Carbon fiber steering links

[scoutdawg]

Has anyone tried them yet? I know it wont take the side impact like aluminum would but I am thinking of using carbon fiber tube as a tie rod on my Berg comp rig. Lemme hear your thoughts.
Thanks

[The Violator]

It will not last. Upper links maybe, not on steering or lowers.

[pajey]

Any sort of real impact and you'll be wishing you have an aluminum one. Its just not somewhere you can save weight by using cf.

[1r3land]

Id just go wth titanium ... Light weight , strong...

[OregonCrawlerKing]

I have had no issues with the stuff. All its doing is covering the allthread. I would just not use it for lowers. Delrin or stainless steel would be better to slide over rocks much easier. I use stainless, slippery as snot. WAY better than the aluminum ones. The carbon fiber only cost like $7 for a 3' stick at the LHS. You would pay about that much for a 2' piece of stainless at the hardware store. The black does look good though. The only thing I would say is cut the stuff with a dremel. It frays easily if you try a tube cutter (newbie mistake).

[scoutdawg]

Thanks for the input, I have them as my upper links now and really like them. I had my doubts about using them for steering but wanted to see what people may have been through with them.
I have used delrin and aluminum, and only problem with delrin is that it flex's.

[Team_Bendy#2]

I say no...they would not be worth the trouble...metal would put weight on the front tires for max grip.

[Red Rockcrawler]

Back when I started crawling I sleeved 4/40 all thread with carbon fiber tube. The tube broke apart really easy after a few encounters with the rock face.