Right about the finish on the metal parts. It's a good truck but the Tamiya is better. I have the 2012 Bruiser and one of these running from a kit version. I like the shock mounts, where are they from?
I just got one of these, it is sold as "metal" note plated and I think I paid too much, doh! I was going to upgrade it. I saw on another video that they may have sprayed everything with oil, and they had to wipe it down too. It was spread to evenly to be a shock leak. I think I'll just have my kids use it and "scale" display it on a shelf, and buy a Traxxas. :) I might dress up the body to match my real taco though. Would you consider putting together an upgrade parts kit and offer it for sale?
@@DJCJ999 UPDATE: I went with the Associated/Element Knightrunner Tacoma, Gatekeeper (returned,) and SC4 pro. The Tacoma is a realistic scale crawler, and so good (other than rear clearance, but I like the challenge,) I couldn't see keeping the Gatekeeper. It didn't help that I had some QC issues with the Gatekeeper which AMAIN helped resolve/exchange (they are awesome!) I would have wanted to convert it to four-wheel-steering, but the parts were more than another rig, and would just get the Capra 4WS instead.
For $10 Tamiyausa has the black bumper parts tree, it also has a few other parts that are worth installing. They also offer the grommets and rubber boots for the shocks. Great bang for the buck in making your bruiser more Tamiya
