Why do you think AE changed the rc10 tub from gold to black
Re: Why do you think AE changed the rc10 tub from gold to black
Asso had been on the Belgian Beer again
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Re: Why do you think AE changed the rc10 tub from gold to black
Nope, I was just in the jet lag, fresh post in the US is read with a tired brain in Europehkp wrote:Asso had been on the Belgian Beer again
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Re: Why do you think AE changed the rc10 tub from gold to black
Whatever it was, it was comedy genius!
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Re: Why do you think AE changed the rc10 tub from gold to black
I have a friend who does anodizing...Eau Rouge wrote:My theory is that black also covers up any blems or imperfections in aluminum a LOT better than other colors. Black anodizing may have been cheaper, too, as it is the most common color anodized.
He buys the dye stuff from the company that he bought the ano kit from, and he says that the dye for the black ano is actually 3-4 times as costly as ANY of the other colors.
Go figure.
Anywaze, he also says that the black DOES INDEED hide minor blemishes MUCH better than any of the other colors, so that's probably one reason for the change, as Doug said.
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Re: Why do you think AE changed the rc10 tub from gold to black
and god knows the tub chassis' have plenty of blemishes that need to be hidden.
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Re: Why do you think AE changed the rc10 tub from gold to black
Cheap tooling I imagine, after all it is just a "toy car", it is not like they are putting it on the Space Shuttle with zero tolerances....... I wonder how often they had to rework the tooling, if ever, or if they had a go or no go gauge.
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Re: Why do you think AE changed the rc10 tub from gold to black
MikeyD wrote:He buys the dye stuff from the company that he bought the ano kit from, and he says that the dye for the black ano is actually 3-4 times as costly as ANY of the other colors.
No kidding. You learn something new every day... I wonder why most anodizers pricing doesn't reflect that? Must have to do with quantity of production, and black being the most common color.
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