RE: SAVSGE XL!! YOU HAVE TO SEE THIS!! PICS!
using aluminum too much will make these trucks terrible when it comes to bashing, but it sure looks cool.
but i imagine that this truck was built for show, more than for something else as you said you were going to build a basher next.
tips for a basher. do not use aluminum where the original parts are plastic there are exceptions but few, use plastic lower and upper arms.