fibre lyte xx4 tower stiffeners

[losixxx]

any one use the fibre lyte tower stiffeners on there xx4 if so what's your verdict??

[bigred5765]

we started running them indoors
broke a front tower clean in half and managed to finish the race on the brace

[Col]

Worth it's weight in gold - not broken a shock tower since fitting it!

[trekkerkk]

they are very good and strong,

trekkker

[niggs98]

i find them awsome,you will notice that the tower will break in stages around it but can continue to be used to a point. it has saved me a fortune in the last 12 months

[losixxx]

cheer's guy's guess i better get on the phone and order a set then

[tyreman]

My only concern with that would be where would the weak point be in a bad crash?? if it's not the tower maybe the chassis?.

I think yesterday was an exceptionaly bad meeting for breakages (it's never been that bad before) as the wind was getting under the cars and lifting the front end up, also when was the last time you broke a tower, could this just be put down to 1 bad meeting.

[niggs98]

erm to be honest ive had some pretty impresive crashes and all i seem to do is to pull the front screws out of the bulkhead by 3-4 threads, and ran most of last year with the front threads purposly semi striped to have that as a saving grace

[Gayo]

I never broke a tower since I have them (2 years, like 20 meetings) Now I have 5 expensive towers bored on my spares box.
Chassis is fine depite my driving

Edit : I'm not sure if they still make RC stuff, the website says they stopped.

[losixxx]

they still make them, e-mailed them earlier today

[super__dan]

Get my vote as well, ACE!

[Fiddybux]

I use Penguin RC ones.

They have been ace so far.

The only thing that concerns me is the fit between the front tower and the front brace....you either have to leave a small gap and stick plastic washers up top (this is because the closest you can get at the bottom is against the ball cup protrusions which don't line up with the top of the tower) or you can dremel the ball cup protrusions a bit, but this makes them weaker and it means you have to modify every front shock tower....so I run with a gap.

Does anyone run without a gap?

[super__dan]

Yep, get Fibrelyte to make a thicker one for you!

Seriously, that's what mine is. It's also freaking thick so towers never (rarely) break.

[Fiddybux]

Got a pic superdan me old mucker?

[super__dan]

Best I can do

[bigred5765]

Originally Posted by Fiddybux

I use Penguin RC ones.

They have been ace so far.

The only thing that concerns me is the fit between the front tower and the front brace....you either have to leave a small gap and stick plastic washers up top (this is because the closest you can get at the bottom is against the ball cup protrusions which don't line up with the top of the tower) or you can dremel the ball cup protrusions a bit, but this makes them weaker and it means you have to modify every front shock tower....so I run with a gap.

Does anyone run without a gap?

surely if theres a gap there doing nothing as in not braced against anything
no extra strength

[Fiddybux]

That's very clear to me...mine looks like this:



As you can see, I have a gap which I've spaced out with a plastic washer.

So these fibrelyte ones are thicker and go "all the way" so to speak?

[bigred5765]

doesn't that kinda defeat the objective of the tower brace

[Northy]

It'll help a bit, but isn't ideal.

G

[racingdwarf]

Super dan

Is that a metal brace between the front whishbone pins I can see? If it is, is that an X5 thing or can I do it to my xx4?

Chees