HPI Savage RPM Front A-Arms | UPGRADE & INSTALLATION (Savage XL Flux Level 3 Upgrade)

This is the level 3 upgrade for the HPI Savage Flux XL showing full installation.

Total cost of upgrades so far: £40.33

Cars involved:
HPI Savage XL Brushless
-Ripper 2000KV Motor
-Ace RC 150A ESC
-High Torque Servo
-HPI 2.4GHz Radio

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[rcbrooks]

So I tried to put a set on my LST2. Full lower and rear. I had to remove them because the vibration off road made my wheels rock back and forth unevenly. They were too soft to keep the arms straight under load. Had to remove them.

[ThatBrokeMan]

Thank you for good quality vids and ez short tutorials

[NitroRCNerds]

I had a completely different experience with my RPM A-arms. The only reason I got them was because I incurred some damage to one of my A-Artms (I eventually determined what was causing the damage as have 15 gallons with stock no problem since). ;-)
Unfortunately, with the RPM A-arms,
1. They rendered my suspension null and void. (both the lower and upper). Basically it was grabbing the hinge pins.
2. The added weight uis never good on an already obese vehicle. ;-)
3. No sway bar support. I run onroad a lot and with HCG, and the inability to raise the roll center...well to truly "boogie" (as the kids say) onroad I need my sway bars.

Yes, I did attempt to ream out the hinge pin holes, but at that point it made the stress points weaker than stock. Worst of all, I contracted RPM to see if they were aware of the binding issue, and they said "Nope and we don't care even if did"

To that end, I determined it's the A and C blocks that cause the a-arm fractures. Regardless, I hope you had better luck than I did with those a-arms. I ended up giving them away.