You do the right thing and make your right and clever choice. If I were you, I would do the same as you. the prices of the things when sold in second hand market are high if you do not want to play or after play.
Those dampers that came with the box were made of plastic. But there's aluminum one made by XRAY as optional parts and the collars were silver in colour. I saw some of the T3 owners used TRF absorbers for modification.
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