Whats the advantage or disadvantage to having a +2 A arm assembly over stock? What does the +2 mean also?

 

+2 means two inches widder in each side, a total of 4 inches. it goves you better stability and allows you to make turns faster. i dont find any disadvantages to it besides the fact that it wont fit in very tight trials. but id recommend +2 or +3 a-arms, most aftrermarket a-arms are made of chromoly, these are way stonger that stock

 

So it really wouldnt make any sense to upgrade the front by adding +2 arms and not do anything to the rear ie. wider axle?

 

One thing you need to keep in mind is that you'll need aftermarket shocks valved for extended a-arms if you want it to perform right. It's extra leverage, so the stock shocks won't cut it. It'll be just as tippy as it was stock because the shocks can't handle it. So that's at least another 350 on top of the a-arms, which usually run around 450 for a good set. And you'd benefit from it a lot more if you combined it with an extended axle.

 

Theres alot of "what ifs" on the shocks. Alot depends on the machine, the riders weight and the shock used. My son weighs about 90lbs. He rides a 03' Blaster with +3, +1 ASR a-arms with stock Banshee shocks. (set to middle preload) His Blaster, in our riding conditions, is flat out awsome, for him!! Now I exspect that as he keeps growing, I'll have to get him some better shocks, but for right now it works. Not saying that anybody would have the same results as us, but you might make due for awhile on the shocks. In my opinion, that is the best mod we've done to his Blaster. By the way, we run spacers on the rear and we do ALOT of jumping and woops with no problems. As a matter of fact, he broke both stock top a-arms from jumping.