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11-24-2015, 03:27 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Toronto
Posts: 96
|  Wraith Skid
Im working on assembling pieces for a build and not going the kit route. Is it worth going with the Hot racing skid or is there little advantage to it? thanks! |
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11-24-2015, 03:48 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Missoula
Posts: 1,346
| Re: Wraith Skid
Disadvantage. Get a stock skid. |
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11-24-2015, 04:27 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Spur, TX
Posts: 541
| Re: Wraith Skid
Stock plastic skids dont gouge as easily as the aluminum skids. This translates to less hangups, and sliding over sharp peaks and etc easier.
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11-24-2015, 04:34 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Anchorage, Alaska
Posts: 3,099
| Re: Wraith Skid
stock plastic skid slides off rocks better then alloy will. save your money and spend it elsewhere. if I were to use a different skid besides the original... it would be one machined from delrin. |
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11-24-2015, 05:30 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: May 2013 Location: kinzers
Posts: 180
| Re: Wraith Skid
ive been using alum skid for over yr I use a little sex wax on it from my skate boarding dayz and its held up great its never hung up like I was warned it would wax seem to do the same as it did for grinding truks on concrete curbs
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11-24-2015, 05:52 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: The Angels
Posts: 433
| Re: Wraith Skid
Isnt sex wax for surfboards, ie. soft and sticky?
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11-24-2015, 05:58 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: a land bereft of rocks
Posts: 366
| Re: Wraith Skid
Another vote for stock. As long as you don't strip out anything it will last a very very long time.
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11-24-2015, 07:04 PM
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| Pebble Pounder  Join Date: May 2015 Location: nesbit
Posts: 125
| Re: Wraith Skid
Yes I have to agree with the majority, plastic seems to glide better while keeping it lighter than aluminum!
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11-25-2015, 11:50 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Ramona, CA
Posts: 2,178
| Re: Wraith Skid
You mean those bearings are worthless for sliding over rocks?  |
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11-26-2015, 09:08 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: May 2015 Location: St. Paul
Posts: 122
| Re: Wraith Skid
Those bearings are down low wait.
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11-27-2015, 09:10 AM
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| Suck it up!   Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Arkansas
Posts: 11,652
| Re: Wraith Skid
Plastic (stock or delrin), steel (stainless or otherwise), or titanium is best for things that get frequently dragged over rocks. Aluminum will eventually get gouged up enough that it does more harm than good. The stock Wraith skid works just fine. Quote:
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