If you’ve spent any time wrenching on the T7, you know the factory aluminum bash plate is a joke. It transfers every rock strike directly into the lower frame rails, causing microscopic stress fractures over time. The AXP plate is thermoformed from 8mm thick High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE). The material rigidity is deceptive—it dynamically absorbs and dissipates kinetic energy rather than rigidly deflecting it. Unlike stamped aluminum, it has zero memory, meaning it won't permanently deform and crush your vulnerable water pump after a heavy case-out.
Then there's the Nitron R3 shock. The factory unit suffers from catastrophic heat soak during sustained washboard riding, leading to terrifying thermal drift where your rebound damping essentially vanishes. Nitron solves this with aerospace-grade billet internals machined with millimeter-level precision. By independently dialing in the high and low-speed compression circuits, you eliminate that terrifying high-speed wallow, making the rear end feel genuinely bulletproof.
For you hardcore rally-raid guys pushing the T7 to the absolute limit, how are you perfectly dialing in your high-speed compression damping to handle the radically altered unsprung weight profile when running these heavy-duty HDPE plates?
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