I've broken the Optima Mid.

[J77MYF]

I raced the Mid yesterday at Batley Buggy Club in the vintage class. The car did pretty well but unfortunately in practice another driver with a modern 4wd got it all wrong, shot over the track divider and ended up running into me virtually head on. The outcome is a broken front wishbone and a badly bent pin.

What are people doing for replacement front arms? Ideally I would like plastic ones but has anyone tried these:

http://www.pargustore.com/kyosho-opt...-arms-set.html

[Ashlandchris]

I've not tried the wishbones, but have used other pargu stuff and it has been good. Will watch this thread with interest as I also have no stock of spare wishbones for my optima - wonder if anyone on here with a 3d printer is able to make them out of abs?
I keep scouring ebay but they never seem to come up!!

[Origineelreclamebord]

Ideally I'd try to stay with plastic: I have no doubts that Pargu's wishbones will be strong enough, I think the concern is with the surrounding parts. I see the Optima Mid has a metal hanger (which will help a lot), but I can see you tear apart the front transmission casing instead.

3D printing may be an alternative: I'm using 3D printed arms on my FWD Buggy, and you're seeing it more and more - a nice example is JQ's 1/10 4WD Buggy, where pretty much everything plastic is 3D printed.

I also came across this thread (link) - These seem like arms that were machined - or cut with a laser/water jet cutter and then had the holes cut in them. The result is a bit of a bulky looking arm, but they are in plastic and the fabrication of them is quite easy and might actually be the cheapest option.

If you're interested in the 3D printing or cutting options, please send me a PM, I may be able to help you out

Edit: It may also be worth checking if there are a few more of the Optima Mid arms available - I just found another link showing other machined arms from a different user! (link)

[OptimaFan]

Alcyon is using custom suspension parts as well, he has a topic running on this forum

[alcyon]

Originally Posted by OptimaFan

Alcyon is using custom suspension parts as well, he has a topic running on this forum

Yes i make very strong mid arms. I also make strong hingepins out of dowel pins.

[Welshy40]

I would buy Alcyons rather than Paragu as Paragu doesnt make exact copies. Alcyon makes a good quality product plus you dont want to over strengthen areas where you could snap the chassis, Alcyons items would be perfect for the job.

[J77MYF]

Originally Posted by alcyon

Yes i make very strong mid arms. I also make strong hingepins out of dowel pins.

Are yours made from plastic? Do you have any pictures??

Luckily nothing else got broken in the incident.