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November 13, 2014

Avid D413 hard-anodised aluminium chassis set

Available now from Avid is the hard-anodised aluminium chassis set for the HB D413. Born from a winning pedigree, Avid’s IFMAR World Champion winning B44.2 aluminium chassis, the HB part is further refined by lowering the ballast weight even more into the chassis, oversized chamfers on the bottom corners for increased stability during those inevitable chassis dragging moments, and an optional floating servo mount allows the chassis to twist equally left to right. Included with the set comes the 7075-T6 chassis, one delrin and one aluminium ballast weight, a carbon fibre battery stop, an Upgrade RC chassis protector, and an Avid decal. Additional 3g delrin, 7g aluminium, or 21g brass inserts are sold separately for more tuning options.

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October 24, 2014

Avid B5 series aluminium battery thumbwheels

Avid’s new B5/B5M battery thumbwheels are a direct replacement for the stock blue parts found on Team Associated’s latest 2WD buggy. They are of a very lightweight design with the two Avid parts equalling the weight of a single stock thumbwheel and they also up the visual appearance of the buggy with their black anodising and laser etching. Included with the parts come two O-rings and mini decal sheet.

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October 16, 2014

Avid red 1/10th wing mount buttons

Avid’s popular wing mount buttons are now also available in a red colour version. Offering a low profile design the CNC-machined aluminium parts sport a large diameter to keep 1/10th buggy wings as well as highly stressed touring car wings in place even at high speeds which results in improved aerodynamic efficiency. The red anodised buttons come laser-etched and work on all cars with M3 wing mount screws.

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September 25, 2014

Avid D8T carbon fibre arm inserts

New from Avid and made for the Hot Bodies D8T 1/8th scale nitro truggy are carbon fibre inserts for the front and rear A-arms. Developed and used by Ty Tessmann to win the 2014 Dirt Nitro Challenge the inserts offer another tuning feature by reducing the flex and twist in the arm. The carbon inserts starts as a 3.9mm thick piece which is milled down to 2mm thick while leave 6 islands still at 3.9mm and to finish them up the islands are pocketed in the middle to 2mm to remove unnecessary weight. These inserts are installed on the bottom of the arm and the islands key around the moulded ribs in the arm. Installing these pieces will take some personal time and they are available as separate front and rear set as well as a combo containing both the front and rear inserts and the needed drill bits to prepare the truck’s arms.

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September 19, 2014

Avid carbon fibre touring car option parts

Avid have a range of optional carbon fibre parts for the Xray T4, Team Associated TC6.2 and the Yokomo BD7 available. The line-up includes 2.0mm carbon chassis, 2.0mm and 1.5mm top decks, as well as 2.0mm shock towers with all parts being direct replacements for the kit items. The chassis allow to lower the centre of gravity and the roll centres more than stock and they are specially cut to ensure equal twisting resistance side to side. Also the chassis shape is smoothed to keep droop screw platforms from digging into the track during hard cornering. Different thickness top decks help to fine-tune the chassis stiffness to adapt the cars for both carpet and asphalt racing. The shock tower are available separately for the front and rear and as combo sets including both the front and rear shock stay.

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September 12, 2014

Avid Triad Evo slipper plates

Avid introduce their new Triad Evo slipper clutch. It utilises a new plate design that is self-centring so there is no longer a need for the three hard-to-mount black washers. Avid also added three vented slots in order to remove some rotating mass and to help with cooling the plates during a vented operation. The original Triad slipper clutch kits will have a running name change to Triad Evo and will include the new Evo plates along with a new set of install instructions. The Evo plates are also available separately if racers would like to upgrade their current slipper, nothing else is needed. They are compatible on every vehicle except the Durango conversion. Due to the nature of the Durango design they are too tight for operation so now the Durango upgrade kit will include two original Triad plates without any price change. For customers that just recently purchased a Triad slipper and have yet to use it, Avid will honour a free exchange of the original plates for the new Evo plates.

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September 6, 2014

Avid 1/8th Hex track width spacers

New from Avid are these 1/8th Hex track width spacers (17mm) which are a great way to adjust the width of any 1/8th scale buggy or truggy without having to change out your hubs. Typically this will help stabilize a vehicle by increasing track width and scrub. You can choose from two sizes, 1.0mm and 0.5mm, or just order a set that includes 6 of each size.

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September 5, 2014

Avid 5.5mm & 4.9mm titanium ball studs

Avid introduce their new titanium ball studs for Team Associated B5 and SC10 4×4 vehicles as well as Xray’s T4 and XB4 cars. Coming as 5.5mm variant for the metric Team Associated kits and as 4.9mm pivots for the Xray cars, the ball studs are made from billet 6Al-4V titanium for around 40 percent less weight without sacrificing strength. A 2mm allen head on top of the ball helps makes for easy removal of the balls that come as complete sets for the aforementioned vehicles or as pairs in the most common dimensions.

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