InTheZone
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It's been a long time since I've been active in the R/C community, going on 15 years, but I still have my Savage SS, partially converted to X, and my almost fully upgraded Nitro RS4 2. Since doing some late research I've seen a lot of what's happened with HPI, spare parts support, and chinese cheap quality clones of HPI cars/parts. I bought my first electric car online a few days ago, an Xray T4, but in doing so I want to revive my Savage and fine tune my Nitro RS4 2. I will definitely be using the Savage again, not sure if I want the RS4 to stay a shelf queen (It has an unused TRX 3.3 motor with a silver Nova Race Pro cooling head and TSAIS tuned pipe, along with every other HPI upgrade part for the most part).
In the process of catching up and buying some newer heavy duty parts that I managed to find there were still some parts that I cannot find anywhere, ebay, amazon, or any retailer. Tower Hobbies seems like a shell of itself and doesn't seem to support much in the car/truck community but I found A Main Hobbies and they have a ton of HPI parts listed, but most are listed on back order. I called them up to ask them whether or not I can still get the parts or are they just listed for reference if anyone is trying to source parts. I don't remember the reps name, but he told me they do get the parts after they're requested, but it takes a while to get them. I named off several parts I was interested in like the Savage Sway Bar set, Heavy Duty front/center 8x77mm dogbone, High Speed Third Gear and some other things and the rep said he has a few orders placed for everything I named, but it could take several months to get them.
So for those that think all parts are gone forever you can still order them, just don't expect them anytime soon unless HPI manages to speed up their recovery process. I feel bad for being gone so long and seeing all the changes in the industry, but for a second I felt like I actually lost something close when I heard my childhood r/c company has closed it's doors a few years back (just to find out that they're still in the game, just a shell of it's former self). Sorry if this was longer than you'd like.
In the process of catching up and buying some newer heavy duty parts that I managed to find there were still some parts that I cannot find anywhere, ebay, amazon, or any retailer. Tower Hobbies seems like a shell of itself and doesn't seem to support much in the car/truck community but I found A Main Hobbies and they have a ton of HPI parts listed, but most are listed on back order. I called them up to ask them whether or not I can still get the parts or are they just listed for reference if anyone is trying to source parts. I don't remember the reps name, but he told me they do get the parts after they're requested, but it takes a while to get them. I named off several parts I was interested in like the Savage Sway Bar set, Heavy Duty front/center 8x77mm dogbone, High Speed Third Gear and some other things and the rep said he has a few orders placed for everything I named, but it could take several months to get them.
So for those that think all parts are gone forever you can still order them, just don't expect them anytime soon unless HPI manages to speed up their recovery process. I feel bad for being gone so long and seeing all the changes in the industry, but for a second I felt like I actually lost something close when I heard my childhood r/c company has closed it's doors a few years back (just to find out that they're still in the game, just a shell of it's former self). Sorry if this was longer than you'd like.
