T-Rex sliders tech manager
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This is Tom. I am the technical manager at T-Rex Racing. We did have a batch that was tried with injection-molded method a little over two years ago. We found out that on some sliders, there was an issue with a bubble at the base of the sliders causing it to fail. We totally scrapped the project then. We have been machining the frame sliders from solid rods, the same plastic the R&G uses. All the frame sliders have aluminum inserts inside. We use the highest grade bolts available, 12.9. We tell our customers that if they can break the sliders with the biggest hammer they can find. We will refund him 2x the amount that he paid.
Although the problem only happened to SOME of the older sliders, we encourage our customers that have them to contact us at [email protected] for replacements. The sliders are 5” in length for the 06-07 fjr1300 models. If your sliders are shorter or have two small grooves on them then they are good.
Many people think that R&G sliders are more expensive so they must be better. T-Rex’s are cheaper so it must not be as good or better. This is not true. We use the same plastic as R&G does. We use higher grade 12.9 socket hex bolts which is about 2x stronger and about 2x more expensive than grade 8.8 regular hex bolts that R&G uses. Quite often with many sizes of the grade 12.9 bolts, factory requires a pre-order and longer lead time. Whereas with grade 8.8 bolts much more number of sizes are readily available.
Customers pay for R&G marketing, distributor, Ocean Freight(from the UK) and retailer.
T-Rex has no middle man(distributor or retailer). We rely on words of mouth from our customers. We are direct manufacturer. I hope this clears up any concern with our frame sliders. Please feel free to email me directly at [email protected] if there is any other concern.
Although the problem only happened to SOME of the older sliders, we encourage our customers that have them to contact us at [email protected] for replacements. The sliders are 5” in length for the 06-07 fjr1300 models. If your sliders are shorter or have two small grooves on them then they are good.
Many people think that R&G sliders are more expensive so they must be better. T-Rex’s are cheaper so it must not be as good or better. This is not true. We use the same plastic as R&G does. We use higher grade 12.9 socket hex bolts which is about 2x stronger and about 2x more expensive than grade 8.8 regular hex bolts that R&G uses. Quite often with many sizes of the grade 12.9 bolts, factory requires a pre-order and longer lead time. Whereas with grade 8.8 bolts much more number of sizes are readily available.
Customers pay for R&G marketing, distributor, Ocean Freight(from the UK) and retailer.
T-Rex has no middle man(distributor or retailer). We rely on words of mouth from our customers. We are direct manufacturer. I hope this clears up any concern with our frame sliders. Please feel free to email me directly at [email protected] if there is any other concern.