What needs to be purchased with this car? Please be specific with model number and other important info. Thanks, 1st time RC buyer
519062
I do not recomend this item. You have to buy the motor, battery, control, on/off switch....it's a hasle!!
519063
Chris, a number of reviews (mine included) list suggested components. The beauty of an R/C kit is that *you* get to build and customize it to suit your needs. That said, I know that the Grasshopper is aimed for beginners and beginners don't always know everything they need. You might be best served by purchasing an XB (expert build) version of a Tamiya car. The Grasshopper XB is ASIN: B000FGBME2. It comes with all you need to run it. Other brands of R/C cars call these types of cars RTR or "ready to run". If you still want to build this car and do it as cheaply as possible I suggest the following items: Futuba Attack 2DR remote ASIN: B000ZMATRC Tenergy batteries (X2) and a charger ASIN: B001BKPAR6 Highly suggest that you get a sealed ball bearing kit ASIN: B00MOD2F68 While the Grasshopper is *supposed* to ship with an electronic speed control (ESC) some vendors are pulling the ESC to sell sepertely which IMHO is dishonest. If you don't get the ESC you're supposed to I suggest this one by Neewer. ASIN: B00CIPTPRY I've been using it with my Grasshopper and it works quite well. Contrary to what Miguel stated, the car does ship with a motor. It's a type 380 which is not as fast as the more standard type 540 but is great to learn on and provides much longer battery life per charge. If/when you outgrow the 380 you can simply buy a type 540 and 18t pinion gear and upgrade your 'hopper.
1281720
No, your model RC is a truggy. You might be able to make it fit but I wouldn't know.�
769798
Hello, It depends what you are wanna do and how easy you want it to be - depending ton the new radio or unit wou want to purchase you need an adapter of the radio cable tree to the of your vehiclethen depending of the size of the radio you also need an adapter there - with these 2 items - you should be good to go
569076
It comes with everything you need. Only thing I would recommend is a better charger and a better battery because the stock one will give you about 5-13 min of play time. And if you think you are going to be crashing often then I would suggest to buy the aluminum upgrades. Start with the C-Hubs.
1795172
The best advice I would offer. would be to take it to Best Buy for installation. They did mine and I bought the radio somewhere else. It works great and the unit is one of the best I have ever had.
1472065
Call the dealer and tell him that u need a code or it should be on the back of ur owners manual. The cars have all different radio codes!!
180968
It is really fast, we have another RC car made by Team Associated, and it is not even close (RC18R model). It charges pretty fast and is really fun to play with. We have ordered some parts online to make repairs and they are pretty cheap (<$10).
1371189
Cars info.. I wish I bought and put on all four at the time. Also, look on Amazon warehouse deals and see if you can buy the combo there instead. I did and they were great the price was 60 bucks instead of 200
936652
You need to buy a balance charger you can get them at any hobby store that sells rc products or buy it online
1125854
My recommendation will be, to get with someone that knows about nitro cars, in order to break the engine properly, and set it up as recommended, then it becomes very easier to handle it, have fun, it a good car for beginners, in case you are one, and charge the plug for 24hrs!
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A good source of information for you in terms of what you'll need would be Crutchfield. If you go to their site, enter in your vehicle information then shop for this radio, you'll see other items needed to complete your installation. If you want to use your steering wheel controls you'll need some adapters, as well as if you have Onstar and want to continue to use it, since it interfaces with your factory head unit there's an adaptor for that as well. But if you don't plan to use any of the things that I just mentioned then you will just need an install kit for your truck. That usually consists of a mounting box that the Alpine with mount into, then the box simply mounts into the dash the same way your factory unit did. You'll need power and ground, there's a plug you can buy that plugs into your factory harness like the stock head unit would and it has the wires that you'll need to hook the Apline up to. The other alternative is to cut the factory plug or splice into it, much cleaner installation if you just buy the plug plus if you sell the car and keep the factory equipment you can easily reinstall it for the sale. If you're not installing an after market amp you can use the power from the Alpine head unit to power the factory speakers. They make adapter plugs for that as well so that you're not cutting and splicing, again, much more clean and simplistic. You don't have to purchase the plugs and kits from Crutchfield but you can get the info from there then shop Amazon. Sometimes Amazon is cheaper but sometimes Crutchfield is the same price or cheaper, just depends. Also Crutchfield has great tech support and customer service, they'll treat you well. Hope that answers your questions.
818196
They're right you need to get your remote control system,receiver,transmitter,and charger desperate from the truck. But I'm sure all of you other R/C Addicts it also means you get to play with it a LOT sooner, even though I Love working on my R/C to upgrade it, I still can't wait to get it put back together so I can play with it.
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You need a battery, preferably a LiPo battery, and a charger for the battery. Also, you will need 4 AA batteries for the remote, though if I remember correctly my RTR came with 4 AA batteries. No assembly, other than installing the main battery, which can be tricky the first time because of the close quarters in the frame, but a 2s lipo goes in pretty easy. I use the "Batens EXO RTR battery and charger kit". It charges quickly and is a great starting point for this Ready To Run vehicle. After you get some experience you will want to upgrade to 3s LiPo for more speed.
1650150
Welcome to the world of RC. Buying more and more parts is what you will be doing every time you run it. It has nothing to do with this brand or the quality of the manufacturing. It has to do with a small scale car driving at insane speeds while bashing into rocks and jumping off ledges. If your 1/10 scale RC does 40+ mph, then imaging driving your real car at 400+ mph, see how many parts you need to replace after doing that.
718705
Take the date and proof of purchase. I take mine to a nearby Oreck dealer, no problem.
1411125
go to vipers direct website it will tell you everything you need to install it in your car
1813058
It should work, most RC car are put together with small hex screws. Just double check.