BruiseWayn

You Sir, are the Slade of 1/10.

Neither can i. i have been waiting a loooooooooooong time. Hurry up and don't keep us waiting!

i remember a time when i was still a teen without a driving license and we had a poverty spec legacy (FF, 1.8L) that came in that was due for scrap. it was silver with stock wheels (dish looking). it had a bad auto box that just wont go into 4th and changed gears harshly. i took it out for a spin around the neighbourhood afew times. loved the boxer burble. some years back i had a spin in an RS. only 250hp according to my friend, who owned it @ that time. u dun need alot of power to have fun.

Ahhh. Isn't that the God Of Subaru. Slade....

HPI came first. With the 1st RS4 Pro in 1998. 2 belt tranny. It was super cool back in the day. They were not the first though, as the Kyosho TF2 already had a 2 belt tranny and i saw it as early as 1997... I am sure there were others also

looks brilliant. i am excited to see this one take shape

Anyway nice kit! I bought a RTR kit with the Impreza body some months back from Japan. Brand new and unrun, but the body and chassis has been on display and the decals r all ruined. Out of the Tamiya factory, it was painted with a blue not as deep as yours. They even painted over the windows *sigh* and used black stickers for the windscreen and windows. Factory finished but doesn't look as nice as yours.

i was looking at yr post from my office pc. but some threads have pics so its kindda strange. but yes, the pics load up perfectly from my phone. maybe IT doesn't like Subarus or TL01s....

Dude don't think your pics are loading...

This is absolutely brilliant.

@Juls1.... you Sir, are the man.

Looking forward to the end-build! And the weight bias data. Also quick question. I know i have read it somewhere but forgotten, but may i ask if the XV-02 has different body mounting positions than say, the XV-01?

Are the diffs the same as the ones in the TL01?

Wow can't wait for your nxt update. I love reading your builds @Juls1

Agreed. but note that its a 280mm WB chassis, and i nvr got around the body post part. also because i shelved the whole thing, i also stopped thinking abt how i can resolve the width issue; XV01 arms won't give me the width i need (i need a 205mm width total for the body i wanted to use for it). Or really, as @BuggyGuy mentioned, get an XV02. Anyway talking abt the XV02... i have a naggy feeling a new 4wd buggy will be born, derived from that powertrain.