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Hi Codman,

No problem about answering questions... I don't do it as often as maybe I should, I will try and come on a bit more often...

We use no substances on the screws at all, we have never had any problems with seizing at all... I have had the full aluminium range on my car for about 5 months now and there has been no issues. There arn't that many screws that actually go into aluminium...

Throughout the summer season here in the UK I had been running my car with LiPo batteries and no additional weight, so the car was coming in at around 1730g. However, the car was of course designed around NiMh battery weight being sat at the rear of the car, so over the last few weeks I have been doing more testing with weight fitted back in the car. I now have 2 led strips sat underneath each lipo saddle, adding up to around 160g to give the ballast of NiMh batteries whilst running LiPo. So my car now sits at about 1890g! I know it sounds a lot, but I really am of the belief that this is the best thing to do, particularly with the big bore shocks on as these are naturally a little stiffer than the standard shocks (the rear BB orange spring, although the softest, is still relatively stiff) my car feels very balanced.

For the record, as I don't think it has been posted on here yet, my starting point for my Big Bore shocks is like this:

Front- BB purple spring (hardest), Black piston, AE 30wt oil. Middle hole on tower, inner hole on wishbone. No limiters...

Rear- BB orange spring (softest), white piston, AE 25wt oil. Middle hole on tower, inner hole on wishbone. No limiters...

Tom