Front End sitting on the Axle Truss ?? HELP

[Boostmeister]

Hi guys I am not sure what is the best approach to sort this issue out. I have an RTR Wraith with a few mods that might affect this.

VP PANHARD/CMS
GMADE-ZERO COILOVERS
4200 nimh BATTERY UP FRONT
STEEL FRONT BUMPER
FRONT SHOCK MOUNTED IN HOLE CLOSEST TO CABIN

So basically I think I have a bit of weight up front but not sure if this is normal and what the best course of action is to sort it? You can see in the pic that the panhard arm sits about 3mm above that screw mount in the truss and this is when it is just sitting, if I pick the rig up and drop it it's fine and doesn't hit but as soon as I sit it down on the ground the front end droops quite a bit. As you can see I have about 5mm of thread at the top of the shock so it's not as low as it can go.... I don't have much experience with suspension so I don't know if this is normal etc.

Is running a panhard and lowered just not possible? hope not because I believe not using the panhard renders the CMS useless too??

[SwampDawg]

mine is lowered and sits just fine mind you i dont have the CMS/Panhard (which arrives tommorow ay my LHS)
but i think its in the spring perhaps? Try adjusting the front shocks to bring the ride height up until your happy with it, remember that adjusting the shocks using the collar only effects ride heaight and will not alter the coil rate of the springs.

[Jyri]

I have the same issue, I mean I've lowered mine and have VP Panhard as well and don't have more than about 7mm travel available. Rear it's even worse about 4mm, but that is because I have rear servo as well, but I plan to do CMS in rear as well and do it by own mod so I will gain some more clearance there.

[Meatwad]

If you're mainly bashing/jumping it and landing squarely on your front end, then worry about it. If you're doing trails and crawling, thread the shocks down a lil bit and forget about it.

Very rarely in crawling does each side of the front suspension equally compress, its mostly one side or the other.