Upgrade or replace?

[luke66]

so, i just bent the shock shafts on my Rusty MM (those ultra shocks, who named them anyway?) should i just replace them (i can get a full set off jennys for 15$) or should i just buy some better ones? any cost-effective options? tryna save up for a car lol.

 

[Chubaka]

If you stay with traxxas get the gold shock shafts.

 

[luke66]

never heard of those....
gonna look um up.

 

[DavidB1126]

Get the TiNi shafts which comes with the big bores
Or upgrade to the GTRs which are on Jenny's, for 75 bucks with springs and oil. But you would have to change the front shock eyelets to make fit the arm on the 2wd.

Or do a me and get a set of shocks from a kit like sc6.2

 

[bill_delong]

How often are you bending the shafts?

Jenny's for $15 will get you $75/$15 = 5 sets of replacements and no guarantee the upgraded shafts won't bend too.. shrug

Since you're saving up for a higher quality car I would minimize expenses if it were up to me.

 

[luke66]

okay, this is my first bend. ill just get a new set off jennys.
oh, and i ment i'm saving for a real car lol

 

[DavidB1126]

Or you can always bend it back.
Use a couple of vise grips

But you'll scratch the shafts and ruin the o rings and might leak over time. That's what a set of my big bores did.

 

[Ramp addict]

My advice is fork up for a set of GTRs. Ultra shock shafts bend really easily regardless of what they're coated with.

 

[Lukedavis]

Get the TiNi shafts which comes with the big bores
Or upgrade to the GTRs which are on Jenny's, for 75 bucks with springs and oil. But you would have to change the front shock eyelets to make fit the arm on the 2wd.

Or do a me and get a set of shocks from a kit like sc6.2

Actually, that’s a me

 

[Greywolf74]

I always upgrade to TiNi shock shafts. The regular ones bend way to easy.