new shimano reels/pricing
 

little birdy from shimano told me come july the

chronarch is getting re vamped and gonna be priced at $200.00:bounce:

curado getting revamped and priced at 138.00

citica getting revamped and pice GOES UP 10$

W's "guy"? :rolleyes:

You'll still be able to get 'em cheaper from me. :cool:

got discontinued about 2 months ago

*** the Citica need to stay lol i love those reels plan on gettin some mo

x2. Thats what I use. Was plannin on gettin me a new setup for my bday next month.

Werd i go to my citica more than my curado . . . . . . bout to send it to ol Jedi for a bearing upgrade

They didn't release the new one ( white n black)

I'm switching to Abu Revos for bass fishing anyways.

I didnt know they did that there.

link please

Do yo know if he sells/installs ceramic bearings in the old curados too?

Not positive but im sure he can get them from there Shimano guy.

those reels cast a MILE!! I've been having one for about 4 years now and barely used it. Now when I'm throwing topwater, thats the reel i grab

why is it that the chronarch got discontinued? I just bought one about two months ago:help:

Does revamped = cheapened? Hard to believe you'll get the same quality for 100 less.

Wish I could answer that

I guess Shimano has to lower the cost of their reels now to compete with the ones sold on EBAY....:D:work::work:

you can order ceramic bearings from bocabearings.com . they have bearings for almost any reel. abec5 orange seal are the ones to get. changing them on a curado takes about 5 mins.

Good peice of info, thank ya

http://www.vxb.com/Merchant2/merchan...-Reel-Bearings

Here is another place to order bearings.

http://www.smoothdrag.com/

Also here is a place for drag washers.

Shimano has some of the best factory bearings out there. If u are replacing worn bearings then I would switch to ceramics but if just wanting better performance I'd keep the new factory bearings and re oil them with better oil. The oil they send them with is kind of heavy. To re oil bearings take them out of the reel and soak them for about 20 mins in some degreaser the one in spray can works good. After that dry them with a blow dryer untill dry. The best oil I find is quantum hot sauce in the lil red bottle. Put only 2 drops and put back in the reel. Makes a noticeable diff compared to factory and alot cheaper than ceramics.

Rocket Fuel oil with factory bearings is just as good as orange seal Boca ceramics. Also ceramic bearings are noisy.