Saturday, May 17, 2008
JQ Products Hyper 8.5 Options Categories - Accessories, HoBao, JQ Products, Off Road, Products - comments closed 
JQ Products, the company started by Finnish racer Joeseph Quagraine, has released information on his first publicly available products, all of which come in gold or black machined aluminium. Made for the HoBao Hyper 8.5 there are new shock towers, which are lighter than the stock versions, with the front one saving you 6 grams while the rear one 14 grams. The front tower is also stronger due to the fact that the upper arm holes aren’t drilled all the way through, removing the need for the usual plastic piece. Also released are som front arm holders, designed to accept a toe-in bushing making it possible to add more kick up to help in the bumps and jumps. Finally some front wide arm holders have been made available, that are to be used together with Hyper 7 front arms. This is something that JQ himself used for the last 2 years when he raced for HoBao, and which makes the car a lot easier to drive by making it more stable, tracking straight in bumps and more level in jumps. The wide spacers are placed behind the Hyper 7 arm, on the hingepin.
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Friday, February 8, 2008
Toy Fair - JQ Products Categories - Exhibitions, JQ Products, Products - comments closed 
JQ Products is present at the Himoto stand and Joseph Quagraine is on hand to tell everyone about his new project and the new products already developed. The main current product is the new starter box that has a convention shape and design, but the unique part is the alignment of the car on the top plate. Using 2 adjustable plates coming out of the starter wheel area of the box, these can be adjusted to clamp the outer edge of the flywheel hole on the chassis plate. This aligns it, while the use of foam/rubber pads on the on the plate stop it from moving around. I have tried it and it really seems to work, finding the proper alignment easily.
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Friday, January 4, 2008
Joseph Quagraine - Interview Categories - Industry, JQ Products, Products - comments closed 
More interviews with our partners Neo Buggy having an exclusive chat with Joseph Quagraine to talk about his new venture JQ Products, that he is doing together with Himoto Racing.
I have been working on my own 1:8 buggy design for nearly two years now, and at the time I started talking with Himoto, it was already done. When I finally showed them my prototype they were impressed, and basically things took off from there. The opportunity of being part of a new RC-car company was just too good to miss. It is a great challenge to pull this off, and establish a new top level racing brand, but its one I am looking forward too. We will start with a 1:8 buggy, and various nitro racing accessories, but the intention is to expand from there and produce other cars also, both gas and electric, on and offroad.
Read the full interview here.
Source: Neo Buggy [neobuggy.net]
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
Joseph Quagraine announces JQ Products Categories - Himoto, Industry, JQ Products, Products - comments closed
Following up on the news that Joseph Quagraine had left HoBao comes the announcement that the Finnish driver has started a new company in Hong Kong together with Himoto Racing and will be launching a new RC car brand during 2008 called JQ Products. The goal is to produce high quality racing products, including both electric and nitro car models for both on and off road racing and will start off with a totally new 1:8 scale buggy and nitro racing accessories for 1:8 buggy racing. The buggy, which includes a number of unique features, is currently being tested and the goal is to have it ready for public release during 2009. Expect to see it in action later this year in the hands of Joseph Quagraine.
Source: Himoto [himotoracing.com]
