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siscokid
07-18-2010, 01:16 PM
Heres my picture of the damage of crashing into a lampost

http://i876.photobucket.com/albums/ab330/chrisk6531/hpi%20savage/th_18072010020.jpg (http://s876.photobucket.com/albums/ab330/chrisk6531/hpi%20savage/?action=view&current=18072010020.jpg)http://i876.photobucket.com/albums/ab330/chrisk6531/hpi%20savage/th_18072010019.jpg (http://s876.photobucket.com/albums/ab330/chrisk6531/hpi%20savage/?action=view&current=18072010019.jpg)

There lower arms split not snapped just were they joined at seam popping of the pin and the drive rod came out the tyre came of wheel

Could of been alot worse it gave me a laugh

Bankrupter
07-18-2010, 01:23 PM
Got duct tape ? lol not to bad arms are cheap on ebay ... just reglue that tire but im sure you know that ..

J1A1H
07-19-2010, 03:59 AM
nothing a few zip ties cant fix

siscokid
07-19-2010, 04:19 AM
update all in the pictures fixed but then found that the wheel hub snapped so looks like it be on the fixing table until my parts arrive

Bankrupter
07-19-2010, 09:32 AM
update all in the pictures fixed but then found that the wheel hub snapped so looks like it be on the fixing table until my parts arrive

That sucks.. I know you have most likely read to say clear of alloy suspension part "hop ups". Most are down grades. But the hub is one part in alloy that holds up to this abuse. The plastic hub is a typical fail point on simple crashes like this..