B4 alloy

[jerry30040]

I have a b4 factory team and I'm thinking about putting aluminum from the front and rear arms to the tires what does everybody think

[Kevin Trudel]

Are you looking to race your B4 or just bash around?

[jerry30040]

I'm going to race

[johnboy72]

I put the aluminum front bulkheads and rear tplate on my T4. Having a brainfart so can't think of the actual names. The parts where the arms mount to the chassis. I don't want to get too much aluminum because Alum will bend before breaking! This can have effects on your chassis setups. Also, the arms are usually the first to break. This might suck but when you think about it, the arms take the abuse instead of other parts that shouldn't break. Also, arms are cheap and easy to replace at the track!

[Jam Racing 1]

I think I agree, I would not put aluminum A arms on my race vehicle, as they can be bent and also cause stresses on other parts related to them, Basically you want some part to take the stress and absorb most of the impact, usually this part is the control arm(aka a arm) referred to in the above post.

If ya wanna change the color of the arms and add strength at the same time check out R.P.M products they make some nice and also strong parts for most R/C cars made:D