Bone Daddy
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Has anybody tried these.  I know carbon fiber is strong but once it gets damaged it blows apart . I dont know if Im doing 60mph down a trail catch a rock and have my ski flop over that would suck. 
Anyway Im wonder if anybody has used them and are they worth having ?
				
			Anyway Im wonder if anybody has used them and are they worth having ?
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NyTrOMaNIaC
TY 4 Stroke Master
Never tried em, love to, but a little costly for me. As far as the "what if's", hitting a rock or stump with the stock ones meant complete replacement for me in the past, so I guess ya just try harder to not hit any rocks or stumps !  
				
			
Bone Daddy
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True but Ive hit afew rocks and dinged my arms and even bent one once but I was able to limp home .  Carbon fiber is strong but the epoxy is what holds the shape  crack it and its worse then a dent in metal.
				
			rightarm
TY 4 Stroke Master
If you are mainly a trail or mountain guy these would be great,if you are going to boondock or off trail I would not reccomend the a-arms as Carbon fiber tends to shatter when hitting a rock, stock a-arms or chrome moly would be a more suitable material.
				
			linemech31
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I think rightarm is right on the money.  I work with aircraft and composite is very strong but any damage to it causes major problems trying to repair it is a pita.  On the other siide of the coin is how light and rigid it is.   How much do they cost??
				
			They are around $1500 cdn,  so about the same to your dollar now.  I think the weight savings was 9lbs on the 03's only,  then 04 & up have one alu a-arm,  so the savings went down to 5 or 6lbs.  I went with chrmoloy arms on my 03.  If i was to build my mountain sled over again,  i would just use stock and lose weight myself.  But they do look cool,  they also have built carbon fiber apex rails for the rear suspension.
				
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rightarm
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The wheels on the other hand would be real cool,retain less snow,lighter and be alot stiffer and stronger than the problamatic wheels of the apex generation,would be a good replacement when your stockers blow out.Might even reduce some of that hyfax wear because of its stiffer design.
				
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