Couple of Maxx Questions - RC-Monster Forums

brainanator · 06.12.2011, 04:13 PM

He ha expressed his concern that both breaks occurred at the very ends of the chassis, away from the chassis braces, breaking the skid plates themselves (not the rpm wear plates over the skids).

I'm thinking we start out with alloy skids and see if they help him.

http://cgi.ebay.com/T-Maxx-and-E-Max...item5644518555

http://cgi.ebay.com/ALUMINUM-FRONT-R...item19bbac8366 <-- Hongkong

Specifically I did a quick search and came up with these guys. Anyone know anything about them? Price is right....but if they are crap (aka integy style) I know to stay away.

Sorry for all the questions...I've seen the truck maybe 6 times, and he's not so internet savvy as I. And I've got all these great guys on RCM that know lots about maxxs ;)

Overdriven · 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by brainanator

He has expressed his concern that both breaks occurred at the very ends of the chassis, away from the chassis braces, breaking the skid plates themselves (not the rpm wear plates over the skids).

I'm thinking we start out with alloy skids and see if they help him.

I know what you meant about where the chassis broke, its a common problem, although I've never broken mine. Alloy skid plates are the best place to start, and will help a little to keep the chassis in one piece also. But, adding alloy chassis braces as well adds alot of strength to the overall structure of the truck. Because everything underneath the chassis plate will be alot more rigid with alloy braces and skids vs the plastic ones. Which will mean less flex, and less chance of breaking the hard, non flexible chassis in an impact with an immovable object.

Edit: There's not much difference in skidplates in my opinion. They will all get scratched up (don't get anything anodized), and the front one will get bent up into the bulkhead after a good impact. The difference is how easy it'll be to bend it back and if the alloy will get fatigued after doing it over and over! Unless you can find a set of out of production GA or HCR titanium skids, those are the shiz