Originally Posted by FunnieKid

I personly run the stock shocks, but I have them upgraded with alloy shock caps and Tin shafts, and that cost around 65 dollars alone, which is quite expensive. I also run thicker shock oil. The weakspot are the stock springs. I want mine pretty stiff for jumping and no sagging, so I used alot of preload spacers. In reality, it is cheaper to get new springs than getting a few kits of spacers which cost 5 dollars alone, but I hade some spares I could use. The ultrashocks are not bad, but since the e maxx use 8 of them you are looking at 65 dollars minimum to make them more durable.

A more wise choice would be to get all new shocks from beginning, but since I already bought the shock caps I continiued to upgrade them.

Even if you get new springs and new shock oil, you still have the issue with weak shock shafts on the ultrashocks. Big bores cost around 60 dollars and are alloy body and they have the Tin shafts as stock. But you still have to get new springs and new oil for them since stock oil and springs are bad.

But you also have the annoying issue with the bladders on the traxxas shocks. If you tighten the cap too much the ruin the bladder and shocks will leak, if you tight it too loose, then they will leak anyways. I had to redo all 8 shocks and clean the cap and shock bodies of excessive oil in order to get a leak free seal between the shock body and the bladders.