King 110mm faux/reservoir oil setting!?

[Crawler550]

Hi guys,

Im new to the forum but ive read a lot here and lets start by saying this site is awesome! Help alot to learn on how to build a good crawler and people seem to know what there talking about!

I have a axial wraith and started to put couple upgrades recently. Ive ordered the King 110mm shock and after reading every single posts on here still a bit confuse on the oil thing. A lot of people using 2 different wt rate for front and back shock or some are using differential oil...? My question is can i make it simple and put all four corners the same wt ?

Im using my wraith MOSTLY for crawling about 90% (thats why i choose king instead of gmade from posts on here) but still do a bit of hillclimb so what whould be the BEST OIL SET UP for my truck!?

Thanks alot for the help!

[Crawler550]

I know there is a lot of post on that but i did search and read all of them. It gave me a good idea but still if someone could make it a bit more simple cuz there is SO many different set up that i dont even know wich one is the best for my truck...? Thx again

[Ramination]

Yes, you can run the same oil in all 4. The Kings need thicker than normal oil to actually dampen the shocks. Most of the 1:10 scale shocks use a 30-45 wt or something along those lines (there is always personal preference and driving style differences) the kings need way higher just to begin dampening. I tried 100 wt for a while, but ended up with 1000 wt to get the dampening I was looking for. Good luck!

[Crawler550]

Ive Just read your post correclty and edit mine.. So i guest using 100wt on all 4 corners would be good for crawling and smooth dempering right? Or still to much..? What is your driving style ramination..?

[Crawler550]

Ive read badger post again on is shock and said 70wt was to thick of oil.... Im so confuse now

[Lentsnh2012]

How you tune your shock is in relation to how your driving style is and how heavy your RC is.

You don't want a shock to be bouncy (this is under dampened) nor do you want the shock to lock up under normal cycling(too much fluid/this is over dampened). Try 30-50 wt oil for a stock Wraith. If it doesn't stay planted, then try a little bit thicker oil.

[joe daigle jr]

mine weighs around 11-12lbs and 70 is too light my twin hammers is around 5-6lbs and 70 is borderline for it these shocks seem to need more than the other brands of shocks the th has 6 kings on it by the way 70 works bettr in th but not in my wraith