Oil shocks for my TL01

[Allanto]

Where can i get some better shocks for my double blaze TL01 chassis, prefebly bigger than my stock ones.

What RC part number are they. I havnt yet seen the parts manual yet as i get it for my birthday.

[mr_pushrod]

a) As you've been told numerous times, it isn't a TL-01 chassis.

The search option is your friend, this topic has been covered plenty of times in the monsters section.

[Allanto]

Thanks, but that means tamiyas lying it clearly says under the specs on their website. TL01 chassis.

so what the badword is it then. ?

[mr_pushrod]

Again, as a number of us have said, someone must have made a mistake on whatever website you were looking at. A quick look through the showrooms would have confirmed this;

TL-01

Double Blaze/Twin Detonator/Wild Dagger

As the pics show, the chassis are very different. Although some parts are shared (as with many Tamiya cars), the DB/TD/WD has twin motors and twin gearboxes compared to the TL-01s single motor and shaft drive plus the main chassis are totally different. There are many knowledgeable and experienced people on TC who do their best to help, why you think we would be lying is a mystery to me. Also, having had a quick look at the English and American Tamiya entries for the Double Blaze I see no mention of it being TL-01. Now do you believe us?

Also remember that you can download the full manual for the TD in PDF format from the Tamiya website. The only part of the manual that won't be the same as the DB are the instructions for painting the shell. The steps for building the chassis, parts list (minus shell) and hop up list will be the same;

http://tamiya.com/english/rc/manuals.htm

 

[T.C~Tamiya]

Thanks, but that means tamiyas lying it clearly says under the specs on their website. TL01 chassis.

Could you post the link please.

[Allanto]

Yeh sure here it is http://www.tamiyausa.com/product/item.php?product-id=58309

look in the Title were it says 'Tamiya Twin detonator- TL01/TL01B'

This is there offiial website isnt it?

 

 

Cheers

[T.C~Tamiya]

Yup fair enough, it does indeed say TL01/TL01B

Cheers

[Allanto]

Thank You. Now really who DID you expect me to beleive The people website who made the damb thing. Or you. well actually i beleive you now.

I had a fair point didn't i? if the website said it for an RC newbie like me i was bound to beleive it.

 

 

 

Many Thanks

[T.C~Tamiya]

So... erm... does the Double Blaze have a TL01 chassis or not ? I mean is the web site mistaken or is mr_pushrod mistaken, I've never owned a Double Blaze so I actually have no idea, can anyone give a definitive answer ??

[jimbo858]

Okay, this is a stretch.... Perhaps when Tamiya states that the DB/WD/TD trucks have a "TL-01" chassis they don't mean that the chassis part itself is "exactly" the same but rather it's a reference to the fact that so many parts are shared between the TL-01, TL-01B, and the DB/TD/WD trucks. Basically, all those trucks started from the same design with differences in the chassis.

Anyhow, to answer the question about "oil shocks for the DB". I've seen some 70mm shocks on ebay every now and then that look good. Also, the 75mm shocks from www.morfars.com should work.

http://www.morfars.dk/rc/product_info.php?...34eed354c732147

Yes, I know it's listed for the "hated" Bonzer TL-01B copycat. But, again the suspension on both the TL-01B and the DB/TD/WD is very similar.

Oh www.ebay.com there's one seller there that sell some 55mm shocks. But, I tried them and they are really too short for the TL-01B or DB/TD/WD setups.  the 55mm shocks would work fine for an on road TL-01 setup.  But, there's just not enough travel on the 55mm shocks for offroad (IMHO).  So, don't get those. But, from time to time there are some 70-75mm shocks on www.ebay.com.  I just can't remember the seller off the top of my head.  I guess you could always just go and get a set of 70mm shocks and make them fit. That shouldn't be too bad.

What I've done for my WD is I've gotten a custom shock mount (you can make these on your own, you can get them on ebay, or you can get them from some other customizers here on the board).  Those custom shock mounts will let you use 4" shocks.  I'm currently using 4" shocks from an E-Maxx and I'm happy with them.  They seem to work better AND they definitely look better...

[Allanto]

Yes thanks for all those links. But i live in uk , its mutch harder to find the parts you need ove here.

Ill keep looking or maybe arange to buy with american sellers. Just a bit of palarva.

 

 

Cheers

[Corpse Thrower]

I think Stellamodels have some shocks for the TL-01/twin detonator chassis.

[Rabiedmushroom]

Yes thanks for all those links. But i live in uk , its mutch harder to find the parts you need ove here.

And then the good lord invented Ebay.

And he sayeth "Use the worldwide search, for thou will find all nature of twinckly things and performance hopups from great distances, at an exchange rate which often makes them cheaper than many UK shops..."

[fatboyslim]

Yes thanks for all those links. But i live in uk , its mutch harder to find the parts you need ove here.

And then the good lord invented Ebay.

And he sayeth "Use the worldwide search, for thou will find all nature of twinckly things and performance hopups from great distances, at an exchange rate which often makes them cheaper than many UK shops..."

...and quite often thou canst order from a Hong Kong ebayer and delivery will be quicker than your LHS could get them!!

[mr_pushrod]

Depends who you get the stuff from, I've never had any problems with Stella Models and it's often been faster to buy from them than order from my LHS!

[fatboyslim]

Depends who you get the stuff from, I've never had any problems with Stella Models and it's often been faster to buy from them than order from my LHS!

neither have I that's why I put that, I find that in most cases I can order from most HK/Japanese eBayers and the stuff usually arrives within 5 days

[mr_pushrod]

My bad! Had only just woken up so my brain wasn't functioning quite as it should [:$]

[fatboyslim]

Too much of the King last night??

[QuesoGrande]

Shocks that work well are fronts from the Duratrax Evader or the Losi

XX.  If you go for anything bigger you do not get anymore

suspension travel due to the design of the arms. The Evader BX shocks

seem best, the ones from the ST are a little too long. I've ordered

Duratrax shocks from ebayers in the US with no problems. The good old

tamiya CVAs work ok too but need some stiffer springs.

[jimbo858]

Yes thanks for all those links. But i live in uk , its mutch harder to find the parts you need ove here.

Ill keep looking or maybe arange to buy with american sellers. Just a bit of palarva.

Cheers

Actually, http://www.morfars.dk is in Finland (if I'm not

mistaken?).  And I've even ordered stuff from England and

Europe.  The reason?  They seem nicer.  Oh and as for

those Hong Kong sellers... Maybe it's just me. But, they take

FOREVER.  The only Hong Kong seller I'd recommend is

www.rcmart.com  I had one problem with a shipment being lost and

they replaced it.  Took awhile. But, they were in constant contact

and we very easy to work with.  And comparing US ebayers to the

Hong Kong sellers...  I find that the US ebayers tend to take even

longer to ship to me than the Hong Kong sellers do.  oh well...

good luck!

[jimbo858]

Shocks that work well are fronts from the Duratrax Evader or the Losi

XX.  If you go for anything bigger you do not get anymore

suspension travel due to the design of the arms. The Evader BX shocks

seem best, the ones from the ST are a little too long. I've ordered

Duratrax shocks from ebayers in the US with no problems. The good old

tamiya CVAs work ok too but need some stiffer springs.

I finally got my E-Maxx shocks on my counterfeit TL01B this past weekend.  So, nice to NOT have the thing bottom out all the time now.  Oh and that's why I'm using bigger shocks.  Not for the suspension travel. But, they just seem better able to handle the weight of the bigger 560 sized motor and 7 cell battery pack.

[Allanto]

Ow ok iv never ordered from america, does everything arrive quickly and in good order (like 2 weeks delivery) ?

 

Thanks

[mr_pushrod]

I have ordered from America before and so far have found delivery to be quick (less than a week). While you'll be fine ordering small items like a set of shocks, bear in mind you are more likely to get hit by import duty for larger items than if you were ordering from HK for instance.

[MikeT]

Saying that alan i bought a Futaba SkySport radio from Stella and didn't get any import duty or any clearance fees etc!

[mr_pushrod]

Saying that alan i bought a Futaba SkySport radio from Stella and didn't get any import duty or any clearance fees etc!

Exactly, Stella are in HK.....