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  betty.k I still havn’t broken a servo gear, I’ve had 2 tie rods break I’ll admit, but then after seeing what happened with you I havn’t used metal tie rods, and I can’t blame mine for breaking given that I still havn’t fitted my shell.
  
  all metal set ups are evil money devouring beasties.
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