Finally....I've had this Storm for nearly 2 months and have never really gotten to run the stinking thing! Swap the gears tonight and run the heck out of it tomorrow! Wahoooo!
My front diff gears were toast...NOONE has them in stock ANYWHERE...I finally found a guy through the MaxxTraxx board that had a few extras. He actually sold me an entire front differential with the front drive gear for $30!!
I put the center one in my buggy and like the way it works, I'm thinking of putting one in the front now. But you are right they are bit on the high end.
Personally I don't like thorsens diffs. I like to powerslide my buggy around the corners. With a thorsen, I find it hard to do this causing me to use breaks more often. W/ a thorsen on board my lap times slow down quite a bit.