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Thanks! I am quite pleased with how everything came together. I had to space the wing back about 1 cm but used the original mount. The Dually wheels were a last minute add, but dang they look good! This started life as a Manta Ray, so now it is my 'Blazing Scorcher Ray'. I took all the pictures with the two sets of tires while they were clean, and then went out to drive it around and almost immediately bumped into something and caused this: I think someone recently had the same thing happen to them - I wonder if there was a bad batch of these, as the impact wasn't that bad... Anyway, some Jazrider aluminum links are on their way and I will be testing out the Dually setup soon.

There is a youtuber that compared several brushed & brushless motors in the same TT-02, with the same gearing & battery. The stock 540 & 17.5t were very similar in performance. Perhaps with taller gearing they would show a difference.

That is a great creation! It looks like there is a reflective piece on the 'pinion' - is there a separate pick up to measure speed?

I am using the smaller rod ends, so about 44mm. If I was using the bigger rod ends it would be ~33-34mm

For Front stock CVAs the 54221 TRF201 set are slightly stiffer. Stock DT-03 CVA was ~2.6lb/in, this set is 2.74, 2.97 & 3.08 lb/in. Also, a spreadsheet was made at one point: https://www.tamiyaclub.com/forum/index.php?/topic/86758-measuring-springs/

Unfortunately there is no B15 or B13 to indicate a right & left for more toe in, or installation instructions indicating it. It is two B14 pieces, one on each side which are going to be identical.

A new fridge is expensive!! You saved thousands of dollars! A properly placed flyer from a local store, left open to the re****erator page would be a good reminder of how much she needs to spend on your hobby...

Well you already have some blue cage...

Yes, they are longer. I think I used ones from the front - either the upper suspension arm turnbuckle or the steering arm turnbuckle.

If the roof was white it would blend perfectly with the livery I think.

While the color scheme is not my cup of tea, I definitely see why they did this, in the first place. They do so many interesting variations on a theme with the original color scheme - original, 1/14 GB-01, mini4wd, comical, The 1/64 skyline Hornet, and I am sure I am missing a few. The there was the Jun and the Supreme. I would think they have big opportunity to get a new one. A re-issue of this one does seem weird.

These are fair complaints I think. You can criticize and still appreciate. As a mechanical engineer, the TD2/4 make it feel like they don't have any engineers on staff, just some designers and say 'hmm... good enough.' It doesn't feel like there are any lessons learned one generation to the next. The Hornet EVO does seem a bit odd with the stance. It seems like two different teams designed the front & rear ends. The DT-04 is effectively the replacement for the DT-02, since it can use many of the same body attachments - I wonder if it will get released with some DT-02 bodies. Kinda like the TT-01 and TT-02, if you already have the -01, why get the -02? The weird thing on the MB-01 is how they apparently screwed up the ball joints - they have had ball joints on the TT-02 for years, and the BBX works just fine...

The Stadium Blitzer spur gear 'drops' in, if you want a 6 or 6.6 overall ratio (vs 9.3 & 8.3 stock) , alternately I have drilled holes to put a 14t pinion on there to go the other way to 10.6 ratio. Also, there is a 3D print 52T Spur gear on thingverse if you want to try that - I haven't heard of anyone trying it and how durable it is. That would give you 7.5 & 6.8 ratios.

There was the Nuremberg Toy fair thread with the introduction (but a lot of other stuff too), and 'Are we due for a DT-04' which was initially a discussion thread a year before the announcement, then turned into the discussion thread about it. Either way, that was pretty much all the early discussion without the actual parts in had. I would say a new thread for actual hardware is a good thing.