Originally Posted by
metalnut
Dammit. In addition to the damage I listed above, it looks like I also bent one of my side springs. Does anyone have the rates of the various springs that come with this kit? I'll have to order some Tamiya (or CRC?) side springs, but I don't know what the kit rates are for the front and side springs. Any ideas?
I found this link really helpful for spring rates. Not sure where the stock SP1 springs fall though.. I typically used the CRC Red side springs.
http://www.petitrc.com/reglages/PanCarSpringChart.pdf
Keep in mind that you were t-boned pretty hard to break those links, its not like they spontaneously snapped from a board rub. Don't be so quick to abandon them as a solution. They are less expensive than the Tamiya units, which would likely fail the same way, in the same situation.