Umm...only swaybars has ThunderbirdJunkie mentioned as being band-aids.
The chassis brace is something we shouldn't
need to install because Associated
should have gotten the materials and/or design right in the first place. If you disagree, feel free to let ThunderbirdJunkie know.
Please, let ThunderbirdJunkie know
everything he's described as a band-aid.
Let's see...30k+ weight front diff fluid? OH HEY, LOOK, GUYS ARE PINNING THEIR SLIPPERS AND USING LIGHTER DIFF FLUID; WOULDJA LOOKIT THAT. COMPENSATE FOR A POOR DESIGN AND YOU NO LONGER NEED THE BAND-AID.
Swaybars? ThunderbirdJunkie simply stated that most people use them as a band-aid for a not-quite-there setup. People were prematurely adding them and stating an improvement - which is to be expected - but most of these were box-stock trucks with mostly box-stock setups, which leads people to develop their setup with swaybars, which leads to trucks not being set up as well as they could be, thus continuing a vicious cycle of band-aiding.
Swaybars have their place, but not until the setup is getting close. Hell, that might be what ThunderbirdJunkie's truck was missing...but he won't know until he gets another one because he's still got NIP swaybars in his metric pitbox.
If you don't agree, that's fine...but ThunderbirdJunkie has not used the term "Band-aid" for much, and he hasn't said it often, either. Some people simply decide to get defensive because somebody else thinks outside of the box and doesn't want to follow simply because following is the cool thing to do; ThunderbirdJunkie never put his saddle packs down the center, and his truck was getting close to dialed. He sold it because he was tired of the lack of quality in the currently available parts, and as has happened in the past, the Factory Team will make that better. Why do you think they used the carbon in the first place? Because the normal plastic SUCKED.
Dunno how long you've been around, but ThunderbirdJunkie has watched the same exact trend with Associated of end-user development with first-run kits since 1996. If you'd like to argue these facts, why don't you talk to the long-time team drivers about the B4 and B2 and their developmental setup issues? AE has never had a good setup on ANYTHING out of the box aside from the FT SC10, and even
that sucks compared to some of the RTRs.
You were thinking it was not a good idea because you know, secretly, that ThunderbirdJunkie is 100% right.
Again, the third person thing...anybody that goes against your cookie-cutter grain is crazy unless they're a pro toy car driver eh?
Who's not making sense now
Saddle packs mounted to the rear, better plastics and other materials, and higher inner ballstud mounting pieces will make this truck the world-beater it should be.
The fact that you remembered something ThunderbirdJunkie said MONTHS ago must have struck a chord, because you're clinging to it like a starving puppy to its mother's teat. That means there must be truth to it.