Radius Rod Recommendations

[Hello_Darkness]

After an hour of reviewing bushing joints, I dont know how to make something reasonable with the prices of off the shelf parts. I'm looking at making a set of Radius rods for $700

TALON R/X RADIUS ROD KITS SET OF 4 — Raceco-usa

- 7075-T6 AIRCRAFT ALUMINUM - 75% STRONGER LATERAL LOAD THAN 6061-T6 - HARD ANODIZED - CNC MACHINED - CHROMOLY TEFLON LINED FK-JMX SERIES ROD ENDS - 17-4 HEAT TREATED MISALIGHNMENT SPACERS

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[ToddACimer]

TALON R/X RADIUS ROD KITS SET OF 4 — Raceco-usa

- 7075-T6 AIRCRAFT ALUMINUM - 75% STRONGER LATERAL LOAD THAN 6061-T6 - HARD ANODIZED - CNC MACHINED - CHROMOLY TEFLON LINED FK-JMX SERIES ROD ENDS - 17-4 HEAT TREATED MISALIGHNMENT SPACERS

www.raceco-usa.com

I don't want straight lowers and I don't want heim joints.

 

[Hello_Darkness]

I don't want straight lowers and I don't want heim joints.

Arched lowers are useless, they just put everything else in harms way

We've been through several different races with these and never bent one

 

[Hondasxs]

We've been through several different races with these and never bent one

I wouldn't expect a race to bend one anyway.
Well, not like we would bend them.
More so, getting caught on rocks.

I 100% think you need arched arms.

 

[ToddACimer]

Arched lowers are useless, they just put everything else in harms way

We've been through several different races with these and never bent one

A lot of us need the arch for low speed stuff. Following my Pioneer in turf mode I bent both the front a-arm and radius rod on the talon at 5mph in the marsh. Ground clearance is important as the stock parts are 1 time use. The pioneer came back from the same spot with bent front a-arms 3 years in a row. Haven't bent an arched SuperATV arm yet.

 

[Scrappapotamus]

I wouldn't expect a race to bend one anyway.
Well, not like we would bend them.
More so, getting caught on rocks.

I 100% think you need arched arms.

I bent one of my stock radius arms at TO24 this year. Jamie at Raceco makes some very nice items that I have on the Talons. His parts are well made and very refined. I installed CA Tech on mine after reading and watching reviews for probably everything on the market. Their front A Arms are nice

 

[Hello_Darkness]

I wouldn't expect a race to bend one anyway.
Well, not like we would bend them.
More so, getting caught on rocks.

I 100% think you need arched arms.

4 hours in Iowa Woods and hour after hour of Indiana XC racing you'd figure we'd bend them sooner or later

We've broken everything else

 

[ScottJ24]

Sweet, thanks. Did you paint them yourself? I didnt see an option for colors.

You are correct they only come in black powder coat. I was having my bumpers and beadlock rings powdered red. My powder guy told me 40 bucks more to strip off the black and redo in red. I couldn't say no.

 

[Bcavin351]

I have been running the CA-Tech arms upper and lower for about 2 years now and I just had to change the heim joints. I love them

 

[ScottJ24]

Looks like the kit from Dragon Fire, but painted. I want those for an X with Johnny Joints or bushings to replace the heims. That looks great.

They are Powdercoated not painted. I had mine stripped and powdercoated to match my car. I was doing 8 beadlock rings so i just put them in with that orded. You could Buy the radius rods for a R model and cut them down to the X spec and reuse the threaded bung. Use a good stock X for a length reference. The nice thing with Heim Joints is you can adjust for any slight varation in length.