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The diff fluid is the same color as any Arrma I've opened up after a few packs. The outdrives are in FAR better condition than than the ones in my Kraton, Talion, Notorious and Typhon.This is what I was talking about with regards to the diff metal. The diff fluid is pretty dark for 8 packs and more metallic looking than higher quality metal gears would have.
In one of your other pics you can see one of the outdrives starting to oval out. The wear will accelerate as it gets worse, because the drive pins will tend to get stuck in that one spot.
Anyway, it's a decent truck, if it weren't I would have sold mine by now. I think the price is fair for what you get, because it clearly has a lot more upgrades than a plastic 3S/4S Arrma. IMO, upgrades needed are captured wheel hexes, TLR seals for the shock caps (instead of those stupid bladders), TEN-SCTE outdrives for the rear diff.
Quite honestly, this truck is pretty much the same as the TEN-SCTE 1.0 from 5 years ago. People get impressed because they've never seen a TEN-SCTE before, but for me I'm kinda meh, it's OK. It's a TEN-SCTE, but worse. So... ?
The other thing I wanted to mention is that this is a different type of vehicle than your standard Arrma or Traxxas or whatever. It's a race kit they turned into an RTR. It's not really meant as a backflippin', send it 30 feet in the air type of vehicle. It really shines more on the ground or at the track with track-style jumps.
My opinion anyway.
I understand your criticism but I am comparing it to the Arrma trucks because this is an Arrma forum. Maybe compared to your race kits it's subpar but 95% of the people here know mostly Arrma RTR. In that regard the diffs and outdrives are of the same quality (and they are 1/10 scale, not 1/8). I driven the hell our of this thing. I've sent it off a kicker that is not very kind to trucks. It's performed almost flawlessly. I'll keep running packs though it and I'll be sure to let everyone know when the outdrive fails. Please don't let your personal issues with me skew your perception of a truck you do not own. Ok? I'll post videos and keep everyone updated. I'll tell it like it is ???