[Finnster]

This mod is the ballz for the .5. It solves alot of handling problems. The susp is now very nice, plush but doesn't bottom out over good sized jumps. The springs are widely available and in good assortments to allow a lot of tunability as well. I think Mike even has it on his ext arm .5 in the store's pics. I showed him mine at the track and he was impressed by what an improvement it was over stock.

Other note: A neighbor of mine bought a used 18SS from the LHS, and I went bashing around w/ him w/ it. Gotta saw I wasn't impressed by it. Maybe it was a bit abused, but the stupid ballends kept breaking and even a stub axel snapped when I very lightly slid into an obstacle. We (I, he was a noob) had to fix it several times that day. Like I said, maybe it was just a lemon, maybe its just that it was a smelly slow nitro, but I didn't like that truck so much. I would not trade it for the .5 by any means, esp given the abuse I've put the .5 thru w/o much problem.

The only thing I'm not so hot on on the .5 (besides the shocks) are the F upper arms. Mine haven't broke, but the small turnbuckle is a bit bent. Been fine for a while now, but if there is a flaw that would be it. Oh yeah, the servo saver... prone to breakage if its mounted in the outer ackerman, inner ackermann and its fine.