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morrjr71 said:
Not really: I'm just a fan of quality hardware on my RC vehicles.
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You'll have to let us know how you like them. I put a set of that brands ceramics in a little castle 1406 motor, don't necessarily notice a difference but for only $5 more than the regulars they were worth trying
 
Horatio said:
Let us know how they hold up on a basher vehicle - they're a good deal more fragile than steel bearings.
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I don't bash hard - I mainly run fast in my huge back yard with very few jumps. One of the reasons I went with ceramic is to help with keeping water damage to a minimum: steel balls rust, ceramic balls don't.
 
morrjr71 said:
I don't bash hard - I mainly run fast in my huge back yard with very few jumps. One of the reasons I went with ceramic is to help with keeping water damage to a minimum: steel balls rust, ceramic balls don't.
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They run smoother with little lubrication vs steel. I ran ceramics on my touring cars (for bigger races), but they're definitely less tolerant to impacts.

I prefer rubber sealed bearings for wet conditions for use on off road cars/trucks.

Let us know how these hold up for 1/8th off road. 👍
 
Horatio said:
They run smoother with little lubrication vs steel. I ran ceramics on my touring cars (for bigger races), but they're definitely less tolerant to impacts.

I prefer rubber sealed bearings for wet conditions for use on off road cars/trucks.

Let us know how these hold up for 1/8th off road. 👍
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The bearings I have are hybrid- steel races and ceramic balls. They are also rubber sealed.
 
I put the Xtreme Chassis Brace in my Muraco tonight. Talk about a PITA - the brace comes completely unassembled in a bag with no instructions. There were a lot of different length screws and nuts that needed to go into the right places. Fortunately, I've seen enough pictures to tell where all the major parts went, so it wasn't too bad.

An additional advantage of the brace kit is that it replaces the stock composite steering deck with the TC aluminum steering deck, and it replaces the stock hinge pins with the screw-in pins that are used in the bashing option. It's a significant improvement over the factory setup.
 
morrjr71 said:
I put the Xtreme Chassis Brace in my Muraco tonight. Talk about a PITA - the brace comes completely unassembled in a bag with no instructions. There were a lot of different length screws and nuts that needed to go into the right places. Fortunately, I've seen enough pictures to tell where all the major parts went, so it wasn't too bad.

An additional advantage of the brace kit is that it replaces the stock composite steering deck with the TC aluminum steering deck, and it replaces the stock hinge pins with the screw-in pins that are used in the bashing option. It's a significant improvement over the factory setup.
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Post some pictures! 👍
 
Pics, as requested.

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Koma71 said:
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That would have helped if I had had that before I put it together, but I got it together on my own. I found out from personal experience and a YouTube video that some of the fastener lengths that Corally recommends are either too short to provide enough strength (i.e. 10mm long top steering deck fasteners) or are too long, which allows the ends of the fasteners to stick out beyond the end of the locking nuts. I'm talking about a couple of millimeters in both cases. I replaced the ones that came with the kit with what I felt were the correctly sized fasteners from my collection of fasteners.
 
KnowAir said:
I thought so, but there are some parts coming out, so wasn't sure..
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Corally is smart in that they keep a lot of the upgrade market in-house by providing 7075 and other parts to their customers at better prices than the aftermarket normally charges. By selling upgrade parts themselves, Corally keeps a revenue chain going after the initial sale, whereas Arrma leaves the aftermarket to other manufacturers. Think how much money Arrma might make if they offered upgrade parts themselves, or if Arrma offered aftermarket brands for sale on the Arrma web site.
 
morrjr71 said:
Corally is smart in that they keep a lot of the upgrade market in-house by providing 7075 and other parts to their customers at better prices than the aftermarket normally charges. By selling upgrade parts themselves, Corally keeps a revenue chain going after the initial sale, whereas Arrma leaves the aftermarket to other manufacturers. Think how much money Arrma might make if they offered upgrade parts themselves, or if Arrma offered aftermarket brands for sale on the Arrma web site.
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It's good that they have 'tuning' parts, as well as the stock parts - but there's still plenty of room for M2C and Scorched parts to offer up their machined stuff for Corally rigs. It's a world away from the mass produced stuff.

Example, the Kronos XTR 7075 chassis is 3mm. That's the same thickness as a nitro racing truggy that has (at best) 50% less HP going through it than the XTR.

There's plenty of scope for better parts for Corally rigs, outside of what Corally already offer. M2C and Scorched are yet to tool up for Corally which is a shame I feel.

Guess we'll have to wait and see what the future holds, eh?
 
Horatio said:
It's good that they have 'tuning' parts, as well as the stock parts - but there's still plenty of room for M2C and Scorched parts to offer up their machined stuff for Corally rigs. It's a world away from the mass produced stuff.

Example, the Kronos XTR 7075 chassis is 3mm. That's the same thickness as a nitro racing truggy that has (at best) 50% less HP going through it than the XTR.

There's plenty of scope for better parts for Corally rigs, outside of what Corally already offer. M2C and Scorched are yet to tool up for Corally which is a shame I feel.

Guess we'll have to wait and see what the future holds, eh?
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I don't doubt there is room for quality aftermarket parts for Corally vehicles, but a company is not going to tool up for vehicles that don't have a large market share. Here in the US, Traxxas and Arrma are the 800-pound gorillas in the RC market, and Corally has a very small percentage of the market. Corally might have a larger percentage of the market in Europe, but the quantity sold may not be enough to justify the investment in tooling and marketing.
 
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