-SomeGuy-

They are the regular maxx size but i do like them and are pretty light, they slip a little on asphalt but are good on any other surface.

nothinbetr2do

hi guys, anybody know what the stock oil weight is that comes in the shocks? thanks

-SomeGuy-

Im pretty sure they have 25 wt oil in them, ask in the LST section, they will know for sure.

gibsa004

hey, i'm pretty new to the hobby and have a savage .21, and want to know what this kit actually does for the truck. Cheers Andy

brokentrucks

Basically what is does is give the savage a new shock set up so of course you can put a different shock from a different car (in this case an LST2) and these shocks give the savage better handling so you could race more ETC.

-JOE-

would aftershock shocks work, I heard some guy talking and he said they are the same dimensions but lighter?

ravenlunatic

yes they would i've used them before on my truck. i like the smoothness of the ride but they bend the shock towers.

-JOE-

with the mounts installed?

ravenlunatic

no, i didn't use the mounts, the shocks fit fine with the bushings for the AFT shocks. the mounts will still bend the towers though, they push the front towers toward the rear and the rear toward the front. it's not a huge problem but it is annoying to make the body holes and post line up.

ravenlunatic

here's a way to do the conversion with out the mount kit. all you need is the stock losi bushings for the shocks

i used the old nuts and bolts from the savage x for the top and drill holes into the stock x arms on the truck to mount the lower part of the shocks


i've bashed the crap out of my truck with this set up and the only thing that's failed is the screws for the lower part of the shock that i used to mount on the arms. all you would need are better quality screws.

-SomeGuy-

The afterskock shocks are the exact same size but lighter since they're all plastic. And yes the towers bend inwards because of the weight of the truck is pushing on one side only. I almost feel like putting my alloy towers on just to get rid of this problem. With the wing and the LST shocks i've broken a couple tanks because of this. I guess thats what you get when you set up a truck for racing and try to bash with it. If i remove the wing then it would be better. Another thing i wanted to do on my punisher theme truck (oh so long ago) is put 4 lst shocks in the back, this would remove that problem and would look nice but might be overkill. This would only work on a truck that has extended chassis and those locking things (whatever they're called) that allows you to run without the turnbuckle in the rear, or those HPI rear hub carriers.

Dale Gribble

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I was wondering if you were considering a LP tower for LST shocks... Maybe angle the shocks inwards as much as possible and still keep a lower profile on the towers. If you go that route, let me know and I will pick up a pair.

It's wouldn't take much to reinforce the tower on the side without shocks. I haven't run mine enough to see the impact. Does it cause the shock tower to bend slightly or does it actually increase breakage?

You could run a crossmember between the shock towers to brace them together and prevent bending or get a roll cage that has mount points on the shock towers.

ravenlunatic

i don't know that low profile shock towers are available and the bending of the stock towers are not a huge problem, how ever building a support brace is not a bad idea. i may have to do some poking around my truck to find places to mount a brace though.

i also do not think that there are rollcages that mount to the shock towers to prevent bending. running a cross member may work but it'll be in the way of the batt.box lid and the air filter.