Thanks! I think the FF03 Evo is a better car since it has the aluminum rear bulkhead. I haven't driven the TT02 with the new upper arm mounts. I also installed the optional suspension mounts and rebound stoppers so it would be hard me to know if the upper arm mounts alone will have any effect

OK, I put the new mounts and stoppers on mine too when they were released (I'm a Hop-Up whore) but I confess I took the stoppers off as they definitely made the car less stable for my driving style.

I'm a joinin' the TT-02 club! Since who knows what's going on with HPI and the Sport 3's steering system is terrible for my needs, I've chosen the TT-02D Type S kit. I purchased a 190mm Lamborghini Gallardo Super Trofeo body with light buckets off of eBay along with 2 LED kits and a proper wing from Amazon. I have no intentions of using this car for anything other than drifting on less than perfect surfaces and looking sweet while doing it. It may take a couple weeks to round up everything I want to do to it and that doesn't even begin to consider upgrades, of which it will need a few. Not too many, just some basic bulletproofing.

This should be fun. Never had a drift car before. When I want to drift, I just mash the throttle really hard, flick the wheel and I drift. Been doing it that way for many years. Recently I drove a car with hard drift tires and... well... here we are. The third Tamiya kit in my garage and 4th total. My first real RC car was the Hornet some 30 years ago. Now I gotta figure out which car I want to sell. Probably the WR8 3.0. I'm done with nitro.

I know there are other, possibly better equipped drift cars available for less money but those will get mangled where I run and belt driven cars are pretty much useless to me. I need something tough to bash on that doesn't mind the occasional rock getting thrown into the chassis. I don't need a bunch of carbon fiber and aluminum. I just need reliability and fun and Tamiya is pretty good at that.

Breyton,

Nice car, that one cost more then a regular TRF. Where did you get the Tamiya LiFe battery from?

Woot! My Gallardo body arrived 4 days early, my LEDs are here and my TT-02D kit is out for delivery. Of course, storms are heading this way but that always happens when I get a new RC car or plane.

Waiting for wing, mirrors and an assortment of wheels to arrive. Still need to sand wheel arches. Front end is way too soft but I haven't done the final suspension tweak yet anyway. This is what I've done so far.

It look wonderful, this is a job well done!

Thanks! My wing arrived this morning. Now I just need mirrors.

I installed the new Active aluminum front and rear shock towers for my Type-S and it sure looks nice. Replaced the fiberglass units from stock. The fit and finish is high quality, and it took out whatever flex the stock shock towers had. The body posts are now a lot stronger then before. This is my VTA runner so it is not TCS legal but I needed a VTA runner. I also emailed SPEC-R that there was a need to have sealed gear diffs for the TT-02 chassis and he replied that it is a very wise decision to have those parts available and for us to check back in about 2 months time. Can not wait.

Were you able to get a big enough pinion that you did not have to cut a hole in the pinion plastic cover? I'm running a 50T on my VTA TT02-S spec.

Had my first drift around the street this evening. Slides beautifully with awesome control. I don't have to worry about the bumper skid slamming into bumps and rocks at high speeds or the body dragging the pavement. This is great fun!

I had to add a few strips of body foam to the existing foam bumper to support the long Lambo nose but it worked out perfectly. I sealed all the foam strips together with a thin bead of UHU-Por foam glue so I don't have to worry about them separating over time.

I think I have enough wheels and tires for it now.

I'm just currently experimenting with 48 pitch gears right now because I have a lot of them laying around. The bigger gears would take the punishment better but would lose gear ratios dramatically compared to the 64p gears.

Just a couple pics tonight. Mirrors came in today. 6 sets on a sprue and not one set fit like I wanted them to. This was the closest. I'll keep looking but it's close enough to call it finished now.

Very nice Lamborghini!! I found some aluminum tape for ductwork at the hardware store. It sticks well (as well as servo tape), it is light weight and conforms well to just about any surface. It can be used to block the stray light from the back of the buckets.

Maybe one of you can advise me on this- I have a regular TT02 (not S or R) with a recently broken rear a-arm.

Can I just use a #53928 short reversible on a standard TT02? It looks like that's what is used on the TT02-S.

Never mind, think I found my answer here: