Originally Posted by
TheCore
there's nothing "wrong" with the stock ones, the blue a, b, c & d plates are just stronger and allow for more tune-ability. becareful tho the blue is like a drug, and before ya know it you double the price of your ride just in blue upgrades.
wow, those are back in stock... mmm.. yummy blue aluminum
and no THOSE particular ones aren't included in the kit.
keep an eye out on ebay for the championship upgrades, the dismantlers spit out parts pretty regularly.
IMO the design of the FT suspension plates that hold the hinge pins is far superior in durability. The stock plate uses a screw as a stop for the hole the the hinge pin goes into. I think that the flaw with this design is when there is an impact, since so little of the hinge pin is actually inside the hole of the plate that is only a few milimeters thick, the force of the impact can allow the hinge pin to pop loose. I have first hand experience with this unfortunately. The blue is nice though...
But with the FT suspension plate, the B plate uses a bushing like the A plate and allows much more of the hinge pin to actually seat inside the plate. I ran this thing pretty hard all week end with out any problems, including a couple of jumps that involved at least a 10 cart wheel landing!