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Bought a Racer Sideways Toyota Celica Gr5. Not sure why as I already have 3 other cars for our club class.

   

 I wasn't very impressed with the quality of assembly. The chassis was screwed down so hard that the front wheels were seized solid because they were jammed against the body and this combined with pod screws which had been screwed up way too tight had distorted the chassis so the car wouldn't sit squarely on all 4 wheels. Fortunately the chassis straightened out once I had undone all the screws and cleared out the holes for the pod screws and it seem fine now although I haven't run it yet.

It was easy for me to sort out the problems but if a non-enthusiast who was looking to upgrade from Scalex cars had bought it they would have been very disappointed and would probably have returned it. 
The problems Policar experienced with assembly quality on the Ferrari 312 B2 and the problems with my Sideways Toyota make me wonder if the Chinese factories are cutting corners while it is almost impossible for anyone from outside China to pay them a visit to check out quality control. 

Another word of warning - If you change the braids don't put the wires into the guide in front of the braid as it will foul the front of the body when the guide moves. The wires need to go behind the braid and you need the minimum amount of lead possible ahead of the front axle to prevent the loops of lead fouling on the body when the guide turns.