Introducing the D4

[revsinc]

Bad News for J concepts as D4 hits Australia shores, coming in at price of 35% less ,
more photos to follow , stay tuned

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[Wilkinson]

About $500 for the kit aint it ? If so thats a hole lota car for the cash.

Chris

[KingBob]

Who's it made by? What is parts availability like?

More to a car than initial cost.

[Wilkinson]

It's a Hot Bodies car KB.

Chris

[KingBob]

Ahhh yes, the bj4 clone

No local parts availability then :P

[doogie]

Ah the the bj4 mini me.

[James]

apart from being a BJ4 rip off... i heard it steers better than the BJ4... hrmmm, I guess time will tell :)

always welcome new cars to the line!

[Boony]

yer at the end of the day its a positive for JC,saying that its a clone is 95% correct as in the looks of the car etc,

its basically saying that the world bj is so good pple need to copy 95% of the design to have a car that is half as good

[revsinc]

Ahhh yes, the bj4 clone

No local parts availability then :P
Parts support will be as good if not better than any other 4wd buggy available in Australia ,
im about 95% thru building the kit, one thing for sure is that the engineering is not as good as the kyosho zx-5
More nitty gritty can be found here
http://www.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fhbbuggy-blog.com%2F&langpair=ja%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF8

[revsinc]

If you want something different
This is it
http://www.ttechracing.com/x11/images.html

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[KingBob]

Nobody locally stocks any hotbodies parts, and given they are the race arm of HPI, and how hard HPI parts are to get, I don't see it being easy to get parts for.

[Wilkinson]

I heard Ryper will have parts for it no probs...

Chris

[golumn]

plus you should be able to get all parts through frontline hobbies.

[Alex]

HB and HPI parts are both available locally.

And can be airbagged in AUS if dealt through the right channels. It all depends if your local hobby store is willing to support you as a customer and vice versa;)

and of course, more demand throguh LHS means more support from the distributors.

Rypers a def tick for HB and HPI parts. The D4 will be a well supported car.

[revsinc]

Nobody locally stocks any hotbodies parts, and given they are the race arm of HPI, and how hard HPI parts are to get, I don't see it being easy to get parts for.

This is incorrect information,
full parts are available from rypers !!! ( dave has got a big order just landed)
and the prices are cheaper than the rest !

And everbody yellls wicked !!
( shock shafts NO problems ) KB

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[Wilkinson]

Hey leave KB alone, he's gone off 4WD since his car one barely fi9nishes a race :P

Only joking KB :P

Chris

[Alex]

Hey Kevin... does the shell come with an undertray? or is it like the BJ - a sticky sheet of nothing ;)

[KingBob]

So my statement was correct at the time of stating it.

Now it's: nobody in perth HAD parts for them. :)

And for the record, my 4wd has finished 22 of the 25 races it has run in. And earnt me a medal at the autumn river festival :)
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[revsinc]

Hey Kevin... does the shell come with an undertray? or is it like the BJ - a sticky sheet of nothing ;)
Yes it comes with a full lexan under tray,
the d4 body fits my zx-5
and the bj4 body fits the D4,( slight to long in the nose) even the rear mounting hole is the same !!
!yikes

[revsinc]

More photos,
I only got my hands a camera half way threw building the kit.

Here is the box it comes in, filled with bags of all the parts nothing exciting about that,
no allens keys are supplied or shock oil either .

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[revsinc]

the spur gear (80t) and slipper

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[revsinc]

the bottom and under tray, ( a perfect fit)

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[revsinc]

the rear arms and hubs

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[Boony]

dont like the centre design,sticks out a fair way and also the rear tyre hub things that are hex,other then that it looks good

did u have any probelms with the build and did ya CA the Chassis

[revsinc]

the front hubs and arms, these gave me some trouble, as you can see 3 shims are used, fiddly indeed plus I assembled them incorrectly 4 times ! Stupid idea with the front hex hubs with the pins exposed on the outside and help in pace with rubber cemet ???
the hex are the same size as zx-5 , front wheel do not fit. the rears can be made to fit, but the off set is different .

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[revsinc]

!lmao

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[revsinc]

!2clap !2clap !2clap

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[Beev 30]

http://cgi.ebay.com/HPI-Hot-Bodies-HB-Cyclone-D4-4WD-Competition-Buggy-bj4_W0QQitemZ280113340642QQihZ018QQcategoryZ118229 QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[Matt]

Uh oh.

[Alex]

for a few dollars more.... i know where id rather put my dollars through...

[Boony]

looks preety neat,also looks like there is more room for the electrics,(as in height)something that the bj really needs

looks reallly neat mate,u running it at buno

:)

[revsinc]

I would like to be, but its unlikely that going to be perth at the time
but im really unsure of plan's , really unsure ??
%-6

[revsinc]

The D4 Theme Song,
Especially for the 501x and Bj4 owners

893_12__heartbreaker.mp3

[Beev 30]

thats funny as

[Matt]

Kev, did you seal the carbon fibre (with glue) on the edges??

[revsinc]

Yes, as per the manual !