Better not be higher...otherwise, I'd go with one of the competition. From my research, "all the touring cars" look identical with the spur sandwiched in between the 2 belts. I am looking into getting the "TC6 version of that design" with Associated being a local US company and with the best availability for parts. But if their price is the same as the others, there's no excuse for that since they're not "importing" anything... to which case, the Photon would be the best deal for the price