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01-02-2012, 02:56 PM | #1 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Livermore Ca.
Posts: 219
| Shocks - What has everyone tried or running?
I have been building my Wraith and have taken it out a few times over the course of the upgrades and just trying options to get good control over my rig plus articulation to maintain the tire grip.. First I started out stock RTR set up and then I changed out the springs to a softer rate - It made the truck handle alot better I felt, not so tipsy and the truck sat lower due to me setting the coil preload just tot the point the spring didn't move loose at full extension. Next - Currently I just installed: - Level 3 lowering kit. - ProLine rear Slash shocks front and rear. - ProLine spring tune kit with the softest rate spring with the transfer turned over. - 20wt oil Proline rear Slash shocks are the same length as RTR factory Wraith shocks and with the lowering kit I can bottom out the rear axle upper link mount to the batt. tray and or bottom part of the roll cage. In front I came close to the servo hitting the cage. BUT other wise I really thought the Wraith handled the rough terrain and obstacles really nice at a decent more aggressive pace. Large rock or wood logs was a lot easier than before. Slow crawling pace I felt I lost too much total drop out and could have gained more traction, reason for exploring possibly longer shocks. So my thoughts as, what about a longer shock that allowed for more travel, loose alittle over all compression travel as I can't use it anyways with the suspension bottoming out now and gain back the full drop out travel as the suspension had from factory that I lost when I lowered it with the new lowing upper shock mounts. I looked around and found some shocks ranging in 108mm, 124mm and 128mm. What is everyone else running and or tried on their Wraith, please share set ups and thoughts. Thanks! |
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01-02-2012, 03:02 PM | #2 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: SOUTH CRAWLINA
Posts: 947
| Re: Shocks - What has everyone tried or running?
Proline powerstrokes for the front of a slash. |
01-02-2012, 04:53 PM | #3 |
Pebble Pounder Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Silverton
Posts: 186
| Re: Shocks - What has everyone tried or running?
Proline slash front on both ends with blue and yellow springs.
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01-02-2012, 10:17 PM | #4 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Northern Wyoming
Posts: 904
| Re: Shocks - What has everyone tried or running?
I have XL big bores on mine. Had them left over from a previous comp rig but they fit and work great.
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01-02-2012, 10:28 PM | #5 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: anderson
Posts: 2,288
| Re: Shocks - What has everyone tried or running?
losi 4 in here
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01-02-2012, 11:15 PM | #6 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: bend
Posts: 897
| Re: Shocks - What has everyone tried or running?
I guess I am cheap.. I changed to the 3 hole piston in the stock shocks and the super soft springs. I think I now have 30 wt oil in them. They seem to work very good, I am looking for a very good overal performance and this seems to work good enough for me. I use my wraith for 90% crawling no KOH style driving yet but my daughter is always driving it with her dolls in it so I will probably get another one and really mod it out.
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01-03-2012, 01:17 AM | #7 |
Rock Stacker Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: australia
Posts: 58
| Re: Shocks - What has everyone tried or running?
90MM(3.5 inches) Axial alloy shocks with soft dual rate springs and 40wt oil in my Wraith basher and 100MM(4.0 inches) Gmade TS02 alloy shocks with soft internal springs in my crawler Wraith.
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01-03-2012, 11:34 AM | #8 |
Newbie Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: TX
Posts: 43
| Re: Shocks - What has everyone tried or running?
losi 4 and have had nothing but fun
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01-03-2012, 11:37 AM | #9 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Georgetown, On
Posts: 345
| Re: Shocks - What has everyone tried or running?
if you bash, traxxas slash. if you crawl, im running stock shocks, 30 Wt oil, and HPI MT2 springs. FANTASTIC spring rate! RC4WD aluminum 110mm's on order now. id never use a lowering kit if your crawling. just use a softer spring that sits the truck lower. you dont need huge compression, you want huge drop out! |
01-03-2012, 11:53 AM | #10 |
Rock Stacker Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: calverton
Posts: 98
| Re: Shocks - What has everyone tried or running?
For my basher i just threw shorter springs onto the stock shocks. Yeah the shocks travel way more then the spring, but its an RC car, so it doesn't matter like a real car. shocks don't bind up at all, and on jumps the extra shock droop and movement helps a bunch. they are also much stiffer then the stock springs, as they meant for an onroad car.
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01-03-2012, 12:42 PM | #11 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Nor Cal
Posts: 2,213
| Re: Shocks - What has everyone tried or running?
Proline Powerstrokes for Rear of Traxxas Slash |
01-03-2012, 02:41 PM | #12 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Livermore Ca.
Posts: 219
| Re: Shocks - What has everyone tried or running?
Think I may try my ProLines without the lowering kit and then after that try some 124mm, I am really liking these.... Corey @ RPPHobby.com has them for $50 on a set of 4, buy these and sell my Prolines and put some money back in my pocket for some other upgrades |
01-03-2012, 03:11 PM | #13 |
Newbie Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: san diego
Posts: 26
| Re: Shocks - What has everyone tried or running?
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01-03-2012, 03:37 PM | #14 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: BFE, NV
Posts: 2,324
| Re: Shocks - What has everyone tried or running?
Im using stock XR shocks with the kit springs set with alot of sag & flipped lower mounts.
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