All the accessories on my Dingo is making it top heavy ;(

[sidewindr]

Just like the title says, i've added quiet a few thing onto the body of my dingo, driver figure, Canoe, mini RC car, skateboard.. etc.
but unfortunately its raising the COG, and easy to tip over. I've already moved the battery to the front and 6 oz of weight per front tire and 3 oz of weight per back tire.

so my question is: does this happen to you guys? what do you do? take off the stuff or learn to drive with the new COG?





thanks

crawlin in socal

[TrailDawg362]

More weight in the wheels .

[209SCXCRAWLER]

Upgrade your suspension to compensate for the top weight or add more weight to your wheels... I have alot of stuff on the roof of my Dingo, I just put some better shocks on it and learned to drive with all that $h!t on top.
My advice would be to adjust your rear shocks to help compensate for the weight if you choose to leave it all on there.

Let me know what you come up with... I can post a few pics of my rig if u want... Just hollar back!

[Big Bill]

Good ideas the other guys posted give them a try. Your rig looks good, sometimes the high center of gravity is just something you have to live with for the cool looks.

[sidewindr]

thanks for the input guys!

Question 1: add more weight? how much more? or how much is too much? does it put too much stress on the drivetrain? i'm at 12 oz total up front and 6 oz in the back.

Question 2: upgrade suspension? what should i look for in an upgrade? shock length? springs? oil? and how do i adjust the rear shock? more damping? or less? stiffer? or softer?

thanks again

[209SCXCRAWLER]

Originally Posted by sidewindr

thanks for the input guys!

Question 1: add more weight? how much more? or how much is too much? does it put too much stress on the drivetrain? i'm at 12 oz total up front and 6 oz in the back.

Question 2: upgrade suspension? what should i look for in an upgrade? shock length? springs? oil? and how do i adjust the rear shock? more damping? or less? stiffer? or softer?

thanks again

As far as weight goes, I only run 4oz in my front wheels so I think you're good there.

Adjusting the shocks: the stock Axial shocks are coil-overs with adjuster nuts. You may want to stiffen the rears a bit to help with the extra weight. I also picked up a set of RC4WD 100mm scale shocks for my rig... They seemed to make a huge difference... It's mostly trial and error til you find a setup that works for you.

Like I said before, sometimes you have to adjust your driving style to compensate for the added weight up top.

[slammin1984]

I am experiencing the same thing. I just made a custom bumper and its solid steel. when I go to the local rock crawlin spot I had literally the lightest rig there. when I put the bumper on it gave me a LOT of wieght to the truck now. the only problem is I am top heavy. I am trying to learn how to drive like this because I already tore up the front end by not having a bumper. I am currently going to play with putting weights in the front wheels but it is raining right now and cant at this exact moment. but I will keep you posted. Man 12oz thats a lot!! well here is a pic of my truck!

[BigSki]

Axial makes lots of springs that have different rates for tuning the suspension, start with the next stiffer main spring and take it from there.

[sidewindr]

i do find that with the higher COG, I need to be more thoughtful on approaches and picking my lines, in a way its more of a "scale" driving style, which is pretty cool.