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Since christmas is around the corner I want to add a bady for my Lazer zx5 to the list, but I can't seem to find any except from Kyosho. Does anyone else make one??

Here you go:

http://www.oople.com/rc/photos/reviewazarashizx5/

You might just get it by x-mas

Holly Crap, that thing is sweet! I love it. Kinda like that pink/ purple design. Im always stuck on that blue thing.

Just saw a new lazer body on the racks here, kyosho but called 'vulcan'.
Is that any different from yours?

Mr. ED wrote:Just saw a new lazer body on the racks here, kyosho but called 'vulcan'.
Is that any different from yours?

I have no Idea. The only ones I know of are the stock ones don't know what they're called and a new one that is coming out on the zx5sp called a bullet(i think). This is my first kyosho since Ive been back into RC cars.

RC Chick wrote:

Mr. ED wrote:Just saw a new lazer body on the racks here, kyosho but called 'vulcan'.
Is that any different from yours?

I have no Idea. The only ones I know of are the stock ones don't know what they're called and a new one that is coming out on the zx5sp called a bullet(i think). This is my first kyosho since Ive been back into RC cars.

I checked the japanese site and (stumbling around) found the ZX5SP. Strange the names is different cause that looks pretty much like the body I remember seeing over the weekend.

Could you do me a favour and measure 2 dimensions on your buggy?
How wide is this body?
What is the distance from the face* of the axle to the pin on the dogbone end?
*the part of the axle which is touching the bearing.
(Is the this distance the same on the front and rear-axles?)

The Bullet is the newest offering from Kyosho. It does look better than the stock body. RC Chick, Ultimate Hobbies in Orange usually carries both bodies and sells online. Give them a call or check their website ultimatehobbies.com

So what's the vulcan then?
I had it in my hands this weekend, labeled kyosho and lazer for sure.

JK Racing wrote:The Bullet is the newest offering from Kyosho. It does look better than the stock body. RC Chick, Ultimate Hobbies in Orange usually carries both bodies and sells online. Give them a call or check their website ultimatehobbies.com

I'll check it out. I just wanted something different than stock and the bullet looks cool. I don't know about that vulcan body though never heard of it.

Mr. ED wrote:

RC Chick wrote:

Mr. ED wrote:Just saw a new lazer body on the racks here, kyosho but called 'vulcan'.
Is that any different from yours?

I have no Idea. The only ones I know of are the stock ones don't know what they're called and a new one that is coming out on the zx5sp called a bullet(i think). This is my first kyosho since Ive been back into RC cars.

I checked the japanese site and (stumbling around) found the ZX5SP. Strange the names is different cause that looks pretty much like the body I remember seeing over the weekend.

Could you do me a favour and measure 2 dimensions on your buggy?
How wide is this body?
What is the distance from the face* of the axle to the pin on the dogbone end?
*the part of the axle which is touching the bearing.
(Is the this distance the same on the front and rear-axles?)

I'll do my best to get the measurements tomarrow. What I do know about the zx5sp is that it is shorter than the zx5. That's the only thing I can remember from the LHS guy when I had him call his rep from kyosho about the sp. There was a little more but that was the major thing.

the SP has all new front/rear suspension parts that were tested at this years worlds. the SP body is the Bullet body, but they are releasing an all new wing with it. The wheelbase should be exactly the same, it just has the revised arms.

as a side note...I will be upgrading to the new arms as soon as the parts are available. my understanding is the front is heavily revised, using a more losi xx4 style front carrier set up, the rear moves the hinge pin points either in or out for better rotation through the corners.

Mr Ed. if I measured correctly the front is 3 1/4" and the rear is te same. The body is 5 1/4" wide at the rear and tapers down to the front. I am certianly no expert on measuring but that's what I came up with.

Thankyou for those measures.
I think these universals should fit my dogfighter: would be handy if I could use the 12mm hexes and share the wheels between my kyosho and yoky.
At the worlds they had a little shop which had 3 different lengths of universals for the lazer, but my local shop doesn't have any on the rack

By the way, I double-checked the vulcan body and it is for the SP indeed. I guess they are marketing these bodies under a different name here.