Baja in alloy

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Hi all,

What will the baja be like with a full alloy upgrade? So far i have only got rear hub carriers in alloy, but i loke the look of alloy and im sure it will be much stronger overall with alloy than plastic.

Any suggestions?

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you ll gain weight. alot of guys do a full alloy build, but i prefer to leave some items stock for break points. i run stock hubs F and R, Stock Shock towers in rear, and shock tower supports in front. this allows the plastic parts to fail opposed to bending the alloy. also the parts that i have kept stock, are easy to change parts.
 
The alloy adds way to much weight in my opinion. You
need plastic parts for a weak point. Plus a 23cc is going
to have a real workout with that kind of weight. In alot of
cases there is no need to have an alloy part except for
the BLING factor.
JUST MY TWO CENTS>
 
iv just bought some alloy rear hubs for my baja 5b and they feel so much more solid than the stock ones. I took a hit off a marder a few weeks ago and it just smashed my stock rear hub clean off!

I want my baja to be like a tank! Not too worried about loosing a few mph, il just have to upgrade the engine.

How i look at it is real cars don't have any plastic parts so i don't want my toy car to either :)
 
You should be selective when you choose the alloy parts. Like Tim said, you need some parts to give in order to save more expensive parts.

The hubs are a good idea, not only for durability, but performance as well.

Also, look into lower rear arms, i noticed that they are worth it.


Chris
 
noddy_2121 said:
How i look at it is real cars don't have any plastic parts so i don't want my toy car to either :)
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Where are you located? Have you looked at a Saturn lately? There is a reason they guarantee them not to dent. :laugh:

Alloy is good in the areas that you tend to have constant failures. The rest of the areas I keep plastic.
 
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