RPM’s new shock duplicator tool helps to determine if your car’s shock absorbers are identical. Its simple, accurate and inexpensive design makes rebound and shock length comparison a breeze. The tool is usable with 1/8th to 1/16th scale shocks of up to 158mm in length and all gauge indicator and scale readings are moulded directly into the tool for lifelong accuracy.
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Xtreme Racing have new carbon fibre option parts for the Xray X1 and Team Associated RC8B3 available. First up are carbon fibre upper arms for the X1. Cut from 2.5mm quasi 3K weave material the arms are available with or without an additional support brace that will make for improved durability. Also new is a 2.5mm connecting brace for the front suspension parts of Xray’s formula chassis. Last but not least and made for Team Associated’s RC8B3 buggy are 5mm front and 4mm rear shock towers. The parts are direct replacements for the stock shock towers.
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Arrowmax is the latest company to step into the LiPo battery game by introducing a 5000mAh 7.4V pack. Built from high-quality 110C/55C cells and coming in a protective hardcase the battery features “through-type” tube connectors for 4mm bullet-type plugs, making it easily usable for a range of applications including touring cars and off-road vehicles. The split-type sticker on the sides ensure that the battery looks good over a long period of time even when using strong battery mounting tape.
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Xceed have two new tools available in the form of a rim reamer for 1/8th on-road wheels as well as a 3-in-1 turnbuckle and ball cup wrench. Starting with the reamer, the tool is designed to slightly widen the wheel axle hole of 1/8th on-road wheels to make for a better fitment on the wheel axle and thus faster and more easy pitstops. The tool is made from high-quality springsteel and green anodised aluminium. Also new is the ball cup remover and turnbuckle wrench. Designed for the use with small ball cups as well as 3mm and 4mm turnbuckles the tool helps to easily pop-off ball cups from the ball joints while the stepped design of the turnbuckle portion does away with the need to carry different size tools. The wrench is made from laser-etched high-quality spring steel.
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HPI Racing’s tiny Q32 D8T Tessmann Edition micro truggy is the palm-size “living room” version of the full-blown HB D8T nitro truggy. Coming electric-powered and with rear wheel drive, grippy foam tyres and a plastic rear wing the Q32 chassis allows to experience the fun of off-road driving even in tight surroundings.
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New from Xray and made for the X1, X10 and X12 pan cars are two additional sets of front springs. Coming as soft C=2.5 and ultra soft C=1.5 variant they add to the already existing C=2.0 and C=3.0 soft springs for a wider range of adjustments. The colour-coded springs come in sets of two and they fit Xray’s 1/10th and 1/12th vehicles as well as many other cars.
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Xceed have expanded their range of high-viscosity gear differential oils and high-quality wires. Starting with the diff fluids, available now are the extra heavy 500,000cst, 1,000,000cst, 1,500,000cst and 2,000,000cst variants all of which come in handy 50ml containers with large openings and eady-to-read stickers for easy identification. Also new is a range of wires such as 180mm and 200mm soft sensor wires in black, blue and red colour as well as a 150mm saddle pack balancer and charge harness, a 100mm jumper wire pre-soldered with 4mm bullet-type connectors and a black universal plug 180mm servo and ESC wire.
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The Elite-TC wing kit from Protoform is an all-new, track-tested Lexan wing designed specifically to give your 190mm touring car a smooth, neutral driving feeling on high-grip surfaces. The wing features a unique profile that can be run in three configurations to tune to your specific class or track condition. It’s formed from a not-too-flimsy, but not-too-heavy weight of genuine Lexan and is fully pre-cut with two 20 x 40mm end plates. All you have to do is use attach the endplates using the super-sticky tape, mount to your 190mm race body using the supplied hardware, and you’re ready to hit the track. The Elite-TC Wing Kit meets all IFMAR/EFRA/ROAR body standards.
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