Upgrading to Aluminum parts

[IBinSaneDiego]

Is there any preference of Aluminum replacement parts? Such as Dynamite, New Era, RDLogic? Dynamite is the most expensive, followed by New Era, and the cheapest RDLogic. All the parts look about the same.

 

[SVORay]

I think it depends on what your doing with your rig and what kind of rig you got. I know with my Revo they make a Hardcore aluminum skid thats pretty cool and they also make some desent three peice sets out there. I choose to go with the three pice but had to use two different brands. I just couldn't find any RDL front and rear skids. So I went with Integy and it's a little hard to tell the difference between the two. Here is a some what crapy pic...

 

[jetmechG550]

RPM! unless you want bling and something that isn't designed to break and be a cheap fix to end up breaking cause of the aluminum arms. RPM's are super strong and have a lifetime warranty.

 

[IBinSaneDiego]

I'm a Nub, and just upgrading the cheapest stuff first... For looks and strength, performance. I have upgraded a few parts....springs, center skid plate, anti roll bars.

 

[Monkey Wrench]

The one thing I would not upgrade to AL is the suspension arms! Once you bend one, it's done and you're out some fairly serious coinage, man.

 

[SVORay]

I'm going to have to agree with Jet and MW on this. The only parts I use aluminum on is skids, shock parts and probaly a roll bar. Now this just what I would do with my rig but I would suggest researching your rig to see what it's weakness are. An example is a Tmaxx, I would have to add aluminum bulks to my list of aluminum upgrades if that was the rig I was bashing with because the stock T/E maxx bulks are pretty weak.


Best of luck

 

[godale03]

Aluminum looks great... but is not at all practical for racing or bashing. Aluminum arms bend, and break way to easily. Aluminum works well for some things like skids and bumpers and bulkheads but for arms I would stay with RPM or even the stock arms. RPM arms have a tendancy to flop around a bit.

Tom