X Gear Springs
 

Hi Chaps, thought this maybe useful to the Tamiya lads:

I e mailed RC Champ ref X Gear springs and was sent this list of part numbers and prices.

Thank you for your email,

Ok,
We send X-Gear Spring *list for you,

Here is X-GEAR price list
X-GEAR
XSB001 Front Spring Soft for Buggy Discount price 1008Yen
XSB002 Front Spring Medium Soft for Buggy Discount price 1008Yen
XSB003 Front Spring Medium for Buggy Discount price 1008Yen
XSB004 Front Spring Medium Hard for Buggy Discount price 1008Yen
XSB005 Front Spring Hard for Buggy Discount price 1008Yen
XSB011 Front Spring Super Soft for Buggy Discount price 1008Yen
XSB012 Front Spring Extra Soft for Buggy Discount price 1008Yen

XSB006 Rear Spring Soft for Buggy Discount price 1008Yen
XSB007 Rear Spring Medium Soft for Buggy Discount price 1008Yen
XSB008 Rear Spring Medium for Buggy Discount price 1008Yen
XSB009 Rear Spring Medium Hard for Buggy Discount price 1008Yen
XSB010 Rear Spring Hard for Buggy Discount price 1008Yen
If you want to order above items,please let me know

Thank you very much,

Best regards,
RC Adviser Champ
International sales Div
Hide (Hideaki Higaki)

I'll see if he knows the colour rating of the sprigs as Lee uses Yellow front and Red rear on 511 unless anyone wants to update the list to show these.....

X gear spings
 

I ran my 502x on wet grass/astro at the weekend with red front and white rear. Standard pistons with 35cwt oil front, 30cwt rear. It was absolutely awesome. Now invested in more springs.

Dave

Very intresting, thanks a lot for sharing! :thumbsup:
What's the advantage of these springs VS the Tamiya one?
I heard about them more than one time but don't know much about them.
Bye
WWD
:)

Slightly bigger diameter spring which does not rub on the shock body.
Also has a better coil for more consistent action.

I like them ;)

i use the larger sized 201 spring retainer on the bottom

Lee

Springs
 

Also, the Losi 22 spring retainers are a perfect fit.

Dave

This is great info !

Do we know if anyone will be stocking them in the UK ?

I see JESpares Stock the X-Gear Springs for the Kyosho Big Bore Shocks !

The price isn't too bad either at £7.65 a pair.

Those are the springs we are talking about. It's Kyosho that make the X Gear springs.

£12 a pair tho.....:(

I dont use the Big bore version.

Oh right? Didn't realise there were other versions. Where are they available from Lee?

Dave

Any Kyosho dealer, try JE Spares & Inside Line (although I don't think either list on their sites but Kyosho UK do a fantastic job of dealing with spot orders)

xgear.jp

Cheers for the website address Lee

What part numbers are the ones you use on the Vega 201 and 511??

I use it mostly on my 511 and 502

XSB 003 FREX SPRING BF/M ( Front / Medium )gold

XSB 004 FREX SPRING BF/MH ( Front / MediumHard ) RED

XSB 005 FREX SPRING BF/H ( Front / Hard ) yello


XSB 008 FREX SPRING BR/M ( Rear / Medium ) gold

XSB 009 FREX SPRING BR/MH ( Rear / MediumHard ) RED

XSB 010 FREX SPRING BR/H ( Rear / Hard ) yello

Yellow and reds are a must to have.
Gold is also a good option, just as Marco says

So these springs fit the TRF shocks i assume? and if so where can i buy a set from please and how much? cheers.

Rc Champ as per the first post, 1008 yen

Their website is all Japanese but send them an e-mail and they are very helpful and have good english too.

Dont think anyone brings them into the UK, LMR should I reckon!

Recieved my X-Gear springs on thursday from champ int. Japan :thumbsup:

big thanks to champ international, emails back and forth etc with great communication, 80 quid all in for postage paypal fees and springs.

only took 2 days to get here, amazing from japan.

great stuff:thumbsup:. cheers

£80! Wow! Let's hope they are good!

Iv gone to losi bb springs using ae rod ends and traxxas spring retainers, £3 a pair :)

Report back on your findings dude

They told me they didn't have complete ranges in stock yet. I'd still like a set, can anyone point me in the right direction!?

Do these X-Gear springs fit the standard Kyosho shocks too?

X-Gear springs
 

I noticed Lee mentioned he does NOT use the BB springs on his 201. The XSB parts #'s appear to be for BB springs only. The standard RB5 regular bore springs are not black with a color ID mark. The entire spring is yellow or red.
I assume this is what Lee is using.

He uses XGear spings for small bores shocks

I don't think he uses x-gear springs at all on the 201 right now ;)

From memory, think he still uses them on the 4wd.

I think XSB in the part number stands for small bore, try this page:

http://translate.google.co.uk/transl...24%26bih%3D672

Those springs are black with coloured bands. However, not sure what they have in stock.

From the Euro's:

http://www.rctech.net/forum/11053283-post3004.html

Euro's
 

What is that link supposed to be? looks like a pic of lee's 201:)

I orderd the X-gear Springs from japan from champ international.

i got 003,004,005 and the rear 007,009.010 for my tamiya 502. and made a difference to my car.much better than the white ones for me.

all in came to 80 quid.

Yep, showing he had Tamiya springs on!

Springs
 

Ah Ha!! Looking at his setup sheets over the years it looks like he has tried everything:)

No one in Japan seems to work. I have e-mailed X-gear, Champ RC and Banzai about ordering springs. This has been going on for 3 weeks. Amazing.

I would just order the BB's from JE Models. Less hassle and you don't really save money ordering from Japan.

The BB's are great springs but I find the Orange (super hard) are not quite hard enough. Would like it if there was a harder storing again.

Dave

Same for me about orange front springs.

I may find a better front but Losi Blue were way better on my car (DB1).

Crickey on a bikey .... the stiffest Losi front spring I run on Kyosho RB5 based 2wd is Orange ... one off the softest and that was with under servo weights and all sorts!!!

The Losi front springs range is MUCH MUCH MUCH heavier than the Kyosho / X-gear spring range! I know the DB1 has massive amounts of steering but WOW, would never have thought you'd be there with the springs!