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I have the conversion done as far as the chassis goes. Glued up the tires last night. I decided to go completely with the Exotec kit. Quality seems top-notch although I had to slightly grind the extension plates to fit flush with the rear shock towers but it was very minor.

I'm a bit skeptical of the rear bumper attachment as it seems to not be well supported using only two horizontal braces and no vertical (will need some pics) so we'll have to see how it holds up to tumbling.

The only other complain I really have is that it seems there is more than requires material for the extended body mount plates. Where the front body mounting ststem is mounted does make it hard to remove the front shocks without removing the front body mount system.

The Exotec kit is a bit more involved as you have to cut up an RPM Slash 4x4 bumper support/attachment pieces to be used for a) the rear bumper support/attachment, b) part of the front bumper attachment pieces and c) the attachment for the front body posts.

I do think the price though is a tad high considering that you need to buy two parts (RPM Slash 4x4 rear bumper and Losi Strike front bumper) on your own.

As a note, the Exotec kit comes with an extended t-plate that replaces the standard Losi t-plate, which was my reasoning for switching. As I've broken a few Losi t-plates in my time, I am a bit curious to show how the extened one holds up. It may be that I switch back to the CRC stretch plates as they use the standard t-plate with their chassis extension.