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I just want to clear up something I posted earlier about the 501x WE shocks. I had some of the gold nitride coating come off of the rear shafts after one day of racing and was a bit concerned. Afer doing some research and going over the instruction again I realized that I had assembled the shocks incorrectly!! It seems that a directional plastic spacer that should have fit in the bottom part of the shocks on top of the o-rings, I had installed in the shock body as a droop limiter! So basically since this plastic piece functions as a stabilizer and limits side to side movement of the shaft, my shock shafts were able to move side to side quite a bit--this movement caused the shafts to rub on the bottom cartridge opening which eventually wore off some of teh coating. Not only that, but since there was too much space above the o-rings in the bottom cartridge the o-rings eventually shifted upwards and allowed alot of oil to leak out.

I reassembled the shocks properly, used some Green Slime and now the shocks are even smoother than before. By FAR the best shocks I have ever used. Combined with WE machined Delrin pistons (which have virtually zero play in teh shock body) the action is incredibly smooth--there is virtually zero play.

Also, the WE shock insides are totally different than the standard 501x guts. I don't know how the stock shocks are but the WE shocks are insanely good. Assembling the WE insides can get a little confusing as the chart they show isn't that self explanatory, IMO. I think its a worthwhile upgrade from teh stock shocks, all you need:

low friction rod guide (enough for all 4)--53979
machined Delring pistons--53978, 1.4mm=to Associated #1
53977, 1.3mm=to Associated #2
53976, 1.2mm=to Associated #3
And its not necessay, but I think worthwhile:
ti-nitride shock shafts--I don't have the part numbers, and for some reason they are each about 4-5mm longer than the stock parts.

I just didn't want anyone to be swayed from a great car when the issue with the shocks was user installed error.