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ok i broke my first park (the shock tower) and I'm looking for some new ones and I've been hearing that the rpm ones are very good but i havent heard of any others. So do you think i should get the rpm ones or somthing else. Any reply is appreciated greatly:)
 
If your a basher (owning a t-maxx suggests you are), the RPM arms and towers are the first parts you should install after opening the box IMO. The towers flex quite a bit which is why racers don't care for them. However, running 8 shocks doesn't allow the flex as easily since the tower is getting equal pressure applied to both sides of the tower. Back in the day, racers were running 4-shock setups which made the towers flex when the shocks compressed. This gave for an inconsistent feel while driving.
 
I would either get the RPM shock towers or just replace them them with stock ones, but I believe thar RPM has a breakage garuntee, if you break a RPM part you just ship it to them and they will send you a new one, or something like that...
 
if you want plastic RPM all day if you want AL get some UE knuckelhead towers or something along them lines.
 
I personally do not like RPM shock towers, the flex way to much. I would recomend aluminum shock towers, but use stock body posts, not aluminum. This will give you an easily cheap replaceable weak link, with a strong base. I had the RPM towers on one of my maxxes and took them off, I was not at all happy with them. But avoid integey at all costs, they are total crap!
 
i agree w/ revomaxx24-theres plenty of companys that make shock towers for the maxx-i havent tried rpms-but their suspension arms rock-if u wanna spend some extra dough then go with aluminum-they give u more tuning options-they'll have like 10 holes perside-once ya bend um though-their hard to line back up-so i stick w/ stock towers-easy and cheap to replace-and i stick w/ stock body mounts. my maxx has a o.s .18tm,integy bulks,3.3 diffs,foc,jr steering servo-pretty durable
 
does aluminum make a big difference on how it handles? I'm leaning towards the ue knucklehead towers, but if the one in the back breaks should i be concerned about the front one because i have that "13 year old low budget status" and only have the money for one?
 
Honestly, I'd really stick with RPM. Having aluminum towers (even with plastic body mounts) makes the bulkhead take any impact at all. Bad landings on the rear at an angle will snap the bulkheads right off if the tower is aluminum and the bulkheads are not. Heck, even if the bulkheads are aluminum, they could snap. (integy bulks, plastic stock towers... snapped clean off!)

It affects handling, but bashing across the lawn or hitting jumps isn't "handling" intensive.

Just my .02.

If your dead set on aluminum, the rear was the one I always broke before going with RPM, but I also ran a new era 3-point roll bar which helped protect the front one.
 
Looks like you and I will never agree on this olds, but hell, I like to run whole bodies too :hehe:.

I had way too much flex when I ran the rpm towers, it handled like crap. I do have aluminum bulks though, since the stockers broke easily anyway. I noticed a huge difference once I switched to aluminum towers. I still swear by the aluminum bulks, and towers, but stock posts. Just my 2 cents. And I still have my Maxx :D
 
NCNitro said:
I like to run whole bodies too :hehe:.
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HEY!!! I run whole bodies now!!!

I just had poor success with aluminum towers busting other stuff that was harder to replace and more expensive. I didn't notice any handling issues... but then again, I drive like crap! Point the truck, hammer the gas, hit the jump... that's my driving style.
 

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