Changing shocks

[Sodom]

Will there be any difference in handling if i change the original shocks of the bj4we to the losi xx4? I mean will the car be any better than the bj4we and xx4 combined? Thanks

[Lee]

I dont think you can improve on perfection matey, leave the AE shocks on, im sure JConcepts tried losi shocks during the development stages, they went AE for a reason.

Plus would you want anything that is associated with a rubber band car on your super fast shaftey

[Chequered Flag Racing]

Originally Posted by Lee

Plus would you want anything that is associated with a rubber band car on your super fast shaftey

Losi pistons, but I suppose you can't see them

[Lee]

Shhhh


They are Well hidden

[Northy]

There is actually nothing wrong with the AE bodies if they are built right, but I prefer the finer tuning that Losi pistons and springs allow.

G

[Sodom]

I love the way my old xx4 absorbs the shocks over bumps. It looks like its floating. Thats why i thought of putting losi shocks at my bj4we. So will they effect the handling?

[Lee]

Just put the losi pistons in the AE shocks, if the losi shocks were better suited to the BJ4 then we would all be using them. Or drill a 1.4mm hole in your rear pistons

[Richard Lowe]

I can't see changing the shocks making any real difference assuming they are the same inside diameter, I mean - it's a tube. One is assembled from the top, the other from the bottom, it's the springs/oils/pistons that make the difference.

[jimmy]

and the seals make a difference - I always found the Losi shocks lasted longer between rebuilds, maybe just me.

[NeilD]

So why not just use Losi shocks it would save messing about swopping pistons about?

[Richard Lowe]

Because a set of pistons is cheaper than a complete set of shocks

[jimmy]

[Richard Lowe]

Yellow wheels!

/spits

[millzy]

is that the horse poo attacked front end?

[NeilD]

Originally Posted by Richard Lowe

Because a set of pistons is cheaper than a complete set of shocks

Maybe i do have too much money.

[Lee]

Losi springs are different too, even if they were the same poundage (is that a new word) they are longer and would therefore make the car feel softer due to the increased amount of coils on the spring.

[mattym0310]

i use losi pistons in my AE shocks on my bj4

[Lowie]

and why would AE-shocks be better then the Losi-shocks?

I prefer not to use Losi-stuff, am totally B4-committed ... but have allready made both AE-shocks and Losi-shocks and must admit Losi-shocks are easier to asemble, right out of the box, IMHO.
Also, it's easy to change the oil and most of all: easier to change the pistons or the number of shock spacers. Again, IMHO.

Maybe I might, one day, ... put Losi-shocks on my B4