Hey guys, ive now tested the db01r at two tracks and it had its first club meet on the sunday just gone and im well impressed, so im going to run it this year as my 4wd, but now i want to make sure im not going to have any reliability issues, Primarily im looking at a few issues
Turnbuckles/ballstuds/ballcups having read a lot of threads about this car, i havnt seen many if any complaints about the standard items, anyone know of any issues? just from a a feel point of view, taking off a ball cup, it doesnt feel as tight as maybe an RPM one, this might sound like a silly question, but being an imperial racer for my career, im wondering if everything in the linkages is in metric including the actual ball of the stud, like are rpm 4-40 ball cups usable? if not, what is a good alternative, or is the general consensus that the standard items are up to the job
Wing mount - 3 racing do an aluminium one, my standard ones got bent up badly after one bad landing off a jump, ive seen a pic of two with people using them, or is it better to put up with replacing bent up plastic ones everynow and then
Shock towers, Atomic carbon ones look nice and ive seen a few people with them on their cars, worthy upgrade, i think a 5mm thick carbon front shock tower would be close to indestructable
aluminium steering bridge etc, has anyone found any benefit from using them, i dont think it would ever break but i suppose it could be flexing a bit under load, but i dont think i'll worry about it
aluminium front hub carriers/knuckles/rear hubs, on my xxx4 i used to break front hub carriers just by looking at the car, then i got metal ones and had no dramas, again, with the db01 i havnt heard people complaining about breaking any of those items, im thinking the hubs and knuckles and im already getting a bit of play in the bearing seats
thanks
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