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Old 07-29-2012, 04:14 PM
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think these are going be 1 of the best thing to happen in tc racing in a long time and will be out some time in August

watch out for offroad version as well
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I think awesomatix already evolutionized the shocks on the TC market ......but i will bite .....whats so special about these shocks.
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It's a pass through design so the volume of the shock shaft never changes.
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Cool design and it adds that "trick" look.
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Very trick looking, but in reality they would offer far less options in offroad. They might prove to be more consistent in onroad as they are easy to build once you get the hand of them (I.e 1/12 rear shock)

If you build a "traditional" rc shock as an emulsion you can have a pseudo three rate. With these your compression and rebound rate would only change with temperature. I'm glad were seeing more options in shock technology, we've got along way to go.
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Do they have US distrubtion setup or will they ship to me in the states?
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Old 07-30-2012, 10:04 AM
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PB used the same design in the '80th
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Old 07-30-2012, 10:25 AM
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Originally Posted by HenBeav
Do they have US distrubtion setup or will they ship to me in the states?
I am not sure it could be team gravity but you and contact andreas on [email protected] as he may ship to us
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So it's basically the shocks from a 12R5 (and some other 12th scales..) scaled up for use on a touring car? Did I miss something?
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these are sweet. not likely to handle any/much differently, but the shock should leak less, hold up longer between rebuilds, and obviously, offer a 'true zero' rebound. not a revolutionary idea, but as mentioned, a step in the right direction.
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but the shock should leak less, hold up longer between rebuilds,
Hm, seals on both ends. Sounds like twice the chance of leaking, twice the parts to rebuild and twice the stiction.
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any updates on avaibility i emailed and didn't get a response?
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Originally Posted by HenBeav
any updates on avaibility i emailed and didn't get a response?
At least with these dampers, it will be way easier to re-build, fill to overflowing, cycle once to get rid of any air bubbles under the piston, and fill to overflowing again and screw on the cap. Done.

It will, at the very least, make all the dampers on your car consistent.

It is still, a single rate system--compression and rebound are the same. Whatever happened to that MIP piston system that offered independent compression and rebound tuning for off-road vehicles?
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Originally Posted by HenBeav
any updates on avaibility i emailed and didn't get a response?
He was out of office for 4 days last week testing before german national
T Shox took it first win in stock at german national
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any updates on when these will be released? looking to get 2 full sets
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