CRT.5 Big Bore Shocks done easy & cheap

[lincpimp]

Did this mod today, and realy like it. I used the plastic jato shocks on the front and the lx shocks with the yellow springs on the back. Question is, is there any reason not to cut the rear springs? It does sit a bit too high, and the shocks are too stiff. I do need to go with lighter oil, that is for sure. I will try removing 2 coils and see what that does.

What is the general preference for jato front springs? I have silver IIRC, and seem a bit soft. And what weight oil do the jato preassembled shocks come with? Traxxas just calls it silicone oil. Any guesses?

GO-RIDE, any chance of a pic of your rear shocks installed?

[GO-RIDE.com]

Originally Posted by lincpimp

Did this mod today, and realy like it. I used the plastic jato shocks on the front and the lx shocks with the yellow springs on the back. Question is, is there any reason not to cut the rear springs? It does sit a bit too high, and the shocks are too stiff. I do need to go with lighter oil, that is for sure. I will try removing 2 coils and see what that does.

What is the general preference for jato front springs? I have silver IIRC, and seem a bit soft. And what weight oil do the jato preassembled shocks come with? Traxxas just calls it silicone oil. Any guesses?

GO-RIDE, any chance of a pic of your rear shocks installed?

I don't think I ever posted a pic of the rear shocks on mine, but remember someone else posting a pic that had them mounted the same way I did. I don't have my crt.5 handy, but I think I remember how I mounted them.

I believe I just used the stock crt.5 mounting hardware, but I put the upper mounts in the oval slots, on the shock tower, for running 2 body mounts. I only run 1 rear body mount so I had both of those slots open. This leans the shocks in quite a bit so you can still get the rear dogbones level for proper handling. I then mounted the shocks to the outer hole on the arms.

I've seen others mount them in the stock shock tower holes, but you end up with too high of ride height for racing. For bashing it's probably fine.