Awd Is Crap ! ! ! ! !
 

Oh yes crap I say ! Sure it's nice for like the first five minutes, but then THOSE CHEAP LITTLE PLASTIC drivetrain parts just break . WE NEED SOME METAL PARTS !!! I've made all the straight pieses out of metal , but i can't make the ball joint lookin thingy's LOL <--- man I can't Spell :D Does any one else have this problem ? I will be Emailing RS soon with my complait's You should 2 ! Maybe they'll try to do something for us since some of us have droped about a grand on these car's so far :eek: Skyline , Supra, Civic , RSX , and all the crapy plastic parts you can handle , soldering guns, vises, bigger wire , better motor's , man i could go on for day's :D

did u actually break the parts or are you you just think they brobably will break? cuz me & all my freinds have awd and noones had any problems. also, have you noticed that 95% of the chassis is plastic? has that broke?

maybe its not the car but rather the driver just my $.02

agreed (to above post, not original). i think if you have spent near "a grand" on these things already, you might want to try and conserve and learn to not brake what you have.

hey its happened to me too! are you talking about he thing that looks like this\/ the small end strips and it becomes round, right??

YES !
 

That was my first piece to break . But for that piece since it is staight you can make those out of a certain kind of a bolt . You just have to have a dremal and some Skill . Myy problem now is the piece that goes into that one . The piece that goes trew the bearings and the tire gets screwed into . The one with a universal type joint . Oh and YES these parts have all broke for me I think it is the Driver :D Cause the driver is soupin up his car :D DRIVE IT LIKE YOU STOLE IT KIDS :eek:

Yep, my car is temporarily out of commission from breaking the same part.

I'm guessing you can just order replacements through Radio Shack?

If you've made a custom one with a dremel, post pics of that. Just thinking about doing it I don't think I could pull it off. Definitly recquires dremel advanced skill.

And no offense, but I highly doubt you are anywhere near a grand spent. Five Xmods, vise, batteries, battery holders, wire, soldering gun, all that jazz.. and still haven't spent over 400 bucks yet.

Pic's
 

You want Pics I have pic's . Cheap Plastic on the left . Allen Head Bolts i made the new one from in the middle , and new handmade ones on the right !

P.S. I just bought a Xmod with all the upgrades and it was $190 so you do the math if I have 4 Plus some non RS upgrades KIDs

ONE MORE PIC
 

MY first time doin Pics it was fun

Wow.. nice dremel skills! Yeah that's definitly above my skill level with a dremel. Guess it's time to start practicing.. heh..

I guess I didn't take into effect that most people probably buy all the upgrades. I didn't buy the suspension one, just made my own. Passed on the tires and body kit. Didn't bother with the carrying bag or toolkit. Basically I just picked up the 2 cars, charger, awd upgrade and engines and that was it.

Nice job again on those dogbones. I'm going to have to practice with my dremel.. hehehe..

I'm runnin on RWD and I can keep up with my friends AWD Skyline easily. I can even beat him, in my opinion, it just ways the car down a bit.

Everybody will be runnin RWD soon
 

If RS don't come out with a better AWD . Trust me people are going to get sick of having to replace them CHEAP PLASTIC PARTS !!!! That's I made my own . Now if i could only think of away to make the joints . There's two thing's I can think of : 1. Get all the stuff I need to melt down alluminum and poor my own LOL :rolleyes: Which would cost way to much 2. I was also thinking of maybe diping the plastic pieces in some thing . Maybe POR-15 <--- car guys know what that is .

Allthough I've had no problem with striping anything out YET I can see it happening. I totally agree that we need some light alloy parts, if only for the parts that are going to strip with any kind of serious racing. I foresee RS coming out with an upgrade eventually. For the meantime why not go to the RS where you dropped that grand and complain, nay DEMAND a replacement for the parts that broke.;)
If you do get to smithing some alluminum dogbones and what have ya, you should look into selling to others in order to offset your own costs and maybe turn a profit.