There is a market for the basic joints and there are racers that can spend the extra buck for the better joints. I have had a lot of play in the basic joints after a few races, I am a perfectionist and can not deal with slop in joints, lol. I would rather have the Aluminum bar bend or break than have the heim bend. If you are hit hard enough to bend a heim, you have bent aluminum bars or snapped them, they will bend or break before the attachment point goes anywhere. I want my heim joint to take the hit and still be usable, the aluminum bars are bending anyway, thats why steel bars are illegal. Just my thought process.
dennis Knox
Buckeye legends
330-310-92112