I hear the Barcodes are good tires.

I just got a RTR as well. I will be getting the +8mm chassis, since I will be switching everything over, should I get a new speed control, servo or anuything else? I will be doing shocks too and I guess a Ball Diff.

Is the stock speed control junk compared to aftermarket ones?

try switching up the rear tires to something like an AKA Impact or a Jconcept Flipout. Barcodes are fast but for a new driver, they can get a little bit skatey if you are out of the line. The other tires are a bit more forgiving and will work when there's some dust. Also if you run barcode rears, you probably want to run barcode fronts as well. I would walk over and ask the fast guys what they are running, and then ask them about the two tires I suggested and see if they feel that they would be a good starting point to get you around the track.

Remember, more laps (even slower ones) = more practice. Practice is the best tuning option on the planet.

I personally think that brushless are 1000x better, especially compared to stock ones IMO

Yes, as others said, try new tires and you should definitely see what the "fast" guys at your local track have as their complete set up and try running as close to what their running as you can and then just practice.

IT IS BRUSHLESS !

Ohh I forgot about the rtr being brushless, but still I believe that aftermarket ones are better. Tekin RS is very adjustable and very affordable considering there are others that are even more expensive

viper is just as tuneable, but with a convenient card that plugs in the on off switch. Preloaded profiles and custom profiles and useable.

Is just as smooth as responsive as the lrp but with more brakes and tuning!
plus you can solder any wires to the tabs like tekin, much much better.

That is muh more conventient considering that you have to start up your laptop, plud in the cord to both your laptop and the esc and then do your adjustments

mine were untill barry showed they slip over the bottem part of the collar, than they dont even seem to be there.

friday u can try it i think you will like the springs but im trying some changes.

GUess I should have boght the Team version, oh well. Guess I will just have fun modding it !

and look he has barcodes ! haha

wait maybe not

I am speaking from personal experience.You will regret it. I started with a FT B4 and I have been slowly upgrading it for a long time now and I would have spent half of the money that I have if I had just sold it in the first place and spent the extra at the beginning to just get the factory team kit.

I mean ya you can spend some time upgrading it and you can have even more fun building the car from scratch, which I find fun, but as I said, I would have spent half of the money I did if I would have just did the factory team kit to start with.

$.02

yeah i figured , oh well just money. cant take it with you when you die. lol . well i will just do it right this time , i dont think it will have any of the stocks parts geez maybe just give to my brother and start over

dont dump a ton into it. Just replace what you break and wear out. run the thing until it dies and then get a FT car. Look at it this way, you will spend the first couple months bashing your car because you arent landing jumps right or cant control wheel spin etc etc..... at least that means if you do it all winter, in the summer you get a FT car that will be fresh and you will already know how to set it up and how it will react. Then you keep the other car as a basher or you sell it to a guy who needs something for his kid to run in the novice class