The final assembly has us installing the top deck, bumper, battery holders and the electronics. Ok, on to the build! And, just like that, you have a completed Tamiya TRF419XR Touring Car! Now install your electronics, mount that body and get to some racing!

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The TRF419XR includes a full set of Tamiya’s incredibly smooth TRF Super Short Big Bore Shocks. In addition, the XR comes with low-profile carbon shock towers to help keep the CG as low as possible. We’re using the kit-suggested mounting locations for the shocks, however we’ve started with 35wt fluid. This might change if the …

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Like any good Touring Car, the Tamiya TRF419XR comes equipped with a front and rear anti-roll bar. I’m sure the kit bars work fine with additional bars available for tuning. Another quick and easy step – anti-roll bars installed! Set your TRF419XR aside and let’s get going on Step 7 – the Shocks!

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The suspension on the Tamiya TRF419XR has always been one of the best in the industry. Precision-molded arms, aluminum arm mounts and the super-slick TRF shocks all compliment this ride’s amazing drive quality. It even comes with double cardan drive axles on the front as standard equipment. Longest step so far, but it’s beginning to …

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The Tamiya TRF419XR uses a standard dual-bellcrank steering system. It is ball-raced and has aluminum turnbuckles reaching out to the wheels. Toe and Ackermann are adjustable. That was quick and easy. Moving on to Step 5 – Suspension!

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Time for the driveline. The Tamiya TRF419XR is a 4WD Touring Car, using a dual-belt setup to drive all 4 wheels. The center bulkhead houses a Tamiya-pitch spur gear – that’s fine and all, however the mounting pullies utilize an odd 4-pin locator to key to the spur gear. This becomes an issue if you …

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Like most current touring cars, the Tamiya TRF419XR comes with a front spool and rear gear differential setup. The rear is a sealed unit that accepts any diff fluids; we’ll be building ours with 3K fluid to start. Clean up any excess fluid with a rag and some motor spray, set the diff aside and …

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The Tamiya TRF419XR comes with a 2.25mm lower and 2mm upper deck as standard equipment. Both are machined from high-quality carbon fiber with blue-anodized aluminum parts bolted to it. In this step, we’re going to be attaching the bulkheads, inner front/rear arm mounts and steering posts. That was a simple few steps – not difficult …

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