Home made suspension upgrade what do you think?

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Home made suspension upgrade what do you think? - 10/30/2006 9:59:33 PM

chazer06

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Home made suspension upgrade what do you think? Rush evo by the way. Its aluminium and a few bolts; how easy. Its alot higher and looks cool

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RE: Home made suspension upgrade what do you think? - 10/31/2006 9:05:41 PM

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Looks good, how thick are the new damper stays?

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RE: Home made suspension upgrade what do you think? - 10/31/2006 10:04:51 PM

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Guessing from the look of the side profile..... 3mm - 3/8".

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RE: Home made suspension upgrade what do you think? - 11/1/2006 7:16:16 PM

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ye they are 3mm front and back. I just got bored one day so i done it. It turned out much better than i expected, also looks cool. It only took me an hour. What cars do you guys have?

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RE: Home made suspension upgrade what do you think? - 11/1/2006 7:18:42 PM

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if you want more pictures just tell me and il put some up.

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RE: Home made suspension upgrade what do you think? - 11/1/2006 7:26:03 PM

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ORIGINAL: chazer06

What cars do you guys have?

HPI Savage w/ Axial .32 and a couple pounds of aluminum goodies
RDLogics Wolverine w/ HPI 4.6, El Camino body and Jumbo Kongs
Traxxas T-Maxx 2.5 with a lot of titanium and hardened gearing/drivetrain parts
Traxxas Nitro Rustler that must be a gift from God as it just can't seem to be killed
Traxxas Stampede w/ 13-turn and a handfull of aftermarket goodies
Traxxas Stampede w/ 15-turn and lowered for street bashing

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RE: Home made suspension upgrade what do you think? - 11/1/2006 7:53:10 PM

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Those sound cool. I was thinking of getting a rustler but then i got a mt2. I like the "must be from god part lol

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RE: Home made suspension upgrade what do you think? - 11/1/2006 8:02:53 PM

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Have any other people made any home made upgrades?? Preferably suspension

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RE: Home made suspension upgrade what do you think? - 11/4/2006 6:04:45 PM

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not me bro

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RE: Home made suspension upgrade what do you think? - 11/7/2006 1:19:13 AM

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nope not like that but i put double shock on my bashing mt2 in profile

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RE: Home made suspension upgrade what do you think? - 11/7/2006 3:46:55 AM

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ya thats a good idea

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RE: Home made suspension upgrade what do you think? - 11/7/2006 8:57:09 PM

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ye tht is a good idea its one of the simplist too...but the only thing i would say is that you are putting alot of stress on the shock tower. But it looks ok

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RE: Home made suspension upgrade what do you think? - 11/18/2006 10:11:32 AM

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and watch the dogbones dont slip put if the cups like mine did....lol

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RE: Home made suspension upgrade what do you think? - 11/22/2006 11:17:30 PM

i own a rush evo...

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hi

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