Shock oil
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Looks like you may have to call or email them unless someone knows off hand. I pulled the manual and it has solid exploded views, but surprisingly no info on fluid weight. Sorry not much help from me really. 
It will probably be a 30wt
MonsterAir
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Lighter oil will make it less responsive. Best I can tell ya is how I got mine. 45wt all round w/ the orange losi springs. It jumps better, less body roll and less traction roll overs.
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I'm looking for it to travel over rough areas smoother. I have a traxxas UDR that is perfect. This is rough and bounces over everything. I pulled one shock and checked the fluid and it's like what would be in a center diff. I found nothing on line. this is a BWS-5b that I build a roll cage for and mounted a 5T body on. turned of pretty good.
I thought about trying the DTT springs. #'s are diff but not sure i want to do springs yet. Thought I would start with oil.
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I've done that before 
diff fluid in the shocks Late night trying to get ready for next day.... If the oil in your shocks is that thick then it's an issue. Swap it out, it'll cost $15 and take about an hour 
diff fluid in the shocks Late night trying to get ready for next day.... If the oil in your shocks is that thick then it's an issue. Swap it out, it'll cost $15 and take about an hour
You want heavier springs as a udr and a 5th scale have very dramatic differences in weight. I ran 50wt along with the heaviest springs ddm sells for my 5ive-t and it helps anything lighter you'll be slapping your chassis on everything.
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Agreed. I think springs matter more than a difference of 10wt or 15wt in oil. BUT if your shocks really do have diff fluid in them then that's an issue.
Yea I'd start over with a known oil in the shocks meaning start over refill them and try again then go heavier on springs. Plus adjust the pre load as needed and if your at max adjustment then the springs need to be heavier. I have about an inch of preload on the collars on the ddm springs and it's good.
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Seems we all had to up shock oil and spring weight in the 5ive.
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Thanks for all the input..............I will explain a little further.......As i drive across the back yard the car bounces as it hit every little inperfection. The desire is to have a little give and absorb. my collars aree all the way up in the front and about 1/4 pre in the rear. A heavier spring will make it worse IMO. this is why I want to play with oil first. A softer spring will lower my ride height if i leave my collars as they are. and induce chassis slap. I need to speed up the shock travel....I believe this will be accomplished by lighter oil not harder spring. harder or stiffer spring would add to the issue....
This a converted BWS-5B with 5T body mounted on it. So I can't compare it to the 5ive as the suspension is not the same.
This a converted BWS-5B with 5T body mounted on it. So I can't compare it to the 5ive as the suspension is not the same.
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The hole count and size of holes in the shock pistons will change dampening rate as well. Really your just going to have to experiment, as it's not a popular model.
So what is a BWS-5B? Rc is trial and error so plan on wasting money getting it the way YOU want because everyone as you see has different expectations for their rigs.
You need to set your own starting point as its unique to the terrain you run on.
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Rule of thumb when buying these 1/5's new is. 1) Rebuild shocks and diffs 2) Pull every screw and loctite it. Get back to us when you do this. Start with 30wt. Good Luck
i would personally assume that the shocks on the 5b are the same as the BWS 5T which are a copy of the losi 5t shocks, i run 30wt oil with the frornt and rear spring collars about centered and thats pretty good for flat fields with lots of small bumps but that is on a bws 5t