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Aluminum Parts for 2.5 Maxx

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Has anyone tried these parts? And does anyone think is worth it? I still have all the stock parts on maxx, except for the air filter. I want to upgrade the plastic parts. So give some info please.

www.acncm.com

Thanx in advance

Ed
 
yea I've seen them, they look like good products. I just replace stock parts with better when they break.
 
yes i would do what skipper said. dont buy the aluminum stuff until your plastic parts are broken. or that is what i would do. but the aluminum things that u are looking look to be really good. i have heard of a few people using them and they said that they like it.

bryan
 
I have not heard of them, but the parts look sweet. The cooling head looks great. The price for the total "skeleton" looks right.

The only heart-ache I have is the fact that they used 6061 vice 7076 aluminum, but that is a small issue and it has more to do with strength.

I would caution on using aluminum skid plates, a-arms, and bumper brackets.

A bit on skid plates. Stick with the stock plastic or upgrade straight to Titanium. Do not stop in the middle with aluminum. You will spend far too much time reshaping them, and in the process end up destroying the structural integrity of the skid plate (metal fatigue from too many bend/rebends). The plastic is resilient and the Titanium is near indestructable.

A-arms. Same philosophy with one exception. These may not get bent as often, but when they do...you will most likely not be able to reshape them. Then you will have to lay out some serious coin to replace them. I run aluminum uppers and plastic lowers. The lower ones are more likely to come into contact with ground objects and are thus more likely to take serious damage. I have replaced a couple of lowers and no uppers since running like this.

The bumper brackets. If you make the entire spine of the truck metal (bulkheads, chassis braces, chassis plate, and bumper brackets), there is no where for the shock of head on impacts to be absorbed. One or two things will occur...you will shear the heads off screws in many places or you might bend the truck. Plastic bumper brackets are cheap to replace and absorb a great deal of punishment (as they were designed to do).

So when you upgrade...give some thought to what style of driving you might have (racer vice basher). Then give some thought to what you really want to make metal.

Hope this helped.
 
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yes skymaxx is very right, it all depends on what u do. do u go and race, bash, or just run street. i think aluminum would be good if u do race or street. but if u are a hardcore basher, well i hope u know how to drive and land the truck right or else it is off the the lhs with a nice chunk of change in your hands.

bryan
 
I love to bash the hell out of it. So, I'm taking ur advices on these parts.
 
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