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It's all about balancing the cost with the performance. It sounds like he is "funding challenged" so I'm thinking of ways to get him durable stuff for as few $$$ as possible. I agree the FLM cups are not the best out there but the maximizer cups and others of equal quality are more money and then you till need a modified gear or the RRP gear which is expensive also. It always snowballs into a bigger more expensive project! I've been there with my Mustang (and other project cars as well) and with my RC's.....particularly the maxx. You can spend $120 beefing up your diffs with alum cups & cases which helps or you can spend $270 for FLM hybrids & HB Diffs which helps more or you can spend $575 for UE VBS & Ofna 8 spider diffs!

Lots of options for sure, but if you don't have the cash you either wait till you do, compromise and spend less knowing you'll get less, or you just don't do it. He'll have to decide.

BTW, the NOVA 7075 diff cups don't fit well.