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Old 09-25-2003, 07:47 PM
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Originally posted by JDM_DOHC_SiR
??? Man I"m gone for a day and you guys are back to bla bla bla

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wating for some new products to chat about
dave you have any more info on the new shocks you spoke of ?
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I have always thought the stock shocks were really nice, wonder what they are upgrading on them...
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Originally posted by Randman
I have always thought the stock shocks were really nice, wonder what they are upgrading on them...


no they are not changing the design... just the coating.... thats all...smooooooooooooooother shocks ... thanks to Xenon...

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Old 09-25-2003, 08:27 PM
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Thats cool, isn't the current coating just hard anodizing?
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Old 09-25-2003, 09:11 PM
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Originally posted by Randman
Thats cool, isn't the current coating just hard anodizing?

It plane jane anodizing...the new shocks will only be in a nickle coating like the Tamiya ones or the Yokomo ones..
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Sounds like they should be good, but once again, I've never had a complaint with my R2 shocks not bieng smooth...
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Originally posted by Randman
Sounds like they should be good, but once again, I've never had a complaint with my R2 shocks not bieng smooth...
naw just one more thing to blow $$ on
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Originally posted by JDM_DOHC_SiR
naw just one more thing to blow $$ on
As if there wasn't enough out there already..
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Originally posted by Randman
As if there wasn't enough out there already..
awe come on I "know" you have some change to throw around

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Originally posted by JDM_DOHC_SiR
awe come on I "know" you have some change to throw around

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Yeah... but the R2 makes it all too easy to do...
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Originally posted by Randman
Yeah... but the R2 makes it all too easy to do...
is that a bad thing though.??


I just love the way the new chassis work!!
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It's only a bad thing if you let it be. We sometimes forget how well the car works in just stock form...
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Originally posted by Randman
It's only a bad thing if you let it be. We sometimes forget how well the car works in just stock form...
well in stock for with PAL hubs and a PAL drive system it did quite well at the Last JMRCA Race.. "with a Mod motor"

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It did really well at the race, especially considering it was running mod, shows that the car isn't just for stock racing.
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Originally posted by Randman
It did really well at the race, especially considering it was running mod, shows that the car isn't just for stock racing.

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