My Bandit is also grounded this weekend for ProLinks, but i blame the Really rough grass field i fly from. my struts just totally wore out where both strut half meet and the shoulder bolt have excessive play, I used Heavy springs from Dreamworks also.
I was thinking on buying the struts Todd make for the reaction, they look a lot more sturdy than the ones used on the bandit. They are the same height but i would have to put them in a lathe to reduce where the strut mounts to the retract. I think these would hold up a lot better than the these we have.
BTW these are "0" offset so they should line up better with the wheel well.
let me us know what you think about this idea.

http://dreamworksrc.com/catalog/reac...ruts-p-28.html