Freeski

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Rc America is us based and as others have mentioned, they have excellent customer service.

Tel (214) 744-2400. I just ordered rear 2016 arms today so they do have them in stock.

Rc America can answer the arm question or someone here will chime in. I only have the 2015 so I'm not sure.

Kyle616

Thank you! I'll have to give them a call tomorrow if I end up getting the XB4.

Also, is there any parts that I should stock up on for this buggy?

lagcisco

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I ended up buying another kit for spares because no one has anything of 2016 xb4 in stock in the USA .

I also broke a front arm on a nasty crash into a pole. I'm using one 2016 and one 2015 arms at the same time, .geometry is slightly different, not enough for me to tell a difference. Shock eye hole is maybe 1mm offset forward.

I plan on having this spare kit handy for any other people that may need a part of two then I'll get the parts as needed to complete the kit and resell it. Sucks I had to do it but this car is a beast and I never want to go home early because of a break. Car is super durable.. Soo many cartwheels and crappy landings I've had with it because I'm new to mod power.

gticlay

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I know a bunch of a-arms, including the hard arms, came in this shipment as I just received mine today with my XB2 order.

likea45

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RC America doesn't have any front arms at present but does have the rear arms in stock.

Kyle616

Thanks for the replies! I'll have to get some rear arms ordered from RCamerica. In the mean time would I be able to use part #362111 just incase I do break a front arm or will they not work?

likea45

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I currently have 2015 arms (which is what this part is) on my 2016 simply because I don't want to break and not have a spare. With that said you can use them, but don't use one and not the other I'd put both 15 arms on if you're going to do it. The reason is that the 15 arms on the 16 car have way more travel because the tower on the new car is different as well as the 16 arms. This means a different shock geometry altogether. Try it, I rather like the old arms on the car myself.

Kyle616

Alright, thank you for the quick reply. I'm ordering the kit and those arms for it.

RCHamburg

I drove the XB4 ´13 on carpet, you can watch my race report here:
https://youtu.be/4-Bb3xbG4RI?list=PL...uyHA3h7LrjT3F9

AntH3000

Thanks, looks like you did ok. For me, I'm not convinced 25 ish degrees of front chassis kick up is needed indoors on carpet, or to be honest, anywhere. Also for most carpets, not convinced any kind of 4 gear inertia effect is required either...

RCHamburg

Yes, I agree. And with the 2015 version you can use shorty lipos so the car is not too heavy. Furthermore some teams like Losi or Durango drove cars in that configuration at the world championships in Japan this year, so also a Xray XB4 2WD will work very well on high grip surfaces.

QDRHRSE

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Building my xb4 2016. The gears in the diffs are plastic? Do they hold up? I've heard that these cars are the best. So far, I'm not impressed. I picked up a D413 so that I could compare them head to head. Those diffs are not all plastic.

kuruption

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lol i would think you would be more impressed that Xray plastics are as reliable as D413 pot metal

suby723

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The gears in the diffs have never been an issue. Nobody has ever stripped out the plastic gears. You can't even compare the xb4 to a d413. The 413 is a sloppy mess! You should have gotten the yz4 to compare to the xb4. IMO no wheeler comes close to how well the xb4 performs. Now your going to need to get a xb2 while your at it.

QDRHRSE

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Lets not get too far ahead of ourselves. I'm very happy with my AE cars. I even liked my b44.3 but got tired of carrying std hardware. People recommended both the D413 and the xb4. I'm ok at setting up a car and have friends that are pros. I'll let you know what I think after I run them both.