The DE skids are good but I have worked with Rich at T-bone racing on some of his skids and that is all I will use. They are made out of Delrin insted of plastic and that alone makes them last alot longer. I run on a track that is very hard on chassis and skid plates I was going through 1 DE skidplate every 2-3 races and with the T-Bone skid I have had it on for 5 races so far and it is still going strong!!!!!!!! So now all that touches my buggy and truggy is T-Bone skid plates.