DBXL front and rear hub carriers?

[Bryan K.]

Ok, so let's clear one thing up right now. The heavier spring did not bend your arms. How you ran your dbxl bent your arms. You've also notice considerable chassis flex in your dbxl too. I have a feeling jumping the poop out of it has something to do with how your db has been holding up. Trust me, I've had mine for years. Bought it used and never noticed those types of issues. Do the stock shocks suck? Fek yes. Do the DDM springs suck? Fek yes. Are they the direct cause of your a arms bending? Hell no. Are the DDM spring a band aid ? Yeah I'll agree with that too. Your company, listed has a decent solution. But at the end if the day the stock shocks in any form (imo) suck. In fact they suck so bad they could pull the chrome off a hitch ball. I'm not saying swapping out to 5ive shocks is needed for everyone, but I'd have a hell of a lot less time and money into fixing a crap design if I did. And they wont put too much preload on your suspension, or passively allow your arms to bend from too much preload. Somethings gotta give.

I honestly can't remember any time where my DBXL had all 4 wheels off the ground while running. I literally do not jump any of my cars. The condition of my buggy pretty much speaks for itself. It's completely mint. I did pick up the arms used as I pieced everything together from scratch. However, the arms did not bend till I put the HD springs on. Just how much of a pain it was to get the shock to line up with the arms under that preload is a testament to how much force is being applied to those arms. I had to take several breaks to rest my arms just so I could try again and compress the springs enough to get it into the arms. I can honestly believe over time the arms will bend. But we each have our own opinions. I've thought about the fact that they were used arms so perhaps they are brittle from the previous owner bashing the crap out of them. Regardless, I'm not comfortable with the amount of static preload, so the HD springs are coming off. Since you guys aren't experiencing the same problems with the arms, I'll caulk it up to a combination of the springs having too much preload and that my used arms were weak from previous owner's abuse. I'll snap some pics of the old bent arms, but as I've said it's already starting to straighten out on it's own so it's not as apparent anymore.