First I would to thank Tailend Charlie for his work on making a functioning VVSS suspension out of the Mato offering. My method is basically his method with a couple of my own ideas added. I am using the Mato traction bars, as they appear to work fine. If you have any questions don't hesitate to ask.

A few items may need some explanation.

The traction bar assembly is all glued solid except the Du-bru hinge. The hole assembly pivots from there. Notice the engineered plastic pivot bar and how the ends extend past the traction bar assembly. This rides in the C channel that is glued to the inside of the suspension castings.

THe enlarged pads on the traction bar give some room for movement, without the whole thing piling up. Without those pads the traction arms would slide off the swing arms and foul the wheel. With the slightly enlarged pads this no longer is a problem.

It is time consuming, but the bottom line is these can be built to be fully functional. I used low temp allow on the wheel castings and to fill the void in the suspension towers. This is the only thing that might cause you some concern as not everyone wants to do this. Instead you could use that two part epoxy Mr fix it that is availabe at most big hardware stores. The Tamiya aluminum cylinders are glued into place, and the low temp alloy poured in. So at this point you could just fill the void with the epoxy putty.