Originally Posted by
Besercoe
i have not received my t3 yet, but i built a few late edition 09's for my lhs, and a few parts had dropped in quality.
some small alloy pieces had a dirty thin black ano instead of the usual rich gold.
the diffs are the same dirty black instead of the hard ano coating of the last 10 years.
The driveshaft couplers look like plain steel instead of spring steel.
and seems that the turnbuckles are now black alloy instead of spring steel.
only small tings, but for long time xray followers it is glaringly obvious and disapointing.
the cause of black ano is some parts are black now in T3, so the latest T2'009 were produced with these parts
when I say poor quality of the parts I'm not referring to color, but just the workmanship of parts
in my kit I found threadless alu 5mm ball ends (for anti-roll bars, #303431-K), smears on carbon parts and other small imperfections, especially in screws
XRAY can't afford these things
