messiah1

Anyone else running 8 Big Bore shocks on a Savage XL? I've been snapping rods left and right on the stock shocks. I bought 8 Big Bores for $68 with the intent of using 4 on my brushless XL and 4 on my nirtro XL. I put 4 on the brushless and it seemed to sit a bit low and was squishy. Putting all the preloads on helped a little but it was still bottoming out on large jumps.

I installed 4 on the rear and kept two in the front due to the steering turnbuckle but it was still bottoming out on large jumps in the front. So, I put the other two on the front. I had to mod them by putting the rubber stops from the stock savage shock on to keep the spring up out of the way of the turnbuckle. It worked well so I decided to put them on all 8 of the shocks to help give some cushion and keep them from "going all the way". This thing is now a beast on jumps. There is no chance of bottoming out and all the squishiness is gone. A couple shots below.