LD1801 AE86 RC Drift Car Initial D - 3pcs 1200mah Battery, 2.4G 150 Brushed Motor, 10A ESC, 3-Channel Remote Control

It works pretty well

This is my second version of this LDR/C car. The first came from another vendor a week ago an was taken apart for parts due to it having a front steering assembly that kept locking hard L/R. No fix so parts it became.This one was bought because it showed a lot of good items. Such as light wiring harness (unfortunately only horrid yellow lights!), extra tires that are sticky (thought they would be good), a clearly shown decal sheet plus three batteries. All of which gives this 77 year old guys LDR/C drift car collection of the past few months lots of good spare parts and other parts. As for the sticky tires I tried two on the rear and wow does it go fast! However with using the hard plastic front ones there is no response to steering. The decision was made to have the car slide/drift rather than have traction.As for the separately shown decal sheet? None in the kit. Would have been nice to have all that is shown but not a deal breaker. still......! The sticky tires will be saved and perhaps used far in the future. As for the ugly yellow lights? Instructions anyone? Preferably pictures since words from the manufacturer would no doubt be in gibberish. Takes a bit to figure out the correct plug in to use, where the LEDs go and then what to do with many many spare inches of wire. Probably will either paint some details or buy separate decals to dress up the car.A suggested change to make is to change the battery cable routing. For some reason it is run over, across the top of the electronics board. On my first (now 10 cars) I figured out that if I cut a square/rectangular opening into the back of the left side of the battery box that allows the harness to in a sense become longer an doing so it is now easier to attach the battery pack. I also mark all connectors with dabs of magic marker so that harnesses go back to the proper connectors.A quick lube of all rotating/moving parts an a test drive to dirty up the tires. That dirt pattern shows me what alignment changes need to be made. So of the cars also receive lead strips glued to the insides of the body. The extra centered weight does wonders for performance handling.