Shocks are 12mm diameter and shorter than 8th scale. Just looks like they are scaled down properly. Sometime, I may replace them with regular 8th scale shocks to get a little more suspension height and to have a "big bore" look (at least relative to the truck

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Another upgrade I'd like Losi to release is an adjustable rear toe plate. The rear has too much toe-in for me since I bash mostly. The stock toe plate is just a piece of metal with a hole for the pin - no plastic insert so you can adjust them. Besides, with the toe-in as far as it is (in the rear), the shocks are not at a vertical front-to-rear angle. Reducing toe-in will bring the tires a little further back and make the shocks align better.