Hot Racing Arrma 1/8 Aluminum Upper Chassis Brace Rod Ends (2)
About this part
Features:
- Balls are heat treated & hard chrome plated
- (2) CNC anodized aluminum shock ends
- (2) Steel heat treated ball
- (4) O-ring
- (2) Delrin shim
Reviews3.8 · 5 reviews
Excellent addition! Fits very nicely. 4 rubber o rings are for each side of the pivot balls to hold them in place not the rod ends like the guy said in the 1 start review. If you don't do what that guy did, it's perfect!
These Bash bar ends are beautiful and durable all at once! I have them on both my Arrma Talions! They come with a set screw and two spacers! You can add your own spacer to make the Hot Racing logo sit in position! Comes with everything you need to mount to the bash bar! If you have any questions there are many videos on YouTube that demonstrate how to mount! Amazing quality and bash tested! If I could give this product 10 stars I would!
Fit my Arrma Felony perfect. Im about 75% aluminum.
pretty sure you have to get the hot racing rear brace mount with these as both of mine did not fit
Would not buy again. Nylon crush washer would make a lot more sense if they didn’t require the 4 O-rings included to get correct length. So there’s no contact between rod and rod end, just the threaded rod holding the 2 together. Factory ends sit flush against ends of rod. Also pivots are too wide, had to pound them in with nylon hammer, so a pain to align thru screws.
Reviewers generally rate these aluminum upper chassis brace rod ends well, with several reporting a good fit on Arrma Talion and Felony models and praising the aluminum build quality. Installation details are a point of discussion: one reviewer says the included rubber O-rings sit on either side of the pivot balls rather than on the rod ends, which contradicts a lower-rated review. Two reviewers report the ends did not fit when used without the Hot Racing rear brace mount, and one lower-rated review says the pivots are too wide, requiring force to seat them and making alignment through the screws difficult. The one-star review also notes that the rod ends do not sit flush against the rod like factory ends.
- + Good fit on Arrma Talion and Felony
- + Aluminum build quality praised
- + Includes set screw and spacers
- + Durable and bash tested
- − Did not fit for some owners without rear brace mount
- − Pivots reported too wide, hard to align
- − Rod ends do not sit flush like factory ends
- − Installation instructions unclear on O-ring placement