i went to my LHS yesterday and found some really short shocks, they're for the latrax rally 1/18, #7560. they're 35mm eye to eye with a diameter of about 10mm, but they are basically just springs (oilless). if they work for me i can get the oil filled ones that traxxas makes as an upgrade (7560X or 7561). I'm also thinking I may want to just get this thing running before i try to get the interior to fit. the motors from hobbyking showed up a couple days ago, i'll try and upload a pic soon.