Yokomo Bmax Carbon Fibre Towers

[ryan]

Hi everyone,

I have spent the last few evenings designing some Carbon Fibre Shock Towers for the Yokomo Bmax, not only will they be much tougher than the standard plastic ones. They will look the part too!

They are currently being made from 3mm Carbon Fibre and are going to be £15 for the Rear Tower and £12.50 for the front. They are a direct fit to the car with no modifications will be required. The Ballstud positions are as identical to the originals as possible with extra mounting holes added for optimum adjustment.


They should be arriving in 7-14 days, to secure a pair now please pm me for my paypal address to leave a small depsoit.

Pictures will follow in a few days.

Thanks,

Ryan Lees

[modelimages]

ryan
3mm is pointless they will snap, the current plastic towers will be stronger than 3mm, do them in minimum of 4mm, joe has run the car for the last two months and has not broken a tower.
john

[Doomanic]

Agreed. 3mm is ok for a tower strengthener similar to the Losi XX4 and X-Factory X-5 ones.
Ideally, they need to 4-4.5mm if they are to be replacements.

[ryan]

Ok, the reasoning behind the 3mm tower is that the mounts of the gearbox tops are not that great. Looking at these they are going to be a weak point, therefore i have chosen the 3mm, this will not stop the mounts from breaking but i do think it will lessen the force on these mounts.

The same sort of problems have also occurred on other cars, such as the d4. The shocktower mounts are the same type of design and this car also runs 3mm towers, the towers very rarely broke when i run it along with the gearbox tops.

Having 4mm towers would only add more pressure onto the gearbox tops due to being less flexibilty during impact.

Being made from 4mm would also push the price up alot, would people really want to be paying £18-£20 for a shocktower? Im not looking at making the car invincible just a little stronger, but dont get me wrong. Things will always break, whatever the thickness whatever the material if hit hard enough or caught on the right angle.


Ryan

[ryan]

Hi everybody,

I have received the one-off shock tower set today, and they are a perfect fit. I will be putting the order in tomorrow! However, after looking at the car tonight i have decided to get them produced in 4mm.

I will wait for the company to reply with the price of the shock towers until i can say how much they will be, those who have already placed orders the price will be fixed.

I think these towers have made the car look a lot better having that carbon touch!

Thanks,

Ryan Lees

[JCJC]

They look really good Ryan, sets the car off a treat, good work.

[Spencer Mulcahy]

They do look good Ryan get some of that blue bling on there and it will look the mutts. How does the car go with the Losi springs on it?

[ryan]

Im going to speak to Mr North tommorow, get some nice blue bits! Would you be interested in a pair Spencer?

I have wrote about the car and the setup i used in the "Bmax @ Petit Rc" thread.


Ryan

[Spencer Mulcahy]

I would but I have a good supply of the plastic ones if you are still doing them when I have run out I will contact you.

[ryan]

Update on the towers! After putting the order in for the big bulk of shock towers, the price has come back alot less!

So, for a 4mm set of shock towers. The costs are:

Yokomo Bmax Front Shock Tower 4mm - £9.50
Yokomo Bmax Rear Shock Tower 4mm - £12.50

Shipping to the UK is 50p per tower

Shipping worldwide is £1 per Tower

I accept paypal, please pm me if you are interested, and they will be with you in 5-7 Days.

[nobru]

Hello
I am very interested by supports shock absorbers in 4mm, how to make, I am in France;
Thank you
(Excuse my English);););)

[Nicolas Petit]

Hello
I am very interested by supports shock absorbers in 4mm, how to make, I am in France;
Thank you
(Excuse my English);););)


Just published the news on PETIT RC and 1 is already interested :lol:


Ryan,

i will take some % on every sale from France :thumbsup:

[nobru]

Tu viens juste de le mettre Nicolas, je ne l'avais pas vu avant:confused:

[Nicolas Petit]

Tu viens juste de le mettre Nicolas, je ne l'avais pas vu avant:confused:

that was just a joke Nobru.....

[bluebeetle]

Ryan, ygpm!

[ryan]

Replied to and ready to post!

[chokoboy]

Got the 4mm carbon shock towers from Ryan this Weekend and they looked sweet:wub Thanks Ryan...just waiting for my champions pack to arrive before i start building my b-max4:thumbsup:

[Northy]

Any pics of these fitted? :confused:

G

[ryan]

Some on the first post Northy :)

[ryan]

These are now on ebay with some extra pics :D

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=150328121687&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT&ih=005

[Northy]

Some on the first post Northy :)

Needs more BLING! :woot:

G

[ryan]

Since then i have added 30 alli washers :woot:

[ryan]

Only one pair left guys!!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&item=150330920001

[budgio]

Will there be any more of these available in the near future?

[bbq]

is it possible to make the front tower design to look more like the stock
plastic tower?

[ryan]

Hi,

I have just ordered a few mor shock towers due to the popularity of them so far! So yes, there will be more available asap!

I didnt want to copy the front shock tower design to much, as this would weaken the carbon fibre versions. They are shaped the way they are for maximum durabilty and strength.

[ryan]

These are back on eBay!

Contributions will be made to oOple! :thumbsup:

[ottoswe]

hopefully my b-max will arrive next week so then it will be time to order :)

[Gonky]

Fitted mine on the car last night, great fit, awesome look and well worth the money! :thumbsup:

[ryan]

Fitted mine on the car last night, great fit, awesome look and well worth the money! :thumbsup:

Thanks mate :thumbsup:

[YZ~10]

Those are mint, nice one for designing those dude! if i buy a Bmax I will be after a set for sure

[micrors4]

hello ryan, it is possible to order the shock front and rear carbon for yokomo b-MAX4.
thank you

[bluebeetle]

These are great, thanks Ryan!

Here´s my front one assembled:

[ryan]

I have some more of these back in stock very soon. PM me if interested!

[micrors4]

Hi Ryan, a new you for the shock tower yokomo b-max.

[Tyson]

Awesome shock towers cheers Ryan :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[Trish]

I've been running these towers and the extra high hole on the rear tower really helps the cars turn in.

well done Ryan

[gazhillAE]

Update on the towers! After putting the order in for the big bulk of shock towers, the price has come back alot less!

So, for a 4mm set of shock towers. The costs are:

Yokomo Bmax Front Shock Tower 4mm - £9.50
Yokomo Bmax Rear Shock Tower 4mm - £12.50

Shipping to the UK is 50p per tower

Shipping worldwide is £1 per Tower

I accept paypal, please pm me if you are interested, and they will be with you in 5-7 Days.

Ryan,

I think ive just mailed you on RC Tech????

Im after 2 front and 2 rear please sir for the Bmax4 in 4mm

Can you get them to me before sunday ???

Gaz

[ryan]

Will be back in stock in a few days!!

Gaz- I have pm'ed you on here mate.

[gazhillAE]

Ryan,

I need another front mount posted tomorow morning please sir.

Need it for sunday you see, i have pmd you and also paypalled the money for you

Gaz

[ryan]

Got a few sets left still guys! Grab them while you can!!

[ryan]

Watch out for some new Custom Carbon parts soon to be released for the Bmax!! Shock towers are now always kept in stock, so just send me a PM!

Ryan

[mes]

I'd like to spend 24 quid (1 front, 1 rear, shipping) if the previously posted rates are still valid... I'm currently collecting some *bling* for a car that has not been released yet... :p
PMed you last weekend, and I wonder whether the message arrived...:confused:

[ryan]

No message recieved last weekend, just recieved on now though and Pm'ed back.

Shocktowers can still be made but need a min order of 3 pairs really!

[chokoboy]

U made them to bulletproof Ryan LoL...nobody breaks them and im soooper happy with mine!

[ryan]

Just to let people no..

These towers are still available if needs be, if you have pm'ed me in the past and were not available at the time, let me know and we can get some sorted out!

The latest versions have been modified to be stronger, and have more fine adjustments in the camber link holes, and wing mount height!

[micrors4]

hello ryan,
is possible to have 2 more support front for the carbon before Yokomo B-Max.
send me an mp for the command.