Yeah the only problem now is that you've just tried to destroy any faith I have in the reliability of AE's products. If I fork over more hard-earned dough to get the V2 shocks, you'll give me the cold shoulder when those eff up in 2 weeks too?
Or are those so more more superior that they don't instantly need rebuilding? And if so, what does it say about a company to put out obviously inferior products to force an upgrade?
STANDARDS, man, jeez.
I've been a small business owner, and now work for a multinational. You realize, in both cases, that either you care ALL the time, or you might as well not care at all.
My dad always told me, never do anything half-assed.
Always do it like a complete ass.
That's the thing with building shocks...until you have it down pat (which, realistically, the people at the factory SHOULD), there are going to be inconsistencies...ThunderbirdJunkie has blown out a freshly rebuilt shock on a number of occasions.
The V2 bodies with the bleeder caps make it way easier to build the shocks, especially for somebody new to it. Just the bleeder caps would be a great upgrade.
The thing is, while we see companies like Associated that have been in business since the '60s, a lot of us assume this is a huge company, where RC is really not very big in general. Maisto probably sells way more of one particular craptacular model of theirs than AE sells of all of their cars in a year.
If you call Associated, ThunderbirdJunkie is positive that they'll help you out. They are indeed a great company that does, indeed, care. Just don't expect them to ship out a new set of shocks that are prebuilt...the best thing to take away from this is a learning opportunity for building shocks properly.
BTW, at 40 min every other day for the past two weeks...your car has definitely seen more runtime than ThunderbirdJunkie's car has in the past month or two
