Tamiya actually came out with a true hobbygrade kit for once

[Lukedavis]

Tamiya’s new TA08R chassis kit looks very cool! Belt driven, aluminum servo mounts, aluminum steering bell cranks, aluminum suspension mounts and wheel hex hubs, TRF Big-Bore Dampeners, NEW-Carbon Upper Deck, New-Aluminum Motor Mount, Rear Aluminum Suspension Mounts, Aluminum Universal Drive Shafts, A-Type Suspension Arms, and NEW-Aluminum Rear Body Post Stand Offs. Also has carbon fiber shock towers, and is 4wd with mid motor and belt driven. Seems pretty cool! Comes as a kit. Plastics look like good quality too! Here’s a link to the car for more info: https://www.tamiyausa.com/shop/110-4wd-belt-drive-road-ta/rc-110-ta08r-chassis-kit/

 

[WickedFog]

Cut the price by 80% and it might be worth it.

 

[Tunedfrog]

OMG the price kills it.

 

[Lukedavis]

OMG the price kills it.

Yep

It looks like such a cool platform though!

They also have a touring car with front inboard shocks but I think it’s priced at around $800

Holy crap dude. Look at these prices for 1/10 on roads…

At least I think they are 1/10

 

[DavidB1126]

They should be all 1/10. Look at Xray prices. But Xray is actual quality stuff. Trying to think of other onroad brands. Tamyia 1. Awsomematixs I think. Serpent. Muegen.

 

[Tunedfrog]

Yep

It looks like such a cool platform though!

They also have a touring car with front inboard shocks but I think it’s priced at around $800

Holy crap dude. Look at these prices for 1/10 on roads… View attachment 184132View attachment 184133View attachment 184134

At least I think they are 1/10

I always told my folks playing in the dirt was a much smarter move.

 

[DavidB1126]

You can still play in dirt.

Play with RCs in dirt

See ain't I smart

 

[WickedFog]

By the way, this is nothing new. Tamiya has had a chassis just like this out for years. Some versions of the kit (minus electronics) even hit $800+. Why anyone would buy this over a tricked out Mugen, Yokimo, MST, etc is beyond me.

 

[bill_delong]

Cut the price by 80% and it might be worth it.

I still wouldn't recommend it for the very same reasons explained here:
https://www.rctalk.com/forum/threads/new-tamiya-xv-02rs-pro-chassis-kit.141437/post-1427787

*** UPDATE
actually the option parts for the TA08R aren't half bad, but the pricing is way out of line, normally you see this with deep discounts for sponsored drivers, but TRF is gone so I don't really see the point of what they're doing with this pricing model

 

[Panko75]

I always told my folks playing in the dirt was a much smarter move.

Sometimes I think it's a smarter move, I can bash a race-grade off-roader all day, on-road stuff barely works off the track.

 

[luke66]

What the heck. Stupid prices.
Tamiya is just sad.

 

[DavidB1126]

Yea. Don't get it. On my TT02 I just bent 3 stub axle pins for the hex from just testing it.
Also it will not drive smoothly. I had to add a BUNCH of grease to those axles hubs and plastic bushing things. Yuck.

 

[luke66]

Holy crap bro!

 

[Panko75]

Yea. Don't get it. On my TT02 I just bent 3 stub axle pins for the hex from just testing it.
Also it will not drive smoothly. I added a BUNCH of grease to those axles hubs and plastic bushing things. Yuck.

Friends don't let friends run bushings.

I'm in the process of trimming the "fat" from my fleet, and I feel like I'll wing up with just one or two Tamiyas at the end of the day. Chinese companies do the whole "slow, scale" thing much better, and cheaper.

 

[DavidB1126]

Friends don't let friends run bushings.

I'm in the process of trimming the "fat" from my fleet, and I feel like I'll wing up with just one or two Tamiyas at the end of the day. Chinese companies do the whole "slow, scale" thing much better, and cheaper.

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Ooh
I just noticed that was a bushing in his right eye

Well anyways I fixed that issue. Just add grease over the whole car.

 

[Panko75]

Ooh
I just noticed that was a bushing in his right eye

Well anyways I fixed that issue. Just add grease over the whole car.

Yep, some day Tamiya will have to realize that plastic on plastic is a bad thing.