Avid have announced the release of their new chassis protector sheets for the Team Associated B74 buggy. Made in cooperation with Stickit1Racing, the stickers will protect the chassis bottom from becoming scratched or damaged when running on abrasive surfaces or on track with huge jumps. The chassis skins come pre-cut for easy application, they include an extra tail piece and they are available in black or white colour.
Avid have introduced new unsprung brass weights for the Awesomatix A800 and A700 touring cars. The weights attach to the end of the front arms to give more on-power responsiveness, causing the car to feel more direct when coming out of the corners, almost feeling like it slingshots out. The radiused bottom keeps the weights from digging into the wheel on big hits.
Avid’s new piston drill set includes twist drill bits between 1.1mm and 2.0mm in increments of 0.1mm, ideal to modify existing or custom-build new shock pistons. The set comes with a handy drill bit holder so owners can easily drill custom pistons by hand. The tools come in a convenient box that has a color-coordinated label, allowing to quickly figure out the drill bit size if they get out of order.
The new Avid Triad 17mm capped wheel nuts are designed to ensure that the wheel nut will never come off unintended with the aggressive serration ensuring improved safety. Avid also made them with the intention of good looks while providing the silver chamfer highlight in the area where the colour is usually rubbed. The wheel nuts come in sets of four in blue or black colour.
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Avid have added a range of chassis protector sheets to their line up. Made in association with Stickit1Racing, the durable chassis skins provide protection from abrasive surfaces, rocks, and other abuse with the black or white design covering most racer’s needs. The decals are available for most of today’s 1/10th scale off-road kits including the ones of Team Associated, Schumacher, Tekno, TLR, Yokomo and Xray. Also available are universal sheets of 340mm x 130mm of size.
Coming from Avid and made for the TLR 22 series of kits is a titanium king pin screw set. It allows to remove some weight from the kit steel king pin screws and add some nice looks to the vehicle. The screws are machined from billet 6Al-4V titanium, they are 50 percent lighter than the stock parts and for the 22 5.0/4.0/3.0, 22-4 2.0/1.0, 22T 4.0/3.0, and 22SCT 3.0.
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Coming from Avid and made for the Tekno EB410 and ET410 kits are the new FastTune titanium shock stand offs. They are replacements for the new #TKR6527B standoff that use the keyed shock bushings #TKR6780. They include Avid’s FastTune feature which allows to use a common 1.5mm Allen wrench to prevent the standoff from spinning while using a 5.5mm socket wrench on the other side. The other solutions out there require to either take the shock completely off the standoff to reach the 7.0mm nut or to use a 7.0mm open-ended socket wrench. In addition to being easier to wrench on they help to lose some weight from the highest point on the car by switching from steel to titanium. The set includes four shock standoffs machined from billet 6Al-4V titanium.
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Coming from Avid is their new LiPo voltage checker for 2S to 8S LiPo battery packs. The overall voltage can be checked by plugging the black wire of the balance port to the left side of the checker with the device displaying the voltage on the large display. The total voltage range is 0.5V to 36V with the alarm set value range being “off” or 2.7V to 3.8V with the preset being 3.3V per cell. The voltage checker is available in black or white colour and it is usable with all ranges of LiPo batteries.
