aluminum shocks upgrade

well, my plastic stockers are leaking, and i blew a cap off of one. time for aluminum shocks. what are the best shocks for the price. theres a lot of stuff on ebay, i just want some that actually work well for bashing and such.

HPI bigbore shocks.

i just wish they were cheaper...

good and cheap are never in the same sentence...

well if you want cheap and good get flux big bores

adb140275 said:

time for aluminum shocks. what are the best shocks for the price. , i want some that actually work well for bashing and such.

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you just described hpi big bores to the T, couldnt have done any better myself.

Were are they leaking from? if it's from the cap you can use teflon tape around the threads to help seal it, or i'd say get cen Nemesis/Genesis shocks or the hpi big bores(Either plastic or alum).

Big Bores all the way

Yeah I noticed that the big bore are actually cheaper than the regular HPI aluminum set. If I hadn't got mine free I would have Big Bores already. I'm still planning on getting some anyway, if I don't get them for xmas that is, LOL.

I vote big bores as well, i was able to get 4 flux big bores on the bay for $30 shipped, which is a great deal (bidding not buy it now) They have exceeded my expectations and was a better solution for me then paying 90 for the Alum big bores, but ive been monitoring ebay lately to see if i can get another set around the same price for my other savage and haven't seen any come close to that price lately.

Alum big bores with alum Hellfire caps for me, seem to be working well so far, i have bent one shaft but that was from landing on one front wheel from quite a height so is expected, from the look of that particular landing i was expecting alot more damage.

I am with everyone else here Big bores all the way.

I just got 4 intgy big bores for my savage flux and they're all leaking from the bottom for some reason. Shock fluid everywhere and the dirt is sticking to it like white on rice. Not sure what to do at the moment......

STAY AWAY FROM INTEGY!!!!!!!!


and lock down the slipper all the way.

2 things you may never forget!!!

What's the slipper?

Not kidding... Not familiar with that name.

Slipper clutch. Behind the spurgear

I'm talking about my shocks leaking from the bottom.

How do you fix that? I leak from my bottom sometimes.

It's leaky o-rings, bent or damaged shafts.

I found the solution to the leakage. I forgot to take out o-rings from the stock shocks and put them in the new ones. There are no more leaks.

The shocks are pretty good though

faisalbasha said:

I found the solution to the leakage. I forgot to take out o-rings from the stock shocks and put them in the new ones. There are no more leaks.

The shocks are pretty good though

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Yes it helps to transfer needed parts into your new shocks.... a bit of green slime will help them to not leak also

Jam Racing 1 said:

Yes it helps to transfer needed parts into your new shocks.... a bit of green slime will help them to not leak also

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Green slime can take up alot of slack as far as sealing goes. My LST shocks leaked oil like they had holes in them. Green slime on the o-rings solved that.

currently there is no leakage at all, but if it starts again i will try the green slime. Thanks

I also have the Integy aluminum replacements for the HPI big bore shock bodies. They use the original rings, shaft, piston, etc. I'm of the belief that these shock bodies belong with the aluminum rear axle carriers in the category of "integy stuff that might actually be worth having."

Also +1 on green slime.

Guys I have a question. My savage came with the HPI aluminum big bores (alum body, gold shafts), and they leak from the bottom. I see this is very common, after searching. The problem is, the bottom cap seems to be a complete unit with the O-rings inside, and I am not seeing a way to disassembly it to change the O ring? Any advice? Thanks

spawn_x said:

Guys I have a question. My savage came with the HPI aluminum big bores (alum body, gold shafts), and they leak from the bottom. I see this is very common, after searching. The problem is, the bottom cap seems to be a complete unit with the O-rings inside, and I am not seeing a way to disassembly it to change the O ring? Any advice? Thanks

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Not sure about the aluminum big bores but, the stock plastic big bore unscrew both top and bottom. You should be able to locate the manual in this forum. I'll look for it as well.