Originally Posted by CypressMidWest

Those "nice parts" are mostly all for show... Every major carpet race of the 2010-2011 season in 17.5 was won with a virtually box stock Gen XL. It fared pretty well in the 13.5 and Mod classes too. Not to mention Simo winning the Mod Euros first time out with the car. Plastic isn't necessarily bad.

I made the A at every regional and National level race I ran last year with my two seasons old Gen XL. The only "hop-ups" I have on the car are the Aluminum left side bulkhead, and the front-end H-brace in case I choose to go long-arm up front. Aside from freshening up some pivots, and the occasional bent kingpin, I've replaced nothing.

The bottom line is that nearly any of the latest generation of 12th scale chassis are good performers. CRC just has the best customer service, and a more complete 12th scale package, as far as tires, bodies, tube lubes, etc. Plus their team drivers are the nicest guys around........