[Chrislong]

The gold on mine is wearing off, but I have used the car regular since September! Although I know with Losi shocks the gold would still be on. Saying that, but im not bothered about it, they are just as smooth now as they were before the gold wore.

I agree on the internal finish of the body, notice the oil is filthy very quick - on inspection the oil looks metallic, thats cos it is, due to the internal bore of the shock.

Ive never had any issues for me to think about stopping running them, I find they are very easy to work on and are as smooth as I can make a Losi shock (which is smoother than AE but I never have liked them). My only confusion is the debate of old vs new springs. I am beginning to think the old red rear and grey fronts are better than the new equivalents.