Marsod, so far we have seen you are not open to any other opinion or maintenance methods other than that of your own...
If you are worried about e-clips, put a dab of shoe goo on them and will not go anywhere!!! It is that simple. Or you can go to your local hardware store, drill some small holes that would allow you to thread some course threaded button head screws in that capture the hinge pins (team associated b4 style) and if you're feeling ambitious, get some WASHERS and put them on the screws!!!
Now a story: There are 3 local guys here in the Dallas area that all came from electric racing and bought XB8R's because their budget is tight... They ran the cars out of the box, and LOVE THEM! These guys are the type that hit EVERYTHING on the track and broke parts on their electric cars that shouldn't break, and if they do break you DEFINITELY hear about it!!! They have had their cars for over a year now, and have not ONCE said anything to me face to face, on this forum or any other forum about eclip problems or plastic suspension blocks breaking. And to restate, these guys have hit walls and sheered off whole front corners of their cars (which I thought was impossible with the XRay, haha) and no broken pin mounts.
OR I can attest the strength of the 352300 by how many we have sold at RC America... I know I shouldn't say anything about sales, but this argument has gone far enough. We can barely keep the XB8R's in stock, but still seem to not be able to sell our composite suspension blocks which have been sitting in the bin for quite the while... If you don't believe that we CAN'T sell them, go to
www.stormerhobbies.com www.teamhelotes.com www.bmainhobbies.com and
www.amainhobbies.com, get their phone numbers, call them up and ask about their sale records for XRay part #352300...
OK, I'm done...