mounted on the volcano and fully extended they are 4inches (10cm).

I got really confuzed... cartronicshn is right, nicacus said "shock tower breaks upon landing..."

and then what tornado are we talking about???? the new himoto tornado 1:8 4x4? or the redcat tornado 1:10 buggy? I would expect the t-maxx shocks to fit the 1:8 without any problems but I have no idea about the buggy ...never had one