Boomerang Aftermarket Shocks

[Lhodgo]

Hey y'all, making a boomerang runner, I've gone red body, thrown on some egress wheels, looks hot...but I have no shocks. Yellow just won't work think black aluminium. Can I get some advice as to brand and lengths I'll need? It's not up super hop up, more a opportunistic buggy, one I'll throw around the paddock every now and then!

cheers gang!

[Dirt-540]

I used the 85mm version of these on my King Blackfoot and they were really plush.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1-10th-Scale-RC-Oil-Filled-Aluminum-Shock-Absorber-Damper-Shocks-55-75-85-95mm-/370638504482?var=&epid=1405249647&hash=item564bc6c222:m:mDIEo1s9Kb4IlwA6FqoZPiw

However a year later I bought the 55mm version for my TA02 project and they were useless, springs too hard, then when I changed to some softer springs I then had to thicken the oil as it were like you know what. I ended up stripping them down and throwing all the parts in my scrap parts case because when I got the preload and oil correct they just werent that smooth because the pistons were scraping the inside of the bores. So i dont know whether it was a case of the quality control went out the window during the period of time between both purchases or whether its just that the 55mm versions are rubbish and the longer ones are good.

[ThunderDragonCy]

The Absima shocks are ok. 

[Percymon]

Tamiya 54567 DT03 shock set (black CVAs ) might be worth a look - rears might be the correct length, may have to meddle a bit to get the right length for the front

Search out black CVA shock body, caps, spring platforms and utilise the current internals and springs ?

 

Dye the yellow CVAs with a packet of Rit dye - i've used it to dye white items, may not be as effective colouring yellow plastic ?  These were white CVAs dyed with Tangerine Rit dye..

 

[Jonathon Gillham]

All 3 shocks on the Boomerang are the same length, the rears actually require the spacer things to make the springs captive. Weird I know, totally threw me as didn't remember that in my original BITD but thats how the rere is anyway.

If you need me to measure them let me know

[Percymon]

The front shock is not the same as the rear, the rears use a long piston rod (ca 6mm longer) and longer plastic shock body.  The springs themselves are the same front and rear, which is why the rear needs bigger preload spacers to make up for the lack of spring length

[Jonathon Gillham]

Yep absolutely right, realised what i had said just after I had left home, knew it wasn't quite right when I posted it, should've actually looked at the car!