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Yeah.. I followed that video. I did what he did - I grabbed a Cougar 2 body from TBG and put it on my B6.4: Looks OK, but the mounting points are 1/3 from the front and a small tab by the rear shock tower. Doesn't stay in place very well - it tends to want to droop at the back. I haven't finished the Leadfinger body yet, but from @RichieRich's pictures it should fit a lot better.

Yes.. the 4WD chassis is a lot wider up front. The B6.4 tapers up front and the Leadfinger body also tapers. The 4WD chassis is pretty much the same width front to back, and the Leadfinger body won't fit. You could cut and screw down the body like @Mechanic AH has done with his Egress build. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ly80XcA4o8Y

Yeah, in one Facebook comment, Leadfinger did note that it was based on the '87 Optima Mid:

Great build. I'm running a T6.4 and my daughter a B6.4. Prior to the Leadfinger body coming out, I had painted a Cougar 2 body for her B6.4.. fit perfectly and it's got the nice rear-cab look to it.

/cries in $canadian

It's a hard "nope" from me. I have a CE, other than the chassis "40" stamp, the etching and the hologram, it's pretty much the same release but costing more.

I have a CE, a B2, a B3, a B4, a T3, and now a B6.4 and a T6.4. I wish I grabbed a Worlds re-re, but at the time my CE was missing parts and quality was pretty 1980s compared to modern kits, so I put it back in the box and only recently dug it out again as FanRC was producing parts for it again.

Hey guys.. thanks for all the input. We ran my Comical Avante and her Big Yellow Dump Truck for a session, her truck got properly smashed when someone's Traxxas truck smashed into her, and my Avante kept flipping. Happened that a friend went to a couple of races and picked up a B6.4 buggy for her and a T6.4 stadium truck for me. So far she's been able to focus on driving and steadily improve, and being her pit dad I've just been helping her with apexes and how to drive. We're having a lot of fun together in this hobby.

Wish I found this thread sooner, but I'm very much looking forward to your progress! The Tamiya S2000 body has eluded me for a very long time, but I did strike it lucky with an HPI S2000 body. Not sure how good they are but it shall remain sealed until I have time to do a project like this.. I had a 2006 GPW S2000 from 2010-2019.. in the 9 years I owned it I put less than 20k kms on it, but unfortunately life happened and I had to sell it, which was a decision I still regret having to do.

I ran a RIDE BRZ. Lots of fun. https://www.rcmart.com/ride-1-10-subaru-brz-race-car-concept-body-pre-printed-blue-for-m-chassis-27029-00069066

Grabbed four semi-used but still in decent shape Futaba receivers for my aging 4PKS.. but still cheaper than a new tx/rx combo.

Thanks @markbt73 - I'm gonna run my Comical Avante. Still trying to figure out where I should find a longer dogbone because that angle is pretty big from the diff to the hub. My daughter has the Heavy Dump Truck, she might run that but I'm not sure about that one vertical turn on the track, it's probably too heavy and awkward to go up the vertical. It's gonna be a blast.

Found the answer to my own question, but not sure if the lengths will work or not. Looks like I'll need something about 52-57mm long. RC10 comes in around 59mm, but the ends of the bones are too big to fit into the Tamiya diff cups.

I saw the thread flipping GF01 rear arm and thought about doing it to my Comical Avante, the biggest difference being that it's already got longer suspension arms and includes the 46mm dogbone (per the GF01CB comparison thread).. has anyone tried that and know what length dogbone I'll need, and if Tamiya already makes a dogbone at that length? @bRIBEGuy - this Comical Avante also has plastic molded rocket pipes so it'll do for that carpet track.

Yeah, thanks.. a lot of them are running a healthy mix of Kyosho Optima Mid re-releases, Xray XB2's but the majority run Associated. I was thinking of Tamiya as they're under-represented but you're right - there's probably a good reason behind that. The DB01 mentioned way up is pretty much rare in these parts. Looks like it'll be either Optima Mid or an Associated 2wd buggy. Thanks!