Axial quality. Going up or down?

[Doom!]

Axial recently changed factories for some of their newer releases like the Cayote, Toyota and their re-release of the Jeep CJ7. Just wondering if the quality will be better or worse, or if there will be any noticable differences. I think their new releases look really good, but makes you wonder if the new factory move was based on cost or service, and if it will affect anything.

 

[Chubaka]

Axial recently changed factories for some of their newer releases like the Cayote, Toyota and their re-release of the Jeep CJ7. Just wondering if the quality will be better or worse, or if there will be any noticable differences. I think their new releases look really good, but makes you wonder if the new factory move was based on cost or service, and if it will affect anything.

It went down the second whorizon signed the line, just like proline.

@majin keeps breaking axle housings. My 10.2 tops out at 22mph and I've whacked crates, rolled it, pulled atleast 400 IBS with it.

Instead of a third scx10, I'm looking at trx4.

 

[Chubaka]

I wonder if they are moving all bought brands to a factory they had established already so its all under obey roof riof?

 

[PonkyKong]

Its up. I use maximum abuse and power since launch. And the newest axles handle the most. So it's as good or better. Electronics stay sucking.

 

[Jerold]

Axial recently changed factories for some of their newer releases like the Cayote, Toyota and their re-release of the Jeep CJ7. Just wondering if the quality will be better or worse, or if there will be any noticable differences. I think their new releases look really good, but makes you wonder if the new factory move was based on cost or service, and if it will affect anything.

For what it's worth I broke the panhard mount on the old SCX10 III axle. It's just crappy design with not much material.

 

[BashingBrian]

Whatever HH have done, it will be cost cutting maybe for the good maybe not.. only time will tell

 

[majin]

weve broken quite a few axles lol, i dunno if its a quality issue on my end as much of a skill issue lol

that being said, when a company moves its usually to save em money for their ceo, not to increase the quality or price for the customer.
it adds a new cost to the product often as well, gotta pa for that deposit, new utilities, new stuff, company drops a lotta monies on a move. they wanna make that back asap.
has me nervous about it

 

[xjtorc]

I've handled the Coyote and the Toyota in the hobby shop, and I didn't notice a difference in quality. I couldn't tell they were any different than older models I'm used to. Having said that, picking something up and drooling over it in a hobby shop is MUCH different than taking it out in the woods and beating it up. I guess time will tell.

 

[jjbigfly]

I actually have the Coyote AND the Toyota SR5. I have seen NO quality issues as yet. But I am not really a "product review" person. Both crawl quite well, both look nice. No failures of supplied parts. I understand the sentiments of some of us with a view of "evil" manufacturers, but many make products I enjoy... and I have been willing to spend money on.......

 

[Tunedfrog]

I think any manufacturer is going to be hit or miss at some point.
I'm sure they take their failures and improve on them.