Should I upgrade the front bulks & Tower?
08-23-2005, 12:52 AM
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Should I upgrade the front bulks & Tower?
I need to order a few things for my Marder Race/Beetle and the Elcon alloy front bulks and shock tower has caught my eye. It started out as a $20 dollar order but now it's up to $184. My current front end is ok and stock. My question is would it be worth upgrading to the Elcon front end minus the A-arms? Can you really tell a difference in once you upgrade to alloy parts? I would think that if you wanted upgrade to alloy parts the bulkheads and towers would be the place. I guess I asking should I go ahead and upgrade this area or wait until something breaks? Also what grade of aluminum is the Elcon parts made out of 6061-T6 or 7075-T6? Thanks!
08-23-2005, 01:12 AM
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RE: Should I upgrade the front bulks & Tower?
I did the elcon shock towers f&r on my mt, if I had to do it again I would not have spent the money on that but instead spent it on uprights front and rear as well as front bulkheads.
08-23-2005, 08:06 AM
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RE: Should I upgrade the front bulks & Tower?
i would beef up bulkheads by purchasing the cnr alloy bulkheads from www.fgperformancerc.com
08-23-2005, 09:42 AM
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RE: Should I upgrade the front bulks & Tower?
Start with the rear arms and wishbones. On landings or hard impacts the turnbuckles tend to strip out of the plastic. I have both front and rear on mine. Take a look:
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_32...tm.htm#3226818
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_32...tm.htm#3226818
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RE: Should I upgrade the front bulks & Tower?
SELWA...That is a nice ride. I haven't gotten into any serious bashing yet. Sorry to say but I've only ran 1 tank of fuel through my MR/Beetle. Too much work/family to have the time to run it. So I should start at the rear first then? I like the Elcon alloy parts the best but I'm considering the CNR bulkheads. With that said and the price of the Elcon alloy parts, should I start with the rear bulk heads and shock tower and work my way out to the a-arms and uprights?
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RE: Should I upgrade the front bulks & Tower?
Do the rear arms first. I ran mine with the plastic stock setup for 6 months. During that time I have had the tunnbuckles strip out of the plastic at least 4-5 times!!!
