What shocks for King Blackfoot

[TamiyaRC]

Hi Guys ....

I have a King Blackfoot and wanna replace the original bumpy suspension with the one with oil in it.

Can you Guys recommend me which one is the good one, and possibly with pictures and parts number ?  Also is any modification needed to replace it ?

I saw a lot of different looks of suspension for KBF.

Thanks Guys.

hsw21

[audia4]

hi mate im using these on the rear, they work really well Â£5 of ebay, do a search for nitro monster truck, they are from a thunder tiger ssk. i want to get some more for the front. you just need to shorten them, i done this by using fuel tube on the damper shaft to stop them from fully exdending. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v738/dan...a4/DSC00437.jpg

[3doorpete]

I find the Tamiya CVA's by far good enough. Transform the KBF. Rather than spending more than that on shocks, I'd first want to sort out the shonky steering as that is the next limiting factor.

[Tamiya King]

Back when I owned a KBF, I just used the Duratrax Gold Shocks. They were cheap and did the job. They looked like this but longer.

 

[DJTheo]

Peter is right, CVAs work fine, better then many cheap metal leaky ones, better maybe try different springs and oils.

Cheers

[dunebuggy71]

I use the black C.V.A. short shocks on my King Blackfoot. Works great.

As i heard from other members, the Duratrax gold shocks are not so

good. They are called "Duraleak". If you use C.V.A. shocks, use medium

or hard oil  and the one hole damper piston on the rear dampers

and normal yellow soft oil and two hole damper piston on the front.

Perfect setup for the KBF.[]

The stiffer spring, which comes with the C.V.A. short shock set is also a good choice for the rear suspension.

[jozza]

I've tried all sorts of different oil shocks, but have found that the cheaper aluminium ones are never quite as long lasting as they could be. They also tend to be difficult or impossible to refill.

 

I would recommend Tamiya CVA shocks; whilst they look plain, they are easy to refill, easy to change the hardness of the damper piston and cheap. I've got these in my Pumpkin and they work fine, I have snapped one of them but replacement is cheap. And they are still very good at soaking up the bumps, much smoother after 2 years of abuse than some GPM's which I got for the Baja Champ.

 

My LHS also does a variety of shocks for other cars, the Hot Bodies shocks are a reasonable price and good quality, but I'm not sure if they would be the right length for the KBF, or if they would require different fittings. If you can take the car to a LHS, then just compare the shocks they have, but I would say that for price and quality, the Tamiya CVA shocks are great.

[Tamiya King]

Peter is right, CVAs work fine, better then many cheap metal leaky ones, better maybe try different springs and oils.

Cheers

 

Wow, that surprises me, I have never had a leak the whole time I owned my KBF back then. Maybe they didn't build them right! I don't mean to toot the whistle, but shock building seems to be a weak part in a lot of builds. I can not count the number of times I get a car that is leaking like a mother, I clean everything and put it all back together and no leaks. []

[DJTheo]

Of course assembly is important, but you can also be lucky and get some which are in the tolerances, but in general, as also others wrote CVAs are best value for money as none of them leak, so why go out of Tamiya?

Cheers