AARON YOUNG

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Use new plastic shock bottoms cause the X-ray thread is different and larger making them cross thread and loose. Also trim the 1 mm end off the bottom of the shock shaft

yukiyu

hi there.. i was wondering if anybody is using a different brand rear belt, i popped mine in my first race and i can't find a replacement that i can get in less than a week.. if anybody knows what fits please share it!! thank you guys..
Yukiyu

Fred Hubbard

iTrader: (6)

Yokomo BD5 or HB Cyclone.

theatriks

iTrader: (8)

hot bodies tcx rear belt fits perfectly too

yukiyu

thank you guys!!
Yukiyu

syndr0me

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I've been running the TRF shocks with the Tamiya hardware on the top and XRay bottoms, springs, retainers, ball cup. Haven't needed to trim the shock shaft in this configuration, and with the Exotek bits, they look great. I use Tamiya 53599* or 42231** for the ball on the shock tower. You can get away with using the Tamiya hardware on top with the 12's shock towers, it clears just fine. I believe that wasn't the case with the '11 which is why people were trying to use XRay hardware before.

* These parts are gray, not black. The color blends in just fine. They look like this, which incidentally seems to be a new piece I'm not familiar with. It's shorter which might move the shock closer to the tower? I haven't tested it.

** I haven't tested these yet, but I assume they'll work fine. They look HOT.

locked

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@yukiyu T.O.P. Photon rear belts fit well also.

kinga

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I have tried the tamiya shocks and in my opinion there is no performance difference between them and the xray ALU shocks. If you run the alu shocks you have the benefit of being able to directly apply the pro setup sheets, whereas with the tamiya you have to make slight alterations to your shock oil weights to match up depending on your piston configuration.
Alu shocks are a bit more expensive though.....

COLD AS ICE

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Alot of people like them because there is a direct rebuild kit for them that you can replace the o-ring and guides in the bottom and makes them smoother and have no slop in them, also, IMO trf's are the easiest shocks to build, however i have not yet got a set of xray alu shocks so i cant comment on them, but i hope to have a set soon.

syndr0me

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The TRF shocks are just a convenience thing, I wouldn't say the performance is any different. The XRay shocks are fine, there's no reason to change if you're happy with them.

silvalis

iTrader: (29)

After fiddling around with both, I now prefer the xray shocks purely because of the bottom bleed system.

KHoff7

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I prefer TC5 shocks.

rdlkgliders

iTrader: (21)

does anyone know if the cso lower suspension holders (tamiya style blocks) work on the xray chassis? how is the cso quality?

MikeR

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Mulled it over for 6 months then decided to go with the current Exotek system. IMHO the Xray system is outdated. Same goes for the AE TC6. When even off road buggies are starting to use bushinged hinge pins/ blocks then you know the Xray style blocks are backwards

MikeR

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One thing to consider with the plastic body shocks is thermal expansion- the plastic bodies are very susceptible to hot and cold and thus shrinkage and expansion. This can cause you to chase your set up from morning to noon to night as the shock body diameter changes therefore causing different dampening effects.... Alloy bodies are a must be it Xray or Tamiya shocks.