Originally Posted by samshirley00

got mine (417x) on thursday, built it the same day, raced it yesterday on carpet, 13.5 blinky with 39t pinion, 113 spur, using sorex 24's, nosram additive and a protoform speed6.

Love how this thing handles, never span out once, its so forgiving and predictable. Loads of people commented on how it just seemed planted, never stepping out of line.

Originally Posted by Blueman Austria

Yes it will fit.

But be sure that tis items are not made of real carbon fiber. it is something different, with carbon pattern printed on it.

Also only the lower deck is compared to the stock 417 one about 20 gramms heavier.

I orderd the lower deck, and the thickness of it was left to right NOT equal.
One side was 2,1mm and the other 2,32 mm thick.

I want to return it to rcmarket, and buy the original Tamiya, but they wrote me back that it is not possible, bla bla bla....

I defenetly never buy CSO parts.

The only thin wich is good in my opinion is of course the price, and the qualtiy of the CNC shapes and holes..

Greetings Rainer

Originally Posted by Blueman Austria

Yes it will fit.

But be sure that tis items are not made of real carbon fiber. it is something different, with carbon pattern printed on it.

Also only the lower deck is compared to the stock 417 one about 20 gramms heavier.

I orderd the lower deck, and the thickness of it was left to right NOT equal.
One side was 2,1mm and the other 2,32 mm thick.

I want to return it to rcmarket, and buy the original Tamiya, but they wrote me back that it is not possible, bla bla bla....

I defenetly never buy CSO parts.


The only thin wich is good in my opinion is of course the price, and the qualtiy of the CNC shapes and holes..

Greetings Rainer

Originally Posted by Fabricio

Rainer, thanks for the advice.
Another question that I have is, when I bought my 2 TRF417 here at rctech (good price and quality for both) one of the user told me it would be possible to convert it into the X, is that true? Which parts should I change if it is correct, the lower and upper deck for sure, but the rest not so sure.
As I get those cars now for a little time, don't want to sell to get another new car.

Originally Posted by inpuressa

417x race vid.
417 (red car) at pole.
setup is Jilles's worlds setup with 1mm more front droop for added steering.
watch in HD mode

+ YouTube Video

Originally Posted by inpuressa

417x race vid.
417 (red car) at pole.
setup is Jilles's worlds setup with 1mm more front droop for added steering.
watch in HD mode

+ YouTube Video

Originally Posted by rigelkent09

can someone let me know what the difference between 417x and 416x??im new to onroad. thanks...

Originally Posted by Quantra

I have a 416X being rebuilt on my work bench any my 417X being set up on my set up board. I can tell you they are quite different cars but I'll try and list everything that I can see is different...

Lower deck
Top deck
Shock towers
Bulk heads
Motor mount
Steering assembly
Inner servo mount
Rear diff
Spur gear assembly
Front belt

There might be more but I think it's safe to say most of it!

Originally Posted by CraigM

Where in Hawaii is this track? I'll be there next month, might be able to fit a car and a radio in my bag if I hide it from the wife real good

Originally Posted by CraigM

Off the top of my head the key changes are top and bottom decks, shock towers, kingpins, gear diff, and motor mount. Assume you have the gear diff already and you can cut your motor mount to get the same effect, so you only really need the carbon parts and the kingpins.

Originally Posted by inpuressa

[...] with 1mm more front droop for added steering.