Well... not exactly 200
$129. USD - HHH Lightweight Aluminum Racing Chassis
These additional parts or an equivalent are required to complete.
$ 9.99 USD - Tekno Servo Mounts (required or equivalent)
$ 3.89 - HB67382 Rear Chassis Stiffener Mount from D8 (required)
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$142.88 USD - Total of required costs
plus we provide at NO additional charge:
-New 5mm Hardware for the Motor Mount
-DE Racing Skidplate
and we have included 1 free Logo Tray with every Chassis since the 2nd run was released. ($7.99 value)
All other parts are direct transfers from the HB Ve8. That includes the One Piece Motor/Diff Mount which is the HB Mount that is already being used by the vast majority of Ve8 owners prior to upgrading to the HHH Ve8 Racing Chassis.
The HHH Lightweight Aluminum Racing Chassis is not designed nor intended to be a replacement for stock chassis that have cracked, fractured, snapped, etc. Hot Bodies will give you a free replacement for these chassis failures.
The HHH Ve8 Lightweight Aluminum Racing Chassis is the most significant performance upgrade you can provide to the HotBodies Ve8. Period.
It features uniform flex points structured throughout the entire wheelbase making it easy to drive with the ability to find traction on all types of terrain. When using the dual batteries setup in a saddle pack configuration the HHH Chassis has the Lowest Center of Gravity of
any 1:8 scale off-road buggy currently available. The list goes on....
Here are some interesting price comparisons:
TOTAL COST FOR
PLASTIC HUBS, CARRIERS, AND SPINDLES FRONT AND REAR - VE8 -
$24.61
$11.00 - HB#67386 - Front Hub Carrier Set (Right/Left/10deg)
$10.00 - HB#67388 - Front Spindle Set (Right/Left)
$ 3.61 - #HBC8008 - Rear Wheel Hub (Right/Left)
TOTAL COST FOR OPTIONAL
ALUMINUM HUBS, CARRIERS, AND SPINDLES FRONT AND REAR - VE8 -
$169.10
$47.50 - HB#67214 - Aluminum Rear Hub Carrier Set (0 degree)
$61.75 - HB#67215 - Aluminum Front Spindle Carrier Set (10 Degrees)
$59.85 - HB#67216 - Aluminum Front Spindle Set
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$169.10 upgrade that offers no increase in performance at all, only durability.
$129.99 - Tekno RC Lightened LCG Chassis for Hot Bodies D8 Buggy
$130.00 - HB67349 Stock 4mm Aluminum Chassis - D8
$142.50 - HB67533 Lightweight 4mm Aluminum Chassis - D8
These are just a few examples of how our price point truly stacks up.
Of course there are some lower.. and some higher. But given the quality of our product we are on the lower end of the price scale when measuring value per dollar.
For someone to state that our price is "outrageous", they would have to be either uninformed about our product or they could just be.... well...
outrageous!
