[squeeforever]

Yea, the plastic braces are there for a reason. Most people leave them because with the aluminum, its to rigid for a blown out track, which a lot get to be after a day of hard racing. The aluminum braces are mostly run on blue groove tracks. Its not to say the quality is bad. There just there to allow some flex in the chassis, which is necessary in most conditions. Also, I think the front knuckles are aluminum. I think there just anodized black and look plastic. I haven't seen a buggy or truggy with plastic front knuckles.