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Yip ?? even on the reed baja I have the springs fully loaded? so both cars need the upgradeFor your twin?
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Yip ?? even on the reed baja I have the springs fully loaded? so both cars need the upgradeFor your twin?
What size do you guys suggest?
The red are UHD heaviest(3.2mm) and the black are classified as HD(3.0mm). Blacks are the medium.I have black on the rear and silver on the front. Think the Black springs are the strongest ones and Red is medium . The Reds weren't available when I wanted the heavier springs.
I’ll look into upgrading springs. I’m gonna try running what I have first. If it needs to be done I’ll do it though. John said he would send out the gaskets and bleeder screws. Obr is gonna be about 4-6 weeks so I’m trying to decide if I want to put the esp back in it for a bit when the build is done or wait for the obr
I’m sure I’ll have to swap it overHope you have better luck with your thinking than I did. I used the recommended oil weights on DDM site when I put my shocks together and mounted them on the baja and the rear end was just about on the ground. Adjusting the preload collars didn't help at all. Ended up getting the black springs and I also increased the oil weight in the shocks. Granted my Baja weighs 30 pounds which is a bit heavier than stock.
Good luck, hope you have better luck with the springs.
The rest of the parts came in. Started putting together the front and rear assemblies. The IRc shocks don't like to play well with the rest of the system. Needed to shave the lower, upper and shock holder thing on the lower a arm. Also had to grind off the shock cap insert because it didn’t fit inside the turtle racing shock tower. Still have to do the same modification to the rear to get the shocks attached to the towerView attachment 62139View attachment 62140View attachment 62141View attachment 62142View attachment 62143View attachment 62144
Thats exactly what I did ??Also had to grind off the shock cap insert because it didn’t fit inside the turtle racing shock tower
Buggy looks sweet so far you can never go wrong with silver and blackI should have got hinge pin braces and those upgraded engine mounts. I guess that will be next
Nice build mate??Had to shave the upper a arms to clear the shocks lower a arms could use a bit more of a shave but it will do for now.View attachment 62221View attachment 62222then all I needed to do was install the yamadude throttle linkage. Took a good long while to set it properly.View attachment 62225i let the super spikes sit for a week on the wheel before installing the beadlocks and I’m glad I did. They went on with no struggle. With the Baja shell back on it, it doesn’t look like I just spent $2000+ on parts. Maybe it will be my sleeper build.
Nice build mate??
One thing I would recommend is a rubber washer of some description between the pipe and the mount as a vibration dampelr I had the same bzm pipe years back and mine split where the mount plate is welded to the chamber, I had it rewelded and then put some rubber on and it was all good until I sold it??
Its come together nicely ?? maybe rpm front uppers would fit better with the new shocks? or wait for the flm extended arms sale on DDM??
Right now they are trimmed down quite niceI thought I heard even Rpm will rub the IRC shocks ?
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