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[MonsterMaxx]

LOL. I just remembered how I met Mike.

We were at a race in the northeast and he was parked near me.
Mike was all proud of his new RacerX looking blue suspension. Yes folks, Mike himself bought the cheep Chinese ripoff of Unlimited Engineering's well designed and unique RacerX suspension.
I took one look at it and said: "you'll bend it here, here and here". He laughed, didn't believe me and said something like "yea, but for the price I paid I could buy several for one of UE's".

Now remember, this is the same suspension that was such a knockoff of our RacerX that they actually used MY knuckles in their print advertising - yea, I know my own machining marks.

After the first qualifier Mike came back and said "Wow, you were right, it bent right here." He DNF'd by the way due to the failure of the Integy 'RacerX'

We laughed and struck op a conversation.

So you see fellas, even someone like Mike will buy the knockoff when it's cheep.

[RC-Monster Mike]

Originally Posted by MonsterMaxx

LOL. I just remembered how I met Mike.

We were at a race in the northeast and he was parked near me.
Mike was all proud of his new RacerX looking blue suspension. Yes folks, Mike himself bought the cheep Chinese ripoff of Unlimited Engineering's well designed and unique RacerX suspension.
I took one look at it and said: "you'll bend it here, here and here". He laughed, didn't believe me and said something like "yea, but for the price I paid I could buy several for one of UE's".

Now remember, this is the same suspension that was such a knockoff of our RacerX that they actually used MY knuckles in their print advertising - yea, I know my own machining marks.

After the first qualifier Mike came back and said "Wow, you were right, it bent right here." He DNF'd by the way due to the failure of the Integy 'RacerX'

We laughed and struck op a conversation.

So you see fellas, even someone like Mike will buy the knockoff when it's cheep.

I remember this day as well - this was several years ago - pretty sure it was my first year in business, actually. I did dnf the 1st heat, but went on to win the EMaxx class this year - fortunately I also owned UE stuff. In my defense, price wasn't the only factor leading to the Integy purchase. I was also a new dealer for Integy at the time - this race was the first time I ever used the suspension in question, too. I have always been a "know what you sell" type of guy, so I had to put it through its paces. It was not UE quality for sure!
I didn't have my own parts at the time either, so I sold Integy, GorillaMaxx, RDLogics parts, in addition to brushless motors and ESCs. You approached me fairly aggressively spouting about buying US made stuff as you angrily tossed your SuperMaxx into a Toyota pickup(Ofna shocks and all) and I remember thinking about the irony as I tried to deflect the conversation. "How can you run this chinese crap!" were the first words you ever said to me! LOL.
Though we got off on the wrong foot early that day, we did develop a relationship from the experience that was fruitful for us both. I went on to become a UE dealer and sold UE parts for several years - shipping many orders overseas as you did not ship outside the US. I still own at least 2 Racer X suspensions, shocks, a lightning chassis, various pillow balls and misc. suspension components and many other UE parts on various trucks. I always admired the quality of UE parts and try to emulate this trait on my own line of parts. Trust me though, the day I found out my Slipperential was ripped off, this very experience was in my mind(racer x suspension wasn't patented, but situation is similar). If the maker of the clone was parked next to me as I was you that day, I may have been similarly aggressive. :)