new use for an old shell....

[overtki11]

Originally Posted by coolhandcountry

The bathroom scale works. It is not real accurate. The truck being light you may have to weigh you with and with out truck.

hahaha just like when my kid daughter didnt wanna get weighed at the clinic! hahahaha

[overtki11]

Originally Posted by Sylvester

I'd use 1 piston for sure, the integy shocks have HUGE piston holes! 60-70Wt would be a good place to start off.

WOAH!!! 60 - 70 wt oil??!!!

that means i'm weigh off!! haha pun intended.:026: i'm currently using 45 wt oil with 2 hole pistons!!! if i'm not wrong thats what the dayum instruction sheet told me to do!!! GGRRRRRRR!!!

well last night i swaped pistons on the rear set of shocks to the 1 hole ones, same 45wt oil (havent bought heavier oils yet)....damps soooooo much better instead if the boing boing effect in front. so the rear goes ffuuuwap psssttttt instead of boingaboing....

oh by the weigh:005: ....my sis in law's got my bathroom scale!!! AARGGHHHHHHH

weight of truck's gots ta wait till the weekend i guess....sorry for the delay guys...and thanks for helping so far....

[Sylvester]

2 hole with 45wt? EWWWWW! J/k, glad you found a better piston for your liking. imo the 2 and 3 hole pistons are usless.

[overtki11]

haha...will having "too thick" an oil damage the shock in anyway?..just wonderin'....

[Sylvester]

No it wil not, but if you have stock shocks the cap can pop off.

[squeeforever]

Actually, if you have weak shafts (I have heard that Integy's do) in the shocks then on somethimes the oil will make it so slow that the shafts can bend instead of the shock compressing but this is rare and is only when running VERY heavy oil. You have nothing to worry about.

[overtki11]

poping off and bending?!!! yikes!!

thanks for the info guys.....

[squeeforever]

Bending a shaft like that is pretty rare.

[MetalMan]

Using thicker oil with 2 or 3 hole pistons does have its advantages. The biggest one is that the thicker the oil, the less likely it is to leak out of the shock.

[squeeforever]

But it only gets so thick and if 70 wt is needed for 1 hole then image what the 2 holes might need for a heavy truck....

[overtki11]

well, still haven't had a chance to weigh my maxx yet.
been busy putting her back together with some new parts.
here's my maxx as she stands right now....in all her orange glory!

[squeeforever]

That is one VERY nice truck.

the orange and the black look very good together!!!

very nice truck

[coolhandcountry]

that orange turned out nice. Are you going to get a white wing and make it orange as well. Just a thought.

[overtki11]

thanks guys..yes the orange turned out wwaaaayyyyy better than i thought it would.....i'm happy.

white rear wing?...hmm....but do they make wings in nylon?...coz i hear that this dyeing thing only works with nylon stuff.....and plastic will warp in the hot water!!:026:

anyone know who makes nylon wings???

actually i was toying with the idea of a front wing as well.....??!!!