Is it worth changing the Suspension arms etc to metal?

[HoBao1997]

Hey guys...

I broke one of the suspension arms on my buggy today and was considering buying all metal parts and changing over from the plastic ones i have at the moment...any advice would be much appreciated

 

[frickenjoey]

No....I would never put aluminum A-Arms on anything if I intended to run it. Ofna/HoBao have very tough plastic...you would be just adding weight with reduced strength. Chassis braces, knuckles, shock towers ect...are ok for alloy. That is all I would do honestly. Save you money for a bad ass engine or pipe....yeah...faster, to break more parts!! That's the name of the game... ;-)

 

[hamz9561]

The only aftermarket arms I would ever consider are RPM. Aluminum bends ab d that weakens the part in that area.

 

[w bill]

Anodized aluminium looks great but plastics will normaly out perform them at a lesser amount save your money!

 

[HoBao1997]

thanks for your advice guys

 

[OfnaHyper]

Aluminium parts are strong but like said before add weight. The thing is with them when you have a crash the impact then moves to the next weakest point and breaks that instead. Could end up damaging something more expensive than the arms.

 

[pipisugbo]

You know what else adds weight? That extra "I" you silly British put in aluminum.

 

[OfnaHyper]

"silly" how rude!

 

[hamz9561]

No, rude is calling a British Subject a "Limey."

 

[OfnaHyper]

limey is slang for a british sailor. Which I am not. :