[Request] Nitro R/C Cars

Pacifico

Hi,
I'm looking to buy a new Nitro off-road car. Years ago i got one from The Model Shop in Dublin amd AFAIK they have stopped selling them.

Anyone know anywhere in Ireland where i'd be able to get one?

Cheers

the_syco

There's a place on the Naas Road, next to the scooter shop, I think

Pacifico

the_syco wrote:

There's a place on the Naas Road, next to the scooter shop, I think

I'll check that out!

Also found this place out by Santry www.boyztoys.ie.

Anywhere else i should look??

Pacifico

cableguy wrote:

Marks Models on Hawkins st.

Now they wouldn't have as much nitro stuff as BoysToys but I do know they have Nitro a buggy atm. 90% built in the box,nice big engine,2 speed gearbox,4x4,nice paint job. Fairly tough looking construction, same size wheels\tyres front and rear.
Think its going for €450 made by CEN.

Cheers!. €450 aint cheap though plus i'd imagine 90% built means no Control system?

I'll have a look

MacGyver

there is also a shop in waterford called the model shop which does all the spares and cars, boats, trucks, plane and chopters. EVERYTHING. its probably too far away from ya tho

Pacifico

MacGyver wrote:

there is also a shop in waterford called the model shop which does all the spares and cars, boats, trucks, plane and chopters. EVERYTHING. its probably too far away from ya tho

Yeah thet would be a bit to far to travel alright

Anyone know whereabouts Hawkins Streets is?

Also is there any other shops i should have a look at while i'm in Dublin?

Cheers

Jammer

Get a HPI Savage .25 w/ 3ch Radio gear from Towerhobbies.com its in America but you'd have it within the week. Definitly the best option, you will pay through the nose for one of these monster trucks in Ireland.

€450 or there abouts should get you probably the best 1/8th Monster truck on the market. You probably will get caught for import duty but ive included that in the €450 I mentioned.

http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXFLP2&P=ML

Dont buy a CEN btw. Seriously crap

Furp

I'm also thinking of buying a nitro monstor truck and have done much research into it I am going to buying from www.towerhobbies.com as the one io want a Traxxas T-Maxx will cost me about €450 yet over here the price is over €800.

Pacifico

Cheers for the replies lads. towerhobbies.com looks like a good option. Will there be any problem importing it? Also is there anyway to calculate the import duty??

Jammer

Myself and a mate have ordered a good bit of stuff from Tower and havent had any problems so far. I'd recommend a Savage over a T-maxx. They are bigger, just as fast and most importantly more robust.

Pacifico

Jammer wrote:

Myself and a mate have ordered a good bit of stuff from Tower and havent had any problems so far. I'd recommend a Savage over a T-maxx. They are bigger, just as fast and most importantly more robust.

Hi,
Yeah i know those Savage ones are..well....Savage. However there are restrictions with shipping to Ireland :rolleyes:

The T-Maxx one looks great though and i'll order it soon! Air Delivery is $50. Is there anyway to calculate the Duty ill be charged?? And is there any possibility it'll get siezed by customs?? (Never ordered from Americia before!!)

Thanks in advance

Edit: I rang Planet Fun and their price is €800 :eek: So i'm wondering how much i could be hit for Import Duty/Tax??

Furp

Originaly I was going to get the savage I think it looks better but the reasons I have decided on www.traxxas.com T-Max are:

Comes Fully Assembled

Pre-Painted Body

Easy Start Sytem I.e. you have a starter that spins the Nitro Motor and charges the glowplug. versus a seperate glowplug charge and pull started.

2 speed forward & reverse gears

Has a very details manual which i recomend downlaoding of their website and having a lookthrough.

Comes with a DVD on how to get it going and breaking in the engine.

Cheap "hop-ups" which are the mods you can buy.

There are other reasons but i can't think fo them right now, but the traxxas website is pretty good especially Their support section which has loads of info.

Axel, I have ordered lots from america over the past few years from dvds to motorcycle parts, some stuff gets through without customs but anyhting in a big box will usually be stopped what happens then is you get a phone call saying vat is due, in which case they will jsut take the dollar value convert to euro and add you can expect to pay VAT on this value at 21% i.e about €70 you may also be charge an admin fee or around €10 in which case it still works out a lot cheaper then buying here.

Pacifico

Furp wrote:

Originaly I was going to get the savage I think it looks better but the reasons I have decided on www.traxxas.com T-Max are:

Comes Fully Assembled

Pre-Painted Body

Easy Start Sytem I.e. you have a starter that spins the Nitro Motor and charges the glowplug. versus a seperate glowplug charge and pull started.

2 speed forward & reverse gears

Has a very details manual which i recomend downlaoding of their website and having a lookthrough.

Comes with a DVD on how to get it going and breaking in the engine.

Cheap "hop-ups" which are the mods you can buy.

There are other reasons but i can't think fo them right now, but the traxxas website is pretty good especially Their support section which has loads of info.

Axel, I have ordered lots from america over the past few years from dvds to motorcycle parts, some stuff gets through without customs but anyhting in a big box will usually be stopped what happens then is you get a phone call saying vat is due, in which case they will jsut take the dollar value convert to euro and add you can expect to pay VAT on this value at 21% i.e about €70 you may also be charge an admin fee or around €10 in which case it still works out a lot cheaper then buying here.

Cheers Furp, Looks like we'll be ordering the same car then

So if its stopped 21% is the most they can charge on the Euro cost of the product? Plus a possible €10 charge? If so it'll come no where near €800!!

/me gets credit card ready...

Edit: The car & Postage is €328. Not bad at all Around €400 total then, thats without the $20 discount they have on the site

Pacifico

cableguy wrote:

Sorry about telling you about the CEN buggy if its crap. Only ever had Mugen nitro cars.Thats a good price for the Traxxas stuff alright.
. I've never had anything stopped at customs coming from the U.S. Items were $400+ so hopefully you'll be alright.

Hmm.... I'm thinking now that i'll order it from a UK site. €100 More Inc P&P but no risk having to pay Import Duty

Furp

I'm now thinking of saving a bot longer and getting the new Traxxis Revo its more expensive but it looks and sounds even better then the T-Maxx,

Check out this review
http://www.rcnitro.com/rn/articles/revo.asp

Pacifico

Furp wrote:

I'm now thinking of saving a bot longer and getting the new Traxxis Revo its more expensive but it looks and sounds even better then the T-Maxx,

Check out this review
http://www.rcnitro.com/rn/articles/revo.asp

Hi Furp,
Yeah the Revo looks amazing alright. A good £100 more expensive than the T-Maxx though.

Anyway i ordered from www.ktmodels.co.uk. ordered a t-maxx, fuel tank, Spare body and a fail safe (Should come in handy at some point ) total of close to €600 inc Delivery. i should have it this week but i am having some problems getting the guy to Send it (changing my order etc :rolleyes:) Will ship tomorrow through DHL

Will keep this thread updated,
Alex.

Furp

Great Axel let us know how you get on with the T-Maxx it looks like a great machine and its big too.

From what I ahve heard that fail safe will come in very handy too if you run out of power.

I have to admit I am envious, hopefully I can gt one soon but with family commitments it might be a while.

Just one question about the fuel traxxas recomends its own fuel have you found a supplier for that over here or are you going to use a different brand as when i was checking otu i could only fine 10% 25% etc nitro fuel whereas the traxxis one is 20% nitro, also on after run oil you can buy one just for your truck but a lot of people seem to reccomend using good old WD40

SLIM19198

wd40 is not recommended as it is just a lubricant, after run oil actually removes water from the engine as well as lubricating, to stp rusting and seizure of the engine!

HTH

Pacifico

Furp wrote:

Just one question about the fuel traxxas recomends its own fuel have you found a supplier for that over here or are you going to use a different brand as when i was checking otu i could only fine 10% 25% etc nitro fuel whereas the traxxis one is 20% nitro, also on after run oil you can buy one just for your truck but a lot of people seem to reccomend using good old WD40

Yeah i dont think you can get top fuel here :rolleyes: anyway is really expensive $130 for a gallon :eek: from tower hobbies which wont ship it for obvious reasons

i took a trip to "boyztoys" (such a kip) and bought some fuel as far as i can tell its 16% which is close enough.

I dont really know what i'll use for after run oil though.... Ill have to look into it. I'll post some pics of it when i get it just for you furp

Pacifico

SLIM19198 wrote:

wd40 is not recommended as it is just a lubricant, after run oil actually removes water from the engine as well as lubricating, to stp rusting and seizure of the engine!

HTH

What would you recommend?

SLIM19198

im not sure really, Im actually in cork and using Aeroplane nitro (cannot get car nitro here), which is supposed to include the oil in the nitro????

Furp

Axel wrote:

i took a trip to "boyztoys" (such a kip) and bought some fuel as far as i can tell its 16% which is close enough.

I know I went there when they first opened and they had a great selection of stuff and lots of stock, and when i was there last month I was shocked by the way the place had gone, they had nothing and the place looked like it had been cleared out by a bomb.

I must find the other RC place though www.planetfun.org they are near Tolka park.

I have gone back to wanting the T-Maxx again becasue of budget but mainly that there are loads and loads of parts available for it, and it will be a while before there is such a selection for the Revo.

When you get you Maxx be careful to do the run-in as they state, don't want to go ruining that new engine


I will wait for the Pics, do you have places in your area where you can run your Maxx. to the limit.

UPdate: I was just checking the planet fun website and they had the top fuel under the accessories but it just gave their phone number to get a price.

You could probably get the recomended afterun oil from them too. I would definitley say though that you when buying the cheaper parts that getting them mailed from the states would be cheaper and would avoid vat.

Pacifico

Yeah i was majorly disappointed with boyztoys. they did have a savage for €790 though (not sure if it was a 25 or a 21 )

I was down i Dublin last week looking in some shops, what a waste of time. Went to Marks models thay had a pritty impresive CEN truck in the window for €850 50+ MPH. Apart from that nothing. looks like Planet fun is the best place however i missed it :mad: I went out to Blancherstown as thats where i though it was, then found out it was out near croke park :mad: :mad: Might have to take a trip there to pick up some loose ends, batteries, oil etc.

Would you say some small parts from towerhobbies would avoid vat? Like shocks and stuff? The RPM stuff seams like to most robust replacement parts around. however the aluminium stuff adds a great bling factor See attatched pic

Yeah i live in the country and have about an acre of space to use it Must make some ramps..... Yeah i was reading some threads on the Traxxas pages and the breaking in procedure seams fairly important alright.

Oh and an update on my order from ktmodels. Apparently the car is'nt in stock (Even though he said it was :rolleyes: ) and he promised he would send it tomorrow

Oh just a final though. Seams that all the cars around use the "pistol" type controller. I never really like it, much prefer the two stick ones like old Tyco R/C cars


Alex.

SLIM19198

Old style transmitters, 12 sterling each :O

http://www.modelsport.co.uk/?CallFunction=Category&CategoryID=201040

Pacifico

Just an update on my T-Maxx

I got it last Wednesday, took about 2 weeks from when i placed the order on ktmodels.co.uk. I would definitly not recommend them Took him a week to ship the thing and about a week and a half to get it after that (Omega express lost my address etc)

I still havn't started it though as the battery for the ez-start i was using was about 3 years old :eek: So i ordered a new one from www.modelsport.co.uk and two glow plugs on thursday at 11pm and they arrived this morning Highly recommended.

So thats about it, i plan to break it in tomorrow (If it stops raining )Oh and as promised a pic

Pic

Furp

cool Axel,

I was only thinking about this yesterday and thought that it was taking a long time for you to get your t-maxx, good look and I hope the weather clears so you can break her in.

SLIM19198

Anybody with nitro rc cars know where to run em down south?
Preferably in or around cork city?

Any other rc'ers down around here?

Furp

Hey any word Axel how are you getting on with your T-Maxx have to ahd a chance to give it a good run yet?

Pacifico

Furp wrote:

Hey any word Axel how are you getting on with your T-Maxx have to ahd a chance to give it a good run yet?

Hi, sorry about the late reply

I had a bit of a problem with the truck

Basically, i was breaking it in, on the fifth and last tank when the thing locked in full throtle and hit a fence :eek: also it stayed in full throtle until i reached it. I still dont know why this happened as i checked the radio controlls befor i started it up. Might have had something to do with the fail safe, which i have since taken out. After this it would not start or even turn over. So i went through the whole after run procecure and left it for about a week. Brought it out today and it started in 5 seconds So i just started driving it today really.

I gotta say its excellent. Flipped it twice already :eek: which i wayyyy to easy to do Thats it really (until i build a ramp)


Are you still geting the REVO?

Alex.