Traxxas T-Maxx Big bore shocks... my truck is now lower :-/
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Traxxas T-Maxx Big bore shocks... my truck is now lower :-/
So after smashing up the front of my new truck, instead of spending like $30 on 2 stock tmaxx shocks they had the whole set of big bores on sale for 58 so I picked them up..
heres where I have 0 experience..
I installed the fronts, and the ride height is significantly lower.. are they supposed to be like this? do I put those little plastic rings in to raise it back up?
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-Ryan
heres where I have 0 experience..
I installed the fronts, and the ride height is significantly lower.. are they supposed to be like this? do I put those little plastic rings in to raise it back up?
TIA.
-Ryan
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RE: Traxxas T-Maxx Big bore shocks... my truck is now lower :-/
Yes, they are installed in the same spot on both the upper mount and the lower A arm.
in the stock setup, the A arms were at about a 20-30 degree angle from the ground going up to the chassis
now the a-arms are pretty much parallel to the ground.
in the stock setup, the A arms were at about a 20-30 degree angle from the ground going up to the chassis
now the a-arms are pretty much parallel to the ground.
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RE: Traxxas T-Maxx Big bore shocks... my truck is now lower :-/
I think if you will check the big bore springs are shorter therfore less preload with same spacers. Ride heioght is set by pre-load it does not change the spring rate just how preloaded they are.
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RE: Traxxas T-Maxx Big bore shocks... my truck is now lower :-/
I think when I had them I installed the stock springs on the shocks. This worked out pretty good for me.
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RE: Traxxas T-Maxx Big bore shocks... my truck is now lower :-/
Cool, I put some of those preload spacers in there and it turned out exactly how I wanted it.... for awhile there I really wondered what the heck all those little c clip things were for.. heh