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Old Feb 15, 2005 | 03:35 PM
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Default front and rear raptor wheel spacers?

how good are these?

are they worth buying to widen the thing out or not?
 
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Old Feb 15, 2005 | 04:10 PM
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Default front and rear raptor wheel spacers?

i HIGHLY do not recommend these for various reasons
1.) expensive
2.) wont hold up nearly as good as stock
3.) you wont be doing any jumps....any big ones anyways
4.) they get caught up in a lot of crap in trails

this is just my opinion...some will disagree with me
 
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Old Feb 15, 2005 | 04:58 PM
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Default front and rear raptor wheel spacers?

Their fine, as long as you only get the rear. Shav0 i believe has front and rear spacers, and does huge jumps and they hold up fine. Put front spacers put strain on the wheel bearings, so i suggest just rear. They are a cheap way to add with. but if you can wing it, try just an exteended axle. the raptor only needs to be widend in the back to get rid of the tippy feeling.
 
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Old Feb 15, 2005 | 06:01 PM
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Default front and rear raptor wheel spacers?

Originally posted by: ZimRaptor
i HIGHLY do not recommend these for various reasons
1.) expensive
2.) wont hold up nearly as good as stock
3.) you wont be doing any jumps....any big ones anyways
4.) they get caught up in a lot of crap in trails

this is just my opinion...some will disagree with me
i dont think that they are expensive. they are cheaper then axles or A arms but you do get what you pay for. i havent had any trouble with mine (i have front and rear wheel spacers). the one flaw i have with mine (mainly cuz i have stock suspension) is if you have spacers in the front makes the A arms longer so it has more leverage to compress your shocks. this can make for a softer ride but on a my blaster it just kinda weakens the shocks potential. i jump my blaster with the spacers and havent had a single problem. maybe i will in the future but all i know is it made my blaster feel 100% better (but partly because i put on holeshots on smaller rims too) [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]. i think they would work fine for you if you just put them on the rear (putting them on the rear doesnt affect suspension cuz it doesnt change the length of the swingarm. i dont have any problem with mine getting caught up in trails but then again i dont ride trails too much. make your own judgement. hope this helps. Good luck!
 
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