______________COMMONLY ASKED QUESTIONS____________

ARE AEROTEC RACE BODIES REALLY MORE AERODYNAMIC?
WITHOUT QUESTION--YES...AEROTEC RACE BODIES ARE DESIGNED AND TESTED TO FIND THE LEAST AMOUNT OF DRAG, WHILE MAINTAINING PROPER BALANCE.
DO AERODYNAMICS MAKE A DIFFERENCE?
AGAIN...YES. THE BIGGER THE TRACK, THE MORE DIFFERENCE THAT IT MAKES. WE BELIEVE AT AEROTEC RACE BODIES THAT ATTENTION TO DETAIL ADDS UP TO SUCCESS ON THE TRACK. WE STRIVE TO FOLLOW THIS IDEA, BOTH WITH OUR BODYWORK AND OUR RACE TEAM.
AEROTEC RACE BODIES ARE ONE-PIECE. WHY?
WHEN WE WERE DECIDING WHAT TYPE OF BODYWORK TO BUILD, WE LOOKED AT BOTH STYLES, BUT FELT THAT ONE-PIECE BODIES MOUNTED EASIER AND MORE ACCURATELY, WERE MORE AERODYNAMIC, AND MORE CONSISTENT WITH HANDLING.
SPEAKING OF HANDLING, I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT ONE-PIECE BODIES BIND YOUR KART UP...IS THIS TRUE?
MOST LIKELY, THE PERSON WHO TOLD YOU THIS EITHER  IS TRYING TO SELL YOU ON ANOTHER TYPE OF BODY,  OR HAD HEARD THIS--BUT DIDN'T HAVE ANY REAL FIRST HAND INFORMATION, OR HAD SOME OTHER PROBLEM OTHER THAN BODYWORK. WE HAVE NEVER SEEN A HANDLING PROBLEM THAT WAS THE FAULT OF THE BODYWORK ITSELF. WE HAVE, HOWEVER, SEEN BODIES OF ALL TYPES THAT ARE MOUNTED IMPROPERLY, WHICH CAN CAUSE PROBLEMS. IN FACT, WE HAVE SEEN INSTANCES WHERE ONE-PIECE BODIES HELP HANDLING.
IMPROVE HANDLING...IF THEY CAN'T HURT HANDLING,  HOW CAN THEY HELP?
SOMETIMES,  THE FRONT UPRIGHT BRACES THAT ARE NEEDED TO HOLD THREE-PIECE BODIES UP OFF OF THE TIRES WILL CAUSE TOO MUCH RIGIDITY IN THE FRONT CORNERS AND STIFFEN THE CHASSIS, WHICH CAUSES HANDLING ISSUES. SINCE WE DO NOT NEED THESE BRACES WITH ONE-PIECE BODYWORK, YOUR CHASSIS IS FREE TO WORK AS INTENDED--THEREFORE CAN PERFORM AT ITS MAXIMUM POTENTIAL.
IS THERE A PROPER WAY TO MOUNT A ONE-PIECE BODY?
EVERY BODY SHOULD BE MOUNTED IN A FASHION THAT ALLOWS IT SET SET ON THE KART NATURALLY, AND NOT IN A TWIST, OR A BIND--WHETHER IT IS ONE-PIECE OR THREE-PIECE. BODYWORK SHOULD BE TIGHTLY BOLTED TO THE NOSE TABS, BUT LOOSELY MOUNTED ON THE SIDE NERF BARS.  BY LOOSELY, WE MEAN THAT THE BOLTS SHOULD BE ALMOST TIGHT, BUT JUST BARELY LOOSE.

 

ARE AEROTEC RACE BODIES REALLY TOUGH?
WE HAVE E-MAILS AND PHONE CALLS ALMOST WEEKLY, GIVING US WONDERFUL STORIES OF HOW OUR BODYWORK HELD UP BETTER THAN EVER EXPECTED IN HARD CRASHES.

 

BUT, DO THEY PERFORM WELL ALSO?
AEROTEC RACE BODIES HAVE SET TRACK RECORDS AND WON CHAMPIONSHIPS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. IT'S HARD TO ARGUE WITH THOSE KINDS OF RESULTS....

 

AEROTEC RACE BODIES ARE A BIT HEAVIER THAN SOME OF THE OTHER BODIES...WHY?
WE HAND LAY OUR BODIES WITH REINFORCEMENT IN CERTAIN AREAS, MOSTLY IN THE NOSE AREA- BUT ALSO ON THE REAR CORNERS AS WELL. THIS HELPS OUR BODYWORK TO LAST MUCH LONGER THAN OTHER BODIES. THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT OUR BODIES ARE SUPER THICK ALL OVER....JUST IN THE AREAS WHERE DAMAGE OCCURS MOST OFTEN. THE AREAS WHERE THERE IS EXTRA REINFORCEMENT DOES NOT AFFECT THE BODY FLEXING IN ANY WAY. HOWEVER, IF WEIGHT IS A CONCERN TO YOU, WE ALSO OFFER ULTRA-LIGHT VERSIONS FOR ALL OF OUR BODYWORK..

 

I SEE THAT SOME BODIES ON YOUR WEBSITE ARE METALFLAKE. DO YOU SELL THESE BODIES?
WE OFFER THEM, AT AN EXTRA CHARGE--BUT CAUTION CUSTOMERS THAT EVEN THOUGH THESE TYPE OF BODIES LOOK GREAT, THE SURFACE FINISH DOESN'T SEEM TO BE AS DURABLE AS OUR OPAQUE FINISHES. THEY TEND TO STAR CRACK, AND SURFACE CRACK A BIT EASIER. THIS IS BECAUSE THE FLAKE CAUSES A BIT OF A SOFTER SURFACE LAYER, WHICH IS EASIER TO CRACK. THEY ARE BEST SUITED TO TRACKS WHERE THERE IS NOT A LOT OF CONTACT.