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09-03-2010, 06:04 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Fuquay-Varina
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|  Upside down shocks
I am new to crawling and have a question about shocks. Looking at many of the picture here many people seem to mount their shocks upside down. Why and what are the advantages of this? Thanks in adavance.
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09-03-2010, 06:08 PM
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| RCC Addict   Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Prosser
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Really, it is personal preference. Some say it is better for lowering your center of gravity, but the reason I ran them like that was to keep my losi shocks from leaking. Now runnin the axial comp shocks I don't have that issue.
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09-03-2010, 10:15 PM
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| cherry bomb   Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Nanaimo, BC, Canada
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the only reason I know is the COG thing, for the minimal amount it gains i'd rather run them in there intended orientation, upside down looks.....wrong? to me. flipping them to help with a leaky shock is a good idea, as a bandaid, never thought of that. |
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09-03-2010, 10:44 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: out in boonies!!
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ive ran shocks upside down due to leaky... also some crawlers ive done shocks upside down for more steer clearance-
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09-04-2010, 03:29 AM
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| dnf  Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Under a big fkn rock.
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I fliped shocks once cuz the shock cap was hitting the chassis during articulation. fliped the shocks,problem was solved. thats whats nice about the shock cap made on the traxxas shocks. |
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