sly6t

hi people just want to know from the guys in the know what a good moden shock upgrade is for my mbx5r basher . wanna good set of big bores mainly for the front. i dont race i just bash .

im not sure what the shocks it got on it now r , the buggy was ex race so im guessing they were pretty good for a few years ago . just wanna upgrade. cheers

K_B

iTrader: (70)

If it were me, I'd just get a set of MBX6 big bore shocks. You can get 'em fairly cheap on Ebay.

sly6t

yeah had a look at them , also looked at losi2.0 and the hyper 8.5x shocks and i think the hyper 9 ofna shocks. if i do buy front and rear i think getting the mbx6 ones might be a bit price'y for bashing .

kman16jr

iTrader: (56)

yeah but the mbx6 ones will probably be a direct fit.

sly6t

yeah thats true . im not super worry about if the shock i buy dont fit straight away beacuse if they dont fit it will give me a reason to make custom carbon fiber shock towers for it , which im gunna get around to do , but that would hurry me up

Davidka

iTrader: (86)

You can't really improve on the MBX5r shocks, big bores don't improve performance on cars with such long throw suspensions.

tony montana

iTrader: (76)

I didnt know grp made pullstart engines

sly6t

yeah its one of only a hand full made and top secret hhehehehehe

sly6t

NOW rocking sum big bores hahahah

bought sum 8.5x hyper 17mm big bores for my rig , straight fit gotta love it ...

Dr. Evil

iTrader: (12)

Hi. I tried to get them to fit without mods. Direct fit they are not.

They rub against the shock tower. (Fronts IF I remember correctly)

sly6t

ok cool well lucky i went the HYPER route then ay , the mbx6 ones where to $$$ for my liking , plus these look sick just need thos covers for them

T-BirdJunkie

iTrader: (10)

Hey bro, what's that thing growin on your front bumper?

sly6t

im guessing ya talking about the SAVY bumpers and bashplates that are on it . kinda turned this buggy into a mugen MT basher with front and rear bumpers and a revo body , this thing gets thrashed as hard as a savy and takes it - have not busted one thing yet . but it also handles wicked , hahah also that motor is a huge power house.

T-BirdJunkie

iTrader: (10)

It SHOULD be getting thrashed HARDER than a Savage

It's stronger bro

sly6t

yep very true man , i use it at a lot of BMX tracks cos i dont have any rc tracks near me at all , so it does sum huge jumps , the only thing that i have busted was a throttle servo ( busted the top clean off) cos i did a huge bmx double and came up short nose diving straight into the next jump . the servo plate busted the servo top off lol , i love this buggy.

i got a vid of it sum where il try and find , the vid was on a super wet day , man this .28 just does not hook up lol