We love Rally – how are you going to not? Fast vehicles on asphalt, grime or snow, sliding consistently round corners – all on ‘tracks’ generally barely wider than the automotive. It actually is thrilling to observe.
Thankfully, Rally can also be a factor in RC and Killerbody is embracing it with the discharge of the Subaru Impreza WRC 2007 Rally physique. This pre-painted, pre-stickered and pre-cut physique is able to pull from the field and mount in your experience with nearly zero prep – until you need to set up the 2 roof antenna. Other than that, it’s RTR (Ready to Rally).
Product: Killerbody Subaru Impreza WRC 2007 Rally Body
Website: store.killerbody.com
Purchase: https://bit.ly/3IbBuIF
Part #: KLR-48762
Scale: 1/10 Scale
Price: $99.99
Build Type: n/a
Recommended For: Rally followers that need an easy-to-mount Rally physique answer.
What’s Included
Inside the good, windowed cardboard field is a pre-painted, pre-stickered and pre-cut 2007 Subaru Impreza WRC Rally physique. A small bag with the roof antenna is taped to the within of the physique – simply take away and set up (video above reveals you the way).
Main Features
1. Minus the mounting holes, the Killerbody Subaru Impreza WRC 2007 Rally physique comes able to mount in your favourite Rally automotive. As talked about earlier than, it’s pre-painted within the sensible Subaru blue, pre-stickered with the whole livery and pre-cut – entrance and rear bumpers and wheel wells. It additionally has all the molded exterior goodies hooked up from the manufacturing facility – windshield wipers, aspect mirrors, roof scoops, superior rear wing and exhaust. The solely factor you’ll want to connect (when you select to) are the 2 roof antenna – a shorty and the longer one.
2. For delivery functions, Killerbody has packaged the 2 roof antenna in a small bag that has been taped to the underside of the physique. It incorporates a small antenna and two longer ones. The longer one is a press-fit, however we propose a lightweight dab of glue to assist maintain it in place. The shorter one makes use of a slip-sleeve that may be heated to maintain it in place (see the pre-installed antenna). This physique can also be prepared for entrance and rear LEDs with the sunshine buckets taped in place. The complete set of buckets have a mirror end for a pleasant, shiny glow.
3. The physique doesn’t include any mounting holes – it is advisable to try this your self to match the mounting places of the automotive you might be putting in it on. Killerbody did scribe markers within the rear window however none within the entrance. Luckily, the markers within the rear window matched up with the physique mounts on our Tamiya XV-02 in order that was simple, nevertheless the entrance was a little bit extra difficult. We used PROTOform’s Crosshair Magnetic Body Mounting Kit to make mounting an absolute snap – see the video above on how simple they’re to make use of. We undoubtedly advocate the Crosshairs for any physique mounting, particularly pre-painted our bodies.
Performance
With all of the rain we’ve been having, getting out to the Rally monitor has been a bit robust. That and, effectively, to be sincere, this physique actually is to dang fairly to easily exit and thrash with it! But, we did get it out and do some light-duty runs on the half throughout the road from our home.
Firstly, it does look extremely unhealthy ass! The colour appears to be like nice, the decals are spot on and, with the bronze wheels, this factor does catch some consideration. Not certain how a lot it truly improves efficiency however once more, so far as aesthetics, you possibly can’t beat it for a RTR physique.
Now the large query – did we bang it up? How did it maintain up? Are there any bodily indicators of injury?
Yes. Excellent, and no. For essentially the most half, we did a bunch of drifts and a few working within the grass. However, one quick go from the asphalt to the grass brought on the Subie to take a swift journey to tumble land, bouncing finish over finish till it got here to a cease on its wheels (fortunately). A fast as soon as over revealed zero harm and, most significantly, all of the antenna have been nonetheless hooked up. WIN!
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Final Thoughts
Killerbody’s Subaru Impreza WRC 2007 Rally physique set is a superb answer for somebody that desires immediate gratification. There is sort of zero prep required they usually’ve performed a tremendous job within the element – it’s actually shelf-queen materials. Some may be scared away with the $100 price ticket, nevertheless, when you evaluate it to, let’s say, a Tamiya physique – $45 for the physique, $8 for paint after which your time for masking portray, chopping, stickering and mounting, you’re in all probability fairly near that. And, when you’re not an in depth individual, the standard is probably not there. We’re simply saying it’s a viable choice for somebody that doesn’t need to do all of the work.
For us, we’re going to drop this on our XV-02 onroad Rally automotive – rumor is our group MIGHT do a road Rally course and, effectively, this Subie will look wonderful on that course!