Ive been wanting to try one of these out since I first seen them a couple of weeks ago. I found one online and bought it. Here is a little mini review.
The product came well packaged with all the hardware you need.
After taking off the shocks all you simply do is attach the Vanquish shock adjuster to the stock shock tower with the applied hardware. It looks good and the finish is nice. No problems here.
Next as you may of figured out you put the shocks back on. This adjuster brings the shocks out further on the shock tower for a more upright shock. It also allows for more ground clearance and no chassis slapping (im not sure thats a good thing. more on that later).
One thing i noticed and I didnt like is when the arm is at full droop and the shock is not attached to the tower the shock is higher then the tower. Meaning you have to compress the shock a bit so you can attach it to the tower.
here we have the shocks attached to the tower. I chose the outer hole for the initial run.
Heres a pic with the shocks on and the suspension fully compressed. I should of measured so you can get a good idea of the area between the bottom of the chassis and the ground or in this case my work table. Its a good amount. This means there is no chance of chassis slap. Is that a good thing? I dont think so. Why? Well in all my years of racing offroad I never seen a car that the chassis didnt touch the ground before the total shock travel was used up. I think that this might cause problems in the future such as possibly bending shock shafts and or arm flexing and causing other problems. Now like I said my experience is with offroad racing. This rock racing thing is new to me so it maybe a bit different. What are your thoughts?
On a good note you have more ground clearance.
One more thing I didnt like. The shocks hit the cage when mounted in the outer hole on tower. I used the inside hole on the arm. I dont think I would be able to use the outer hole with out shaving some material off the cage for clearance.
So how did it run? Well I didnt get to use it on the track but I did run it around my house. I have some jumps and rocks laying around so I can get some what of an idea of how it changed the buggy. I will know more the next time I race.
With that said,the truck was more stable at high speed cornering and I liked that as before my Yeti was a little touchy in the corners. It would spin out if you werent careful. also the buggy seemed to jump a little better. Over all I was impressed with the handling changes I noticed so I drove the Yeti a little more then the buggy came to a halt.
I walked over to see what the problem was and the left side inner pin backed out and caused the dog bone to come out of the outer cup. Now did this happen as a result of the pin backing out or did it happen because the chassis no longer hit 1st and the shocks were taking the brunt of the force and distributing it elsewhere? Im not 100% sure. I have had pins back out before so it could of easily been just that. I do know i need more testing to really give an honest answer in that department. I would like to hear what your thoughts are tho.
So in the end there are a couple of things I dont care for but there are also a couple of things I like. Best advice I can give is buy one for yourself and make your own decision. The adjuster is cheap and it looks cool.
Hope this was helpful and you enjoyed.
Geo
The product came well packaged with all the hardware you need.
After taking off the shocks all you simply do is attach the Vanquish shock adjuster to the stock shock tower with the applied hardware. It looks good and the finish is nice. No problems here.
Next as you may of figured out you put the shocks back on. This adjuster brings the shocks out further on the shock tower for a more upright shock. It also allows for more ground clearance and no chassis slapping (im not sure thats a good thing. more on that later).
One thing i noticed and I didnt like is when the arm is at full droop and the shock is not attached to the tower the shock is higher then the tower. Meaning you have to compress the shock a bit so you can attach it to the tower.
here we have the shocks attached to the tower. I chose the outer hole for the initial run.
Heres a pic with the shocks on and the suspension fully compressed. I should of measured so you can get a good idea of the area between the bottom of the chassis and the ground or in this case my work table. Its a good amount. This means there is no chance of chassis slap. Is that a good thing? I dont think so. Why? Well in all my years of racing offroad I never seen a car that the chassis didnt touch the ground before the total shock travel was used up. I think that this might cause problems in the future such as possibly bending shock shafts and or arm flexing and causing other problems. Now like I said my experience is with offroad racing. This rock racing thing is new to me so it maybe a bit different. What are your thoughts?
On a good note you have more ground clearance.
One more thing I didnt like. The shocks hit the cage when mounted in the outer hole on tower. I used the inside hole on the arm. I dont think I would be able to use the outer hole with out shaving some material off the cage for clearance.
So how did it run? Well I didnt get to use it on the track but I did run it around my house. I have some jumps and rocks laying around so I can get some what of an idea of how it changed the buggy. I will know more the next time I race.
With that said,the truck was more stable at high speed cornering and I liked that as before my Yeti was a little touchy in the corners. It would spin out if you werent careful. also the buggy seemed to jump a little better. Over all I was impressed with the handling changes I noticed so I drove the Yeti a little more then the buggy came to a halt.
I walked over to see what the problem was and the left side inner pin backed out and caused the dog bone to come out of the outer cup. Now did this happen as a result of the pin backing out or did it happen because the chassis no longer hit 1st and the shocks were taking the brunt of the force and distributing it elsewhere? Im not 100% sure. I have had pins back out before so it could of easily been just that. I do know i need more testing to really give an honest answer in that department. I would like to hear what your thoughts are tho.
So in the end there are a couple of things I dont care for but there are also a couple of things I like. Best advice I can give is buy one for yourself and make your own decision. The adjuster is cheap and it looks cool.
Hope this was helpful and you enjoyed.
Geo
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