Quality control

[goos]

Originally Posted by Moose

goos and ben, I assume you are team drivers having built so many kits. Maybe I got 2 early ones thats just what I want to know, telling me there has never been a problem is a bit odd.

goos, if you are saying all parts fit perfectly than you don t know other kits thats all I can say. Parts are ok, others are better, anyway thats not my main point. As long as you can built up a kit without ordering extra parts to get it run. as long as everything fits it s fine because you can already see on pics what you can expect from the car.

Try assembing a T8(T) or GT8 and you will know what I am talking about The tc02 is ok but the parts fit great. But the 1/8 scale stuff is on a completely different level.

[Moose]

I don t have an own t8 but I had a closer look at it a few times and in fact you are right and nothing has slope like the c hubs on the 2WD and everything looks instantly better. But to be fair this is not about the t8 or the team c quality in general.

[goos]

Originally Posted by metalmickey0

Isnt Team C part of ansmann? If so not had a problem with my kit. All parts were there plus a few extra bits and went together well. Sound slike you may of had a dodgy batch

TeamC Racing is its own company, Ansmann bought their cars from TeamC. TeamC is now a global brand. Ansmann is selling off their last stock currently it seems.

Ansmann is a rebranding company, they buy products from other companies and put their own stickers on it. They are most famous for their batteries.

[goos]

Originally Posted by Moose

But to be fair this is not about the t8 or the team c quality in general.

The topic reads "quality control"

[Moose]

I should have called it quality control of my 1/10 kits

[Moose]

got new pistons and they are great actually no gap between piston and shock body and all holes at the right place.
All parts I got now are as they should be, even the E clips are better than in the kit

[goos]

Originally Posted by Moose

got new pistons and they are great actually no gap between piston and shock body and all holes at the right place.
All parts I got now are as they should be, even the E clips are better than in the kit

Dont forget to shim the pistons, so they do not wiggle too much but still rotate.

[mof]

Originally Posted by Moose

I don t have an own t8 but I had a closer look at it a few times and in fact you are right and But has slope like the c hubs on the 2WD and everything looks instantly better. But to be fair this is not about the t8 or the team c quality in general.

But you are still stating on a few threads that teamc quality is "superbad" and suggesting people to buy multiple spare parts so that maybe one fits correctly?

[marcel]

I build a losi 22. thats not a nice car to build or drive.
I build a asso b4. Thats pretty oke but not great.
I build a tamiya oke but needs work.

I build 5 teamc kits in te past 3years
So i seen the quality grow . From first to now..
Mising screws and small things/ mising or to short axles on 4wd.
To premature breaking and all .but great driving and fast cars.and afordable.

To now extra small parts left after build/ smal improofments/no breaking .only if it needs to break (hard impackts).
But still great driving and still fast and still afordable.

Teamc has made a great improofment the last year.and the cars are almost perfeckt.
I know stephen(teamc) will make more improofment if posible.as i seen in the years.
But he needs feedback.
So place your feedback/advice on te forum. I know he will check it out.
And do somthing with it if posible.
Greets.marcel. TeamC Absima netherlands

[Moose]

@goos: the new pistons I got fit perfect, no space for a shim here.

@marcel: a bit offtopic but what did you not like while building a 22 or B4 ? Having build both I really cant complain about it in general.
Hard to give a feedback now as they have the new cars just entering the market. Lets see what the new kits really contain. Alloy C hubs should reduce slope and many parts are new. Read they will have all gear diffs which sounds a bit odd. Time will tell.

[marcel]

Originally Posted by Moose

@goos: the new pistons I got fit perfect, no space for a shim here.

@marcel: a bit offtopic but what did you not like while building a 22 or B4 ? Having build both I really cant complain about it in general.
Hard to give a feedback now as they have the new cars just entering the market. Lets see what the new kits really contain. Alloy C hubs should reduce slope and many parts are new. Read they will have all gear diffs which sounds a bit odd. Time will tell.

Hey.
Wat.i didnt like about the 22
Gearbox was not fitting coreckt together. Looks like it was a bad mould.
Also if you tighten the screws to much it was rotating heavey.
Also the the front end was not. Nice to build.
Servo link a pain to put on. And dont like the slide system.
Al moving part were to tight. Need sanding reaming.
The rear suspention block is mounted with realy smal allen didnt have that
Overall plastic finish is not real nice
Turnbucle ends are to tight. If you want to adjust the camber they pop off the balls
Shocks are a disapointment. Compared to teamc bigbores.
And bad material .after 10 runs the ti nitride is worn of the shafts.
And the oil is pitch black after 5 or so runs.
It drives to nervous to my liking. To loose back end . And jumps not nice.

The asso has no big problems .gearbox needs some extra atention.and the arms need to ream out a bit and cut a bit.
And i dont like the kickup being one piece with the chasiss
This was the b4 not the 4.1 dont now the 4.1 chassis

[Moose]

Turnbucle ends are to tight. If you want to adjust the camber they pop off the balls

use grease and its fine

10 runs the ti nitride is worn of the shafts

mine even less runs

The rear suspention block is mounted with realy smal allen didnt have that

its just for maintenance so you could use a different scew with bigger head when you want to take the gearbox out. but yeah this scew is odd.

It drives to nervous to my liking. To loose back end . And jumps not nice.

set up needs time and rear end weight but I always liked the jumping

I really love the plastic stuff, yes it is tight and looks different but thats because they use much glass and I like it. I didnt have the gearbox problem (running rear motor). But all my mid motor gearboxes seem to fit too. If it is bent than it might just be made when the form wasnt at the right temperature.
But building up a 22 (or one of most other cars) takes twice the time than building up a tc02

[Teamcracing]

Originally Posted by marcel

I build a losi 22. thats not a nice car to build or drive.
I build a asso b4. Thats pretty oke but not great.
I build a tamiya oke but needs work.

I build 5 teamc kits in te past 3years
So i seen the quality grow . From first to now..
Mising screws and small things/ mising or to short axles on 4wd.
To premature breaking and all .but great driving and fast cars.and afordable.

To now extra small parts left after build/ smal improofments/no breaking .only if it needs to break (hard impackts).
But still great driving and still fast and still afordable.

Teamc has made a great improofment the last year.and the cars are almost perfeckt.
I know stephen(teamc) will make more improofment if posible.as i seen in the years.
But he needs feedback.
So place your feedback/advice on te forum. I know he will check it out.
And do somthing with it if posible.
Greets.marcel. TeamC Absima netherlands

thank you for your comments to Team C, yes I am always checking and improving

[Moose]

Teamcracing:
many 8 scale team c at our local track
After me having a shock piston with wrong cutten threads sombody has something comparable a turnbuckle with threads in the same direction on both sides . Maybe this one thing that they can look closer in the factory