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hi, i have just bought an FG alloy front arms/hubs from ebay. i had just got them but not happy as they look like a chinese copy!:mad: But am not sure...

heres a picture of the arms that i bought:

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/217/photo2sru.jpg/

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/401/photo1olo.jpg/

they look like these selling on ebay but they fake too.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Alloy-Fro...sGames_RadioControlled_JN&hash=item4162c3c504

What do you guys think? is it a fake or what??

Thanks for you help in advance.
 

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hi mate

well, they are alloy by the looks but VERY low grade, they prob be weaker than the plastic stock ones :(

Unfortunately cuz hes listed them as he has, then he aint really broke any rules or fasle advertising etc as he doesn't say they are FG, just says they will fit FG etc :/
 
tizdaz said:
hi mate

well, they are alloy by the looks but VERY low grade, they prob be weaker than the plastic stock ones :(

Unfortunately cuz hes listed them as he has, then he aint really broke any rules or fasle advertising etc as he doesn't say they are FG, just says they will fit FG etc :/
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sorry the ebay link is for a diffrent seller,

theres the ones i bought:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270921581414&ssPageName=ADME:L:OC:GB:1123

and yes he did mention that they are FG hubs..
 
They look like old marder hubs but even they had bolt on arms.

I'll dig out the part numbers for the items you do want and then atleast you'll be able to look at photos on hobbytek or somewhere before you buy on ebay again.
 
i did look for them in hobbytek but they had the new/ 2 piece hubs, so i thought that they were just the old ones not fake!
 
CALIC said:
sorry the ebay link is for a diffrent seller,

theres the ones i bought:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270921581414&ssPageName=ADME:L:OC:GB:1123

and yes he did mention that they are FG hubs..
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They do look substantially different to these!!

http://rc-car-online-shop.de/shop/en/products/fg_4403_01-4403-01-front-alloy-uprights-2pcs-.html

Even these:
http://rc-car-online-shop.de/shop/e...-6103-05-alloy-upright-front-1:6-2wd-set.html
Which don't look amazing, but you can notice the difference in the alloy quality.

You can only try them out and see how they hold up.
If they are cast, as they appear, they may not take a hit too well!
Not good news I know. See how you get on.

Al.
 
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