suspension....what do you think?
 

im thinking of going with either aluminum or rpm a-arms. now if i go with aluminum im gonna use a combination of different parts to achieve the lightest weight possible. it would have to be lighter for sure. now im thinking of Hammad Ghuman upper a-arms, g-maxx lower, and g-maxx shock towers. i would only be running 4 shocks. would it be lighter than stock with 4 shocks?

Never weighed any of the aluminum arms you speak of but lower rpm arms are 5 ounces heavier than stock lowers.

wow! deffinately not rpm!

here is a pic of the hg upper a-arm

those arms were discontinued because as you can see, they couldn't hold up. If you can find them, which you probably won't be able to, don't get them. There is a reason why no one else has even bothered to copy these parts,.

When it comes to weight, nothing beats the stock arms.

Actually, the g3 suspension without the levers is lighter than the stock parts(including the shock towers).

and racer-x is only a couple ounces heavier than stock

There was a guy on ebay trying to convince everyone they were titaniun. Those arms have got to be light but you are better off with stock arms (I bet they are stronger). Racer x 3 ounces heavier than stock and a hundred times stronger.

racer x is out of the question but i have found something i kinda like. its the true track rear suspension kit. http://www.2coolrc.com/Model_All/coolstuff.html

You can try it, but I have had bad expierences with some unnamed companys so I stick with UE. Might as well pay twice that for a used racer x than buy that break it and have to buy a used racer x. Just not worth it anymore to save alittle money and sacrifice ALOT of strength.

Wouldn't touch it.

Get some RPM, very strong and very cheap.

What makes your think that will be ligther than stock anyways? Its just yet another attempt at knocking of UE's Racer X. And a very poor attempt at that.

I think the price for the racerX is out of the question for Squeeforever. and Nick means that the true track is not good.

Not a bad word about the racerX... They are top notch.. Period. ;)

You could look on ebay for the pro-line suspension. IMO, unless your willing to shed 270$ for the gorillamaxx or 500$ for the racer X, your just better off going for the pro-line suspension. It's VERY durable, lightweight and lower thr CoG (and cheap <50$)

The fastLane arms are tough as nails as well, and they offer a great replacement warranty, but they are definately heavier than stock.

the idea is to be as light as possible and as strong as possible. the racer x is out of the question not due to price but due to weight. i have a 8 1/2 lbs. truck and wanna keep it that way. i think as the stock arms break i might go with proline because they are alot stronger. i was just looking at that because i think it might be a little lighter as well as stronger because it illiminates so many parts.

HAHA your funny. You will gain 1/8th a lb with racer x. I don't know about you but I wouldn't be able to notice a difference from 8 1/2 lbs to 8 5/8th lbs. Your not going to be able to shave any weight from stock. You can only gain strength from stock too and with strength comes weight. I just bought some dace single shock arms those are supposed to be light. I will tell you on wednesday or thursday what the weight difference is from stock to dace. I'm assuming lighter if not the same.

The racerx is probably the same weight or even less than the proline suspension. I think the racer x is within 2-3 ounces of the stock suspension. Adding the racer x shocks (and eliminating the 8 stock type shocks) would probably make it nearly identical in weight to the stock parts. The G-maxx suspension without the levers is lighter than the stock suspension.

what about with 4 levers?

Still lighter than stock.

With the complete g-maxx suspension, they claim its only 4 gramms heavier than stock. Now that IS impressive..

I have the TTR arms they work fine but where the shock mounts could use some work. They also weigh about the same as stock with TI trunbuckles. The Dace single shock arms weigh 1 ounce more than a set(8 arms) than UE EXT. arms.

Thank you,
Promod

Really? I figured they would be much ligther than the EXT since they are made of 6061 and don't have a lot of material to them.

TTR? Maybe I am just tired, but I can't put this abreviation together!

I thought to ignore this, and make followup posts clear this mistery, but i am glad i am not alone in MisteryLand

google brought up
Toy trunk railroad
Telsa Technology Research
Transport & Travel Research LTD.

I don't think its any of those, but there is a buggy call the TTR S3 made by Thunder Tiger.

thunder tiger racing?

Come on guys, the link is on the first page of this thread. TRUE TRACK REAR suspension!!!!! TTR suspension is what it was called when I bought it some time ago. Mine are the plastic ones.

I have no Idea as to why the Dace single shock arms weigh more.

Thank you,
Promod

I don't know why I didn't put that together! I actually re-read the post, but did not click the link, so it escaped me! Now it makes sense.

It not hard for a dumb farmer like me to confuse a few people.

Thank you,
Promod

happens to me alot too...(i live on a farm) lol

LOL. PA has a lot of farmland!

and amish lol