xmods are in stores

[skklown]

my radioshack here in akron ohio has them. $50...they have the yellow skyline, red and white supras, and the grey rsx. they also have bearing ktis and hubcap kits. if u are wondering where in akron ohio, they are in summit mall! i didn't get one cuz im broke!

[Bad Company]

I just checked with the local RS manager, and he checked and showed some stores in his region (Virginia) had gotten them in. but none around here. He was going to try to get some transfered to his store. I'm still waiting for the stuff I ordered directly from the warehouse to arrive, it shipped yesterday.

[Old Crow]

I was able to purchase today......Red and White Supra, RSX, RSX Body Kit, AWD Kit and Ball Bearings. I have pictures, but I have to figure out how to make them smaller, they are too big. Any suggestions?

[Bad Company]

Right click on pic, select edit. Should open in paint, if not open with paint. Select "Image", then scroll down select "stretch/skew". Then in the horizontal and vertical boxes, put in a number between 0-100, usually 30 works well for me. Then save and post.

[viperkilla]

Argh. I have no money to buy one. Oh well ill guess Ill just stay with zip zaps and zip zaps SE for a while. Ive been buring too much money on r/cs lately.

[Old Crow]

AWD

[Old Crow]

RSX

[Old Crow]

Supra

[cj1267]

Originally posted by Bad Company
Right click on pic, select edit. Should open in paint, if not open with paint. Select "Image", then scroll down select "stretch/skew". Then in the horizontal and vertical boxes, put in a number between 0-100, usually 30 works well for me. Then save and post.

Another option I use is use a service like Picturetrail.com (http://www.picturetrail.com).
When you upload a pic don't worry about size there and in the move to folder options choose (Best viewed on 640x480 monitor) and it resizes for you. Then on there go to more options and choose image URLs. them post that URL in a message like


[ img ] the url [ /img ]

[airline2]

has anybody found them in Massachusetts?

[ZipRC]

wow, gotta hand it to ya old crow, i was dead wrong. sorry for doubting u, if i came off harshly, it's just ya know, alot of people make things up to sound cool or whatever, like that guy who said he was taking feedback for the SE's.

[Paintballa]

o man i need to see 3 pics of the rsx, 1 stock ,1 w/1st kit, 1 w/ 2nd kit. and i plan on getting a supra when i can find one so does ne one no if they r gonna hav supra kits out soon.

[malform]

just got mine last night, also got the 4wd kit... the body is friggin awsome.... havent got to play with it much, going now :)

i would like to see a mod where there would be 2 more cells humped up on top of the chassis... at this point im not sure if it would fit under the body, and im too afraid to be the first one to try something like that.

[duey]

Originally posted by airline2
has anybody found them in Massachusetts?

I've checked in almost EVERY store in my area for them, nada yet.

[airline2]

i would like to know why this area does not have them

[Paintballa]

well aparently theyre not in MD either. ive made a litle progress, at least now all th stores ive called know about them and have told me n e where from 1-2 weeks but no one has em yet.

[jerm781]

I live in Baltimore Md. and I got mine today, silver RSX they also had a red + white supra. they had about ten cars total. I got the car a body kit a suspension kit and the stage one motor kit.(thats all my wife would allow) They also had the diffrent tire kits the 4wd kit and the bearings. What I got came to 90 something $ so I will have to get the rest later.

[oOfrog_BoyOo]

You get the RSX?

[Bad Company]

How about some pics of that RSX with the different body kits on it?

[atomikplayboy]

Originally posted by Bad Company
How about some pics of that RSX with the different body kits on it?

You took the words right outta my mouth... this is the car that I am most interested in as well.

Another question... Are they all the same crystal frequency and then you have to buy the crystals to make them play nice together?

Thanks,
AP

[jerm781]

I forgot they also had the light kit and the crystals kit for the diffrent frequencys. I will try to post pics if I can get my web cam to work.

[jerm781]

Next to my mini-z sorry for the bad pics

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[airline2]

that is the one that i want i will get the body kit

[Bad Company]

Thanks for the pics! Looks like I'm gonna have to get the RSX as well. Better find me a second job.

[malform]

i want the skyline :\

[cj1267]

Hey jerm781 or anyone else that has a mini-z and a Xmod can you take a pic of the mount for the tire with out the tire on and see if mini-z tires fit the xmod?

[vtheo]

ok jerm.. we are all wondering what parts are interchangable... you seem to be the first that has a xmod and a miniz so.... :D please tell :D

[frozenPHOENIX]

I live in Texas, and just found out about these things yesterday through superstreet. While I was at the mall, i looked in rs for them, but only saw superstreets rsx. If ne one knows of where u can get them in Texas, preferably around the dallas/richardson are lemme know.

[airline2]

xmods should be right next to the zipzaps section.

[jerm781]

So far nothing is interchangable except maybe the motor if you can get the pinion gear off and change the plug. The body might fit but you have to make new mounting points, but the wheels will line up

[mcojoc]

... You can probably get 1/32 and 1/24th scale pinion gears from parma to fit these motors and also a pinion puller as well. I have one and some old pinions from my old slot car days...These are standard brass pinion gears, with the motor color coding based on the size of the spur/pinion, (stage 1, 26k motors, stage 2, 30k motors, all with different pinions.)....

[ZipRC]

Dang...the radioshack by me got em in, but its gonna close soon adn im doing housework :(.

[Bad Company]

Still none anywhere near Richmond VA. They are saying this Friday maybe. The one I ordered shipped last Thursday, but I still haven't seen that one yet.

[airline2]

you would think that all stores would get them at the same time.

[jerm781]

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[atomikplayboy]

Originally posted by airline2
you would think that all stores would get them at the same time.

Why would you think that? All of the stores are not the same distance from the warehouses... and they might use different shippers (UPS, FedEx, Airborne, etc) to get there... all sorts of variables.

AP

[frozenPHOENIX]

Yeyyyuuhhhhhhh!!!!!!!
I just got a red supra xmod. I have to wait till tommorow to open it though. Ughhhh:mad:

[Paintballa]

ok i stand corrected no one around my part of MD has them yet. i cant wait until they come in i have enough cash to buy an xmod and whatever they have for it and still last me until my next paycheck comes:D . last i heard from the shack closest to me was the manager said that she thinks they will be in soon cause she has a meeting on sat. and xmods r on the schedule. if you guys think itll be a good idea i could call her up and have her send this site to n e higher management that she can so that they can hear straight from the consumers like RadioShackSales does.

[ZipRC]

DARN U RADIOSHACK!!!
The guy on the phone confused SEs and XMODS...I hate him....the other one at the other store near me knew what he was talking about. He said sometime within this week they would be in. I have it so he's gonna call me when they have em in.

[TypeZer0]

hey guys, to all those living in eastern mass, you shoudl be able to get them now or very very soon because i just picked mine up in the quincy radio shack, they only had 3 red supras adn 3 white supras, a bunch of motor kits, 2 suspension kits, 1 awd kit, 1 light kit, a few wheel and tire kit, 1 foam tire kit, a couple bearigns kit and 1 or 2 nimh kit. i picked up a red supra, suspension kit, bearings kit, and awd kit.

my awd kit was defective, the front passenger wheel was tight, i could only turn it with my fingers and whenever i hit the throttle, the front diff woudl transfer power to the driver side wheel. suspension travel with the new swing arms frnot adn rear suffered, i had to slightly sand and forcibly bend one of the legs on the driver side knuckle to even let it move. i'm definitately returning this or at least try to exchange it if they happened to have another one. i'm also returning my efini SE adn the initial D tuner kit, not worth my money IMO.

oh yeah, the supra, suspension, bearings, and awd cost me 97 bucks with tax

[airline2]

i hope they will get out here in metrowest. i live about 30 miles west of boston.

[duey]

I can confirm that the RS on Rte1 in Saugus MA has'em instock. The only bodykit they have instock though is the RSX, so i bought the RSX along with every mod they had.......ended up spending roughly $180.00 for everything.

note and fair warning to anyone getting the 4wd kit...., it's a pain in the butt to get it together. Oh and before i forget bearings are also a pain.

[frozenPHOENIX]

the awd kit was a pain to install, especially since they gave me a defective piece. The driver side knuckle was melted it looked like. the piece was shorter and fatter than it should have been, and the dampener (spring) did not move at all. I solved this problem by taking the knuckle that came with the car and putting it on instead. i recommend the awd kit though, because it made such a big difference. my supra used to spin out if i made a tight turn while only going like 1/2 to 3/4 speed. Now, i can be going full speed and make a sharp turn and not lose traction. Sometimes, it even drifts! which is really cool. and the baking is also majorly improved.

Just my say on the awd kit.
P.S. it really isnt that hard to install, it only took me like 30 mins, AND THAT WAS WITH THE SCREWED UP KNUCKLE.

[duey]

side by side comparison of bone stock xmod vs. fully modded xmod (4wd, stage 2 red motor, suspension, tires, bearings, not fine tuned yet though)......= stock xmod wins the drag race, but loses around corners.

I'll have to do another test but i think the stage2 motor and 4wd kit takes a toll on the batteries much quicker than bone stock.

(i had to get two cuz the first one i bought i just threw on all the hop-up parts w/out running it stock and i wanted to see if there was going to be a big difference or not, i went out and bought the second one only a few hours later.....):D

[frozenPHOENIX]

its reccomended that u use the stage one upgrade with the awd kit, because it produces more torque than the stage 2. the stage 2 has more power at higher rpms. but yea, the awd kit makes a huge difference

[richh]

i called around and most of the stores around me (bloomingdale, a suburb of chicago) just got them. the closest store had 4 or 5 skylines, 2 rsx's, 3 white supras, and 2 red supras. not much in the way of hop ups though, and only one of each of the ones they did have.

the hardest part was deciding on which car to get, but i ended up getting the rsx. also picked up the suspension kit and the awd kit.

[TypeZer0]

Originally posted by frozenPHOENIX
the awd kit was a pain to install, especially since they gave me a defective piece. The driver side knuckle was melted it looked like. the piece was shorter and fatter than it should have been, and the dampener (spring) did not move at all. I solved this problem by taking the knuckle that came with the car and putting it on instead. i recommend the awd kit though, because it made such a big difference. my supra used to spin out if i made a tight turn while only going like 1/2 to 3/4 speed. Now, i can be going full speed and make a sharp turn and not lose traction. Sometimes, it even drifts! which is really cool. and the baking is also majorly improved.

Just my say on the awd kit.
P.S. it really isnt that hard to install, it only took me like 30 mins, AND THAT WAS WITH THE SCREWED UP KNUCKLE.

i totally agree!! still looking for another awd kit, the one i got was the only one available at that quincy store

[malform]

i had no problem at all installing my awd kit.... and if you read in that mini mag, the stage 2 motors are not recomended for awd cars... they have less torque.

[TypeZer0]

eh, maybe you got a non-defective one. the knuckles that came with it looked like it was partially melted. i didn't even take note if teh knuckles for the stock and awd kit was the same or not until i read frozenphoenix's report. now i gotta run around eastern mass looking for one

[malform]

that sucks... im sure rs would take it back with no problems tho

[Paintballa]

the closest rs to me just got em in and i picked up a white supra yesterday. j/w am i the only one here that got a white supra? ne way i also got the awd kit and stage 2 motor. i think they had 1 or 2 of every upgrade exept for the lights and the body kits for cars other than the rsx. i got my paycheck last night so im gonna go back and get a NiMH kit and metal bearing kit.

[Bad Company]

The manager here was able to get the Skyline, RSX, and Supra shipped to his store from another via a courier today for me. They are supposed to be here by 6pm. We'll see if this one actually pans out for me. If this doesn't work, I'm just gonna give up.

[airline2]

i got mine today

[frozenPHOENIX]

Originally posted by TypeZer0
eh, maybe you got a non-defective one. the knuckles that came with it looked like it was partially melted. i didn't even take note if teh knuckles for the stock and awd kit was the same or not until i read frozenphoenix's report. now i gotta run around eastern mass looking for one

Glad i could help u out. Another thing; if u didnt throw away the knuckles that came out of the car, u can just put that in instead of the melted part. they are the exact same thing( besides the defectiveness), and u should be able to fix it without getting a new awd kit, or searching for a certain knuckle.

[duey]

Originally posted by frozenPHOENIX
Glad i could help u out. Another thing; if u didnt throw away the knuckles that came out of the car, u can just put that in instead of the melted part. they are the exact same thing( besides the defectiveness), and u should be able to fix it without getting a new awd kit, or searching for a certain knuckle.

yeah thats what i ended up doing too, the stock ones are perfect compared to the knuckles that came with the awd kit. The knuckles that came with my awd kit weren't melted or anything just not completely even (didn't have as much suspension travel).