Is this a good shock ?

[new2crawler]

This comes with a used Axial Bomber ( V1.0 ) but I could not find any info on line. Is this a good one ?

[ferp420]

i dont have any info on that shock cause you havent.sead.what shock it is or provided a picture but if its a bomber v1 it probably has.the old.axial plastic bodied shocks personaly i filled mine with motor oil about 6 years ago and there still full hasent leaked and the plastic hasent rotted away and there nice and smooth
the axial shocks are generaly considered junk but ive never had any issues with them

[indybama]

He did post a pic ferp. Theyre tiger dog shocks. Personally, ive never heard of them before

[ferp420]

i see no pic

[DRED805]

found this in a search... Similar to Kyosho KKPIT tiger dog 1/18 crawler

Originally Posted by ferp420

i see no pic

[durok]

I would lean strongly in the direction of them being barely serviceable shocks, and if it were me I'd replace whenever convenient. Shocks are not very expensive, so if the rest of the Bomber has decent parts I would not let them ruin the deal.

I looked earlier and only found Banggood listings for Tiger Dog - and the only item currently shown is the so-called HG-18 for Tiger Dog (yeesh, what a friggin' awkwardly translated name!) Suzuki Jimny copy (in 1/18th scale... )

But the logo is the same, as is the font - and they are obviously on off-brand label, that one sticker is a copy of the famous RockShox logo, which is pretty lame of them:



Their little RC is also listed on eBay - obviously no shocks of the size used on a Bomber would fit!

https://www.ebay.com/itm/17481659033...gAAOSwEaVg1xPS

[WHITE-TRASH]

They look like generic chinesium so I'll say they're likely junk.

[themountain]

they are very colourful...thats for sure...but I wouldnt waste money on those.

[ferp420]

personaly i look for 3 things in a shock
1 and the most important part dose the shock fit the rig
2 is the shock smooth if its sticky there a no go
3 can the shock hold fluid if not can they be made to hold fluid
and thats about all i look for in a shock they only do one job they control the up and down movement of the axle and if they do it right than there good in my opinion
one thing i look at when deciding to buy a shock or not is.the.ball ends if the rod.end.is aluminum your gona have issues with the ball staying in place the aluminum has to be made big enuff for the ball to slip in then they press a peice of brass in to the aluminum to hold the ball in place
the problem is that ring they press in never stays in place and or weres out quickly leaving you with a extremely sloopy shock sure you can work around it but if im buyin shocks i would rather not deal with it

but seeing as you already have them run them till your sick of them in my opinion shocks are shocks if they work they work tuning the shock is your job no shock is perfict out of the box

yo dred thanks for the pic lol