Originally Posted by petmotel

As far as what I would consider a very good shock upgrade, the metal cartridge caps are first on my list. I had a plastic one break very early on, which resulted in a lot of damage to that particular shock. Caused a bent shaft, broke the thin inset lip on the bottom of the shock body, and tweaked the piston.

I also got the Delrin cartridge set, and pistons, alloy spring adjusters and caps. Compared with the quality of the rest of the kit, I felt Tekno really did their model a disservice with the included shock parts. Not quite ready for prime time IMHO.

Jay