Make your RC cars shocks shorter for better handling at high speeds

In this Instructable I will show you how to shorten your shocks so you can bring your car closer to the ground so you can take higher speed turns with out flapping.

I will utilize my other Instructable on how to do maintenance on your cars shocks so some of the steps will be the same.

You can find my other Instructable on shock maintenance HERE

The Stuff You Will Need:
-Shock oil ( I used 30wt)
-R/C Shocks (No duhhh =) )
-Paper Towels
-Pliers
-Fuel tubing

Step 1 Taking apart your shock

Remove the spring retainer from the piston. Then remove the spring from the shock.

Comments

[Furball_Fidelis]

also see that peice of rubber that's supposed to act as a stopper/bumpstop on the shock shaft? remove it and you'll gain a bit more compression...I've done it to all my shocks and my crawlers crawl better and my other trucks handle better....

[looking4ideas]

Yah how ever when you are racing your truck that will cause you to brake a shock coming off a big jump when/if it bottoms out.

[Furball_Fidelis]

the trucks are made to take off big jumps to begin with...the tires will absorb some of the impact, and if your'e racing on a track the landing ramp makes for a much softer landing,and your shocks shouldn't bottom out off a landing ramp anyways...if they are they're too soft ...if your'e bashing your truck...who cares..go with some thicker shock oil and/or stiffer springs if you're bashing

[sharlston]

Great ible check out my rc ibles too :)

[sharlston]

Im guessing this is why drifting/touring/street cars have smaller less travel shocks?

[lemonie]

1 piece of tube and you don't have to buy new shocks? That's a neat & simple reversible mod. L

[looking4ideas]

it took me ages to find this mod on the net so i decided to place it on this site where more people can get a hold of it

[sharlston]

good idea thanks this helped