flm extended arms vs kraken X2E

[DAVE1979SK]

One question . flm extended arms vs kraken X2E extended arms . Which are more suitable for heavy baja with big bore engine. Can the plastic kraken withstand impacts ?. Is it worth saving weight or paying extra for strength ? . I would also like to know what kind of warranty the X2E have , if any at all.. as far as I can see, you can't buy only one side separately in case of a broken front arm.. you can only buy the full set , or only the rear arms

 

[John Parks]

Flm is certainly stronger bar none, lots of pros and cons to both. Personally I'd go flm with a bigbore as the plastic arms can have more flex.

With that said, I am running kraken arms on My baja with the scott finlay rc50 and have had good luck, but it's a field Basher, if I was going to be catching good air or on tough terrain with guaranteed rollovers I'd go flm. I've had some pretty wicked rollovers with 46lb bajas and never tweaked a flm arm. Part of that is I run an aluminum bulkhead, aluminum arms, but plastic wheels hubs. Most of the time the wheel hubs take 80% of the impact.

I know I'm going to break kraken arms, but it's a risk I'm going to take as I have other bajas setup differently.

 

[Andyinchville1]

HI,

Just curious but how much more stability / resistance to flipping over sideways do extended A arms offer?

I can't remember which brand I saw but they claim to widen the track by 8 inches!

Thanks
Andrew