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Review: Better than expected. Fun 10th scale rally car! - Great
car for RC enthusiasts. Battery life is decent, using a "hobby
grade" charger is recommended. Quick rally car, for the money, it
is hefty, sturdy, nimble, and very responsive. The center
differential is a game changer. Super fun! Great price for a
quality car.
Review: Not perfect, but the coolest RC car I've ever seen. I
bought two! - Haven't had much interest in RC cars since I was a
kid, back when you wanted to race your buddy, one of you had to
have a 27MHz frequency and the other a 49MHz, those days are long
gone fortunately. What got me interested in the Rlaarlo S10 was
the scale detail and full functioning lights considering the
price, speed and build quality. The fact that I can fully take it
apart and add my flare to it was the clincher. While I have no
intention of building a shelf queen, I love bringing more detail
and customization to the appearance of things and the S10 is an
excellent platform. I made roll bar pads, securely planted a NoS
and fire extinguisher tanks inside along with some included
decals, then I used TRex tape to completely seal any dirt or
moisture (hopefully) from getting in the cockpit. The included
yellow Baru decals weren't going to work for me, but found a few
custom stickers to make the exterior my own. I haven't done any
mods to the drive system yet except some grease on gears. Did
relocate the power button to inside a side bumper (placed a
little bit of silicone on the wire entry) so I only have to
remove the top for battery maintenance. Tossed in a 4400mah
battery. Placed a couple of blue LED strips on the upper side of
the angles underneath so they wouldn't get scraped by the ground
and connected to receiver #4 pins for power. The best mod I've
done to the bottom half was adding aluminum HobbySoul wheels,
these things are positively bad A. The blue matches the color of
the S10 pretty well and you can have black, silver or gold rims.
My Rally design gets the black rims, my Drifter design coming up
will get the silver rims. These wheels are a perfect match fit
and offer 3 offset positions, the negative offset will match the
original wheel position the best and therefore safest
(disclaimer: if you change the suspension, you change the
manufacturer design and run the risk of damage), however for my
Rally design, I'm going with positive offset on the rear and zero
offset on front (I love the deep well look of mag wheels). I
found the same size 70mm diameter tires to put on the rims and if
you go positive offset on front, you would need to modify the
fender clearance a bit and I didn't want to do that. My drifter
tires are only 66mm diameter and I expect can go full positive on
all 4 wheels especially after I lower the suspension, giving me a
wider (cooler looking) stance and hopefully more stable base. I
also added some fake aluminum rotors because the HobbySoul wheels
are very open to see through the 5 spoke design and display the
discs quite well. To complete the scale wheel look, I did apply
the included fender wells and used some of that TRex tape to help
secure, will prob use more before I drop it in dirt. Needless to
say, but I will, these type of modifications toss any warranty
into the abyss, but this RC car is much cheaper than a real car
;-). The reason for "not perfect" is because what is, not crazy
about the extreme toe in on the rear wheels as I don't see any
adjustment for that (I do understand they are by design as the
manufacturer decided it's more stable), the front have some toe
out, but we can adjust that by the tie rods of course. It
counteracts my scale look, but maybe it will be more stable or
maybe I can find a way to adjust to my liking, we'll see.
Overall, very happy with the car and extremely happy with the
project Rally it presented me and I will take what I learned and
double down on a more custom Drift model to run as well. Really
thinking about how to replace the head of the navigator with a
miniature camera...
