Question for aluminum parts

[FiestaRc’s]

Are their any good aftermarket aluminum suspension arms for the Traxxas ford fiesta

 

[CertifiedMike]

No.
If you are running the car, not a shelf queen, aluminum suspension parts are just goung to force the damage furthet into your chassis on impacts.
Aluminum bends and does not bend back. Plastic flexes and gives. Its the wise choice.

Not sure if RPM makes a set to fit your car.
Those arms are even more flexy, bendy and durable than stock.

 

[Littlemotor]

No.
If you are running the car, not a shelf queen, aluminum suspension parts are just goung to force the damage furthet into your chassis on impacts.
Aluminum bends and does not bend back. Plastic flexes and gives. Its the wise choice.

Not sure if RPM makes a set to fit your car.
Those arms are even more flexy, bendy and durable than stock.

 

[BustedAw11]

Rpm arms for the slash should be bolt on, if they dont make them specifically fir the rally.
Aluminum arms are a no go.

 

[Tunedfrog]

@CertifiedMike is absolutely correct. Plastic will go back to the original shape after a hard hit, aluminum will not.

 

[81exige]

in addition to what @CertifiedMike already said, alu suspension arms are also a fair bit heavier than plastic ones, and extra weight eats into the car's performance unless you want to run a custom weight balance

 

[9x19]

The Fiesta Rally uses a shorter arm than the Slash / Rustler / Stampede / Jato 4x4s.

Stick with plastic, and yes, RPM makes the shorter version arms specifically for the Fiesta Rally

 

[Chubaka]

If you do go aluminum, id trust strc over the amazon specials. Personally id stay plastic like mentioned. As mentioned rpm makes some and traxxas does have hd arms also. I would suggest plastic with titanium hinge pins.

Aluminum arms are for drag racing and shelf queens imo.

 

[DavidB1126]

Yep, exactly like everyone else said.
Aluminum is OK for some parts, other parts are not OK for aluminum.
Mostly depends on what part it is. Suspension arms, not really. Youd want plastic so they can flex back to their original shape, so it has that give. Bc aluminum would just either 1) bend, or 2), send that energy/forces to another part, ie bending or breaking that part.

 

[Ramp addict]

I just plowed a curb.
Plastic arms, you just spent $12.
Aluminum arms, $40 for a new set of arms, $12 for a new bulkhead. Plus an hour of your time performing major surgery on your truck.

 

[Cheetah928]

Listen to the one who learned the hard way:

Please no.

I got some for my slash and they had a terrible fit. Didnt break anything, but I ended up going back to plastics. Bought upgraded ones tho, I got RPM arms instead. Please, help yourself and steer away from them. Or you know, be like my e-revo

 

[BashingBrian]

Are their any good aftermarket aluminum suspension arms for the Traxxas ford fiesta

As everyone above has said, NO, just NO for aluminium arms..!!
Stick with plastic either Traxxass or RPM, break, replace and and keep plenty of cash in your pocket

 

[3dmikey]

I think you have to let everyone at least experience the thrill of having aluminium parts and then the disappointment as they bend on first impact, destroying all components they touch. It should be a right of passage for the hobby hahaha

I have an awesome Tamiya full of bling aluminum parts, it has never had a battery connected but looks awesome on my shelf.

 

[64Corvette]

I keep a good supply of arms for my Slash and Slash/Rally. Got the routine down to change them out in well under 5 minutes. Keep extra screws in my toolkit too as I usually lose the lower shock mount fastener in the process. I also carry along 3 extra 10 ft sections of lightweight corrugated drainpipe to lay down in front of the concrete curbs on the tightest corners of our track layout which helps a lot.

Agree that the aluminum arms just move the potential breakage to more expensive and difficult to remove parts like differential housings which happened to me one time even with flexy arms.

Mainly learning to drive more accurately will lower the breakage rate! My old eyes have a problem with depth perception on the far away corners LOL,

 

[CertifiedMike]

I keep a good supply of arms for my Slash and Slash/Rally. Got the routine down to change them out in well under 5 minutes. Keep extra screws in my toolkit too as I usually lose the lower shock mount fastener in the process. I also carry along 3 extra 10 ft sections of lightweight corrugated drainpipe to lay down in front of the concrete curbs on the tightest corners of our track layout which helps a lot.

Agree that the aluminum arms just move the potential breakage to more expensive and difficult to remove parts like differential housings which happened to me one time even with flexy arms.

Mainly learning to drive more accurately will lower the breakage rate! My old eyes have a problem with depth perception on the far away corners LOL,

A slow car that never crashes will beat 'the fastest car to hit every wall' EVERY TIME!!!
A racer certainly can't win if they're on the roof waiting for the turn marshall to be set right again.

Not crashing is the fastest way to a win and to less breakage!!! (the corrugated pipe prob helps too!)

 

[RustyUs]

I think you have to let everyone at least experience the thrill of having aluminium parts and then the disappointment as they bend on first impact, destroying all components they touch. It should be a right of passage for the hobby hahaha

I have an awesome Tamiya full of bling aluminum parts, it has never had a battery connected but looks awesome on my shelf.

I like your style of thinking.

 

[WickedFog]

RPM #73362 for front/rear set
https://www.amainhobbies.com/rpm-front-rear-aarm-set-for-traxxas-telluride-rpm73362/p1248031

 

[64Corvette]

A slow car that never crashes will beat 'the fastest car to hit every wall' EVERY TIME!!!
A racer certainly can't win if they're on the roof waiting for the turn marshall to be set right again.

Not crashing is the fastest way to a win and to less breakage!!! (the corrugated pipe prob helps too!)

That is so true LOL. I was trying out my Losi Sprint for the first time this last weekend on our paved circuit. running mid pack speed but "won" two heats because the fastest cars (3P(correction 3S) Slashes) all crashed. Just kept trucking and super fun to drive smooth and steady, did not hit a single cone or curb for the first time.

 

[CertifiedMike]

That is so true LOL. I was trying out my Losi Sprint for the first time this last weekend on our paved circuit. running mid pack speed but "won" two heats because the fastest cars (3P Slashes) all crashed. Just kept trucking and super fun to drive smooth and steady, did not hit a single cone or curb for the first time.

It took me a long time to understand 'slow and steady wins the race'.
Nice job!!!

 

[Littlemotor]

Slow is smooth, smooth is fast..