Thoughts on Aluminum Steering mount and rear hubs

[mulepic]

Anyone have any experience/info on 50005 and/or 50007? Are these good upgrades or more problems?

 

[rcgasser]

IMO more for just show the stock plastic one last just fine but if you want to add more bling to the DR those would be good.

 

[mulepic]

Does it add any rigidity? I notice the hubs are starting to develop some (more) slop would these help that?

 

[rcgasser]

Yes I gues it would I just perfer plastic because I prefer it to break then to bend and get out of shape and I can not use it either way. Were are you getting slop at????? I have raned my DR to death for over a year and never had any problems with these parts so i would like to see where you are getting slop at.

 

[blueeyedboy100]

I've just upgraded my TT and DR with alloy hubs just for the bling factor. But I've got to say that I get a LOT of wobble in the top knuckle joint. I'm going to have toile some bushes to take it out I think. Don't think the standard aluminium hop ups are worth the effort. The 7070 probably are