130mm shocks

[Brady Matthews]

Does anyone know of any good 130mm shocks that I could use for my 1967 f100 prerunner build that are soft and aren't proline powerstrokes? Thank you

 

[Mrgoodwrench35]

I can't recall lengths but the tlr tuned aarma shocks are really good quality for the money. Check out Jenny's RC. You may have to research lengths on a separate site though.

 

[CertifiedMike]

You can email jennys with the shock length and they can tell you what options they have avail.
Jennys is awesome!

 

[Mrgoodwrench35]

You can email jennys with the shock length and they can tell you what options they have avail.
Jennys is awesome!

Nice, I didn't know they would do that.

 

[CertifiedMike]

Nice, I didn't know they would do that.

It was a while back but they did exactly this for me. I just gave them the eye to eye measure of the shocks I wanted and told them what rc it was for. They set me up!

 

[Mrgoodwrench35]

Thats really cool. I've had great luck with Jenny's and can't say enough good things about them.

 

[BashingBrian]

What would we all do without Jenny’s

 

[Brady Matthews]

Thank you guys! I will check that out, I really appreciate it, I've been trying to avoid the shocks for a little while on the build but I kinda need them now and don't really want to spend $80 for powerstrokes

 

[Brady Matthews]

Are these any good for my application?

 

[CertifiedMike]

They might be ok. I would be thinking about shocks that are tune-able. Hopefully a set with a few different pistons to choose from.

My next concern would be springs and if these springs are good for you as is or if you will need to mess with them to dial your suspension.
If you need different springs, where do you source them from? Figure that out before you invest.
EVERY TIME I buy 12mm springs with shocks, the springs are strong enough to suspend a full sized Chevy.
No Idea what kind of RCs those springs could be for but utterly useless for any of my stuff.

I generally have had bad luck with aftermarket shocks. I can't speak for or against Hot Racing.

Jennys had nothing?

 

[Mrgoodwrench35]

I have no experience with Hot Racing shocks but I have used a lot of their other parts. They make very well machined 'pretty' parts but I've found them not to be all that durable. Just my experience.

As I mentioned before, JennysRC has brand new factory takeoffs and after a quick google search, I found the rear shocks on an Arrma Bigrock 6s to be 134mm which is pretty close to what your looking for. Those shocks are common enough, you should have no trouble finding an assortment of springs to match up to the weight of your vehicle if the supplied springs aren't already close. For $30 usd, seems worth a shot.

 

[Brady Matthews]

I checked Jennys but I couldn't find any but I might have searched something wrong. Thank you for the information on Hot racing and I also got some other 130mm shocks from Amazon but the springs are very strong and can't compress without bending my shock mounts. I will definitely be checking out those Arrma Bigrock shocks. Thank you

 

[Mrgoodwrench35]

I'm sure there are others on Jenny's that will work. Just look at the models she offers and google shock length for that model. Look for a common model with similar weight to yours.

 

[CertifiedMike]

You can really just email Jennys and tell them what you are looking for. They will tell you what they have in stock. Easy.

 

[Brady Matthews]

Okay, I will do that, thank you

 

[Brady Matthews]

I have contacted Ted from Jenny's and found some shocks, thank you all for the help, it's been a while since I have worked on this project

 

[CertifiedMike]

I have contacted Ted from Jenny's and found some shocks, thank you all for the help, it's been a while since I have worked on this project

Ted is the best! Congrats! They really are awesome to work with! I hope you keep dealing with them on future projects too!
Which shocks did you decide to get?

 

[Brady Matthews]

Yeah, thank you! I will definitely be dealing with them more especially for Traxxas parts being half the price Traxxas sells them for. I decided to get the Mojave 6s rear shocks that are 133mm and I'll just position them a little higher. As soon as I get them I'll update and also update the build thread

 

[Mrgoodwrench35]

Glad you found what you needed