zd racing rtr buggies.....does anyone own one?

[bossgrabber1970]

hi everyone. first off let me say that i'm glad to be back on tamiyaclub as a member and hope everyone is doing well. i was wondering if anyone owns any zd racing products and if so how good are they? i was looking on ebay to find an affordable ready to run off road buggy and came across one that was made by zd racing. all the other buggies like redcat racing and the other "off brands" looked cheap and flimsy for what i want to do with a buggy. i did a little research on the zd racing brand and found out it is distributed my model rectifier corp and looking at their website, it shows a little bit of the buggy and the specs but i'm still skeptical about it. i took a chance and bought one because from what i've read about it, you don't have to buy anything for it except the 4AA batteries for the remote. what sold me is that it comes with 2 2s 4000mAh lipo packs and charger. the buggy is fully built with a 120A brushless motor already installed and the price was $250. since i haven't bought a basher in a while, i'm just wondering is this a good deal from a possible good company or did i just get hosed by a chinese cheap knock off of some other buggy with junk electronics with no parts availability???

[alfagta]

hi,

looks really nice for the money , here is the manufacturers site , http://en.xingyaohua.com/html/play/477.html , i dont own one but i have been thinking about converting my old 8th scale buggy to electric power , by the time i did then the zd would actually be cheaper !

having bought cars from GV models which turned out to be the most reliable car i ever owned i dont think you have anything to worry about

[lawdog]

Here it is for $208...

http://www.ehirobo.com/shop/RC-Cars-ZD-Racing/c252_586/p11884/ZD-Racing-%28ZD-9004%29-ZRB-1-4WD-1/8-Scale-Brushless-Electric-Buggy-RTR-2.4GHz/product_info.html

I don't know about the brand, but most of these knockoff cars will have parts support...for a while. You will figure out quickly where the weak links are...buy multiple spares for those areas, and you should be OK. It's never going to be as easy as getting parts for a Traxxas, etc., but that's the tradeoff for the price.