Thanks for chiming in Nate.

I had a graphite chassis for a good two or three years. Proved to be tough as hell. But I got it for a song, not the retail price. $$ It finally developed some cracks, not at the chassis/bulkhead "hinge", but back where the chassis starts to really flair out to the widest part. A bad tumble finally broke it recently. Got a regular "Magna-Flex" chassis. Been raining here of late, so maybe I'll get 'round to rebuilding it.

Ah, you mentioned the screws....Yes DTX could've used a coarser thread pitch fer sure. And personally, I hated the phillips screw heads. I switched to hex-head.

I currently have an Evader with Gladiators front and rear. I thought the Glads gave it nice traction for good steering. Of course, steering is sometimes only possible if you let off the throttle first, no matter what front tire you have! lol I could see, tho, that Glads on the front might be TOO much grip for pavement.