Shocks - What has everyone tried or running?

[NCT_Guy]

I have been building my Wraith and have taken it out a few times over the course of the upgrades and just trying options to get good control over my rig plus articulation to maintain the tire grip..

First I started out stock RTR set up and then I changed out the springs to a softer rate - It made the truck handle alot better I felt, not so tipsy and the truck sat lower due to me setting the coil preload just tot the point the spring didn't move loose at full extension.

Next - Currently I just installed:
- Level 3 lowering kit.
- ProLine rear Slash shocks front and rear.
- ProLine spring tune kit with the softest rate spring with the transfer turned over.
- 20wt oil

Proline rear Slash shocks are the same length as RTR factory Wraith shocks and with the lowering kit I can bottom out the rear axle upper link mount to the batt. tray and or bottom part of the roll cage. In front I came close to the servo hitting the cage. BUT other wise I really thought the Wraith handled the rough terrain and obstacles really nice at a decent more aggressive pace. Large rock or wood logs was a lot easier than before. Slow crawling pace I felt I lost too much total drop out and could have gained more traction, reason for exploring possibly longer shocks.

So my thoughts as, what about a longer shock that allowed for more travel, loose alittle over all compression travel as I can't use it anyways with the suspension bottoming out now and gain back the full drop out travel as the suspension had from factory that I lost when I lowered it with the new lowing upper shock mounts.

I looked around and found some shocks ranging in 108mm, 124mm and 128mm.


What is everyone else running and or tried on their Wraith, please share set ups and thoughts.

Thanks!

 

[easleycrawler]

Proline powerstrokes for the front of a slash."thumbsup"

 

[Quartermaster]

Proline slash front on both ends with blue and yellow springs.

 

[SteerAndStuff]

I have XL big bores on mine. Had them left over from a previous comp rig but they fit and work great.

 

[slowride1]

losi 4 in here

 

[k goodrich]

I guess I am cheap.. I changed to the 3 hole piston in the stock shocks and the super soft springs. I think I now have 30 wt oil in them. They seem to work very good, I am looking for a very good overal performance and this seems to work good enough for me. I use my wraith for 90% crawling no KOH style driving yet but my daughter is always driving it with her dolls in it so I will probably get another one and really mod it out.

 

[ausjethro]

90MM(3.5 inches) Axial alloy shocks with soft dual rate springs and 40wt oil in my Wraith basher and 100MM(4.0 inches) Gmade TS02 alloy shocks with soft internal springs in my crawler Wraith.

 

[wyant50]

losi 4 and have had nothing but fun

 

[OntarioCrawler]

if you bash, traxxas slash. if you crawl, im running stock shocks, 30 Wt oil, and HPI MT2 springs. FANTASTIC spring rate!

RC4WD aluminum 110mm's on order now.

id never use a lowering kit if your crawling. just use a softer spring that sits the truck lower. you dont need huge compression, you want huge drop out!

 

[irollgen4s]

For my basher i just threw shorter springs onto the stock shocks. Yeah the shocks travel way more then the spring, but its an RC car, so it doesn't matter like a real car. shocks don't bind up at all, and on jumps the extra shock droop and movement helps a bunch. they are also much stiffer then the stock springs, as they meant for an onroad car.

 

[Rig Rocker]

Proline Powerstrokes for Rear of Traxxas Slash "thumbsup"

 

[NCT_Guy]

Think I may try my ProLines without the lowering kit and then after that try some 124mm, I am really liking these....8) Corey @ RPPHobby.com has them for $50 on a set of 4, buy these and sell my Prolines and put some money back in my pocket for some other upgrades;-)

 

[rcdriver199]

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if so are they nice? im thinking of ordering 4?

 

[frdtrkguy]

Im using stock XR shocks with the kit springs set with alot of sag & flipped lower mounts.