Chad Bradley has ran the plastic braces I know for sure, all the kyosho drivers use the plastic arm mounts, so I dont see what it could hurt, yes the arm mounts will wear faster obviously than cnc alum, but if you maintain your car,thats no big deal, Im going to try the plastic braces and arm mounts, If I dont like them or have problems with excessive flexing, wear or breakage, I still have all my cnc pieces that I can put back on