Originally Posted by justin payne

Hey all, wondering what your opinions are with the schelle ceramics vs. the avid ones. Any thoughts, suggestions, experiences.

Originally Posted by justin payne

Hey all, wondering what your opinions are with the schelle ceramics vs. the avid ones. Any thoughts, suggestions, experiences.

Originally Posted by Cpt.America

Waste of money IMO.... and this is coming from a guy that buys a LOT of crap for his RC cars Just run either the protec brearings from amain, or avids, and call it a day.

Originally Posted by Matt Trimmings

I built my b5m with the standard Avid bearings ($1 a bearing), I took the seals out, blew the grease out, lightly oiled them and was happy. A few months down the road I got a set of the schelle ceramics and it was night and day difference. Just in your hand you can feel the difference. They are a great upgrade for stock guys, mod....who cares...but stock racing you will want them.

Originally Posted by Cpt.America

Were you comparing rubber sealed bearings to metal shielded bearings? Big difference there. The only advantage I can find in ceramic bearings, is that they don't need to be replaced nearly as often. But my gearbox is apart often enough that I don't really care.

Originally Posted by Wildcat1971

I had a couple friends ask for my setup after running my car. I dont think there is anything magical about it, but I thought I would post it. Keep in mind, I run on high bite damp clay, but it might be mildly useful to anyone coming to SRS for nationals. The keys to any setup at SRS will be tires, foams, tire prep and tire/foam breakin. I had a few people that were complaining about traction levels. I lent them my tires and they seemed to feel their cars were much more planted. Remember buying the same tires as another guy, does not mean you have the same tires as another guy. YMMV

Originally Posted by Carter Flotron

I'm interested in this because I have never had the opportunity to drive on a track where slicks are the tire of choice.

are Red/yellow springs pretty common?

Originally Posted by ChadB.

I am picking up a B5 here soon to do a little offroad racing while we still have some sun and I was wondering what people's impressions are about the Takshima shock bodies. Are they worth the money?

Originally Posted by Matt Trimmings

That may be it then...i was comparing the cleaned $1 avid bearings to the schelle ceramic.

Originally Posted by QDRHRSE

Eh.....they're ok. You really don't need anything if you buy a lite. I have the Kashima coated shocks in a few of my cars and while you can [barely] feel that they are smoother, its not night and day. If you have the money burning a hole in your pocket, then by all means, get em. Its like anything else, what you want isn't always what you need. I have several B5Ms and that are all set up the same but a couple of them have fancier upgrades and if they are all well serviced my laps times are pretty much the same.

Originally Posted by Cpt.America

The rubber shielded bearing (even just one side) adds measurable drag to the bearing. Double metal raced bearings are better, but need to be cleaned or replace more often.

Originally Posted by carcrazy699

In the B5M lite has the rubber sealed bearings but the rubber is only one one side. So it would be better to replace these with just the metal shielded ones? I was going to order the ceramic ones for the transmission soon.