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Originally Posted by Robbiejuk
My friend chris is running an x-pro4 and he has done a few shock shafts but he does have a tendancy to clip corners at quite high speeds
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I think the word "clip" is an understatement there Rob!. The thing about the Blizzard (and many other 4wds) is that the shocks are mounted on the front of the wishbones - they have to be otherwise there is no room for the driveshafts. As a result these often take the full impact of a collision, whether fast or slow. I suppose you could fit a bumper on the front (if you look at the pictures section of this forum there is a Madrat with one fitted).
When I had my Losi, the shocks screwed into the centre of the wishbone so they had more protection and as a result these were never broken - but went through countless wishbones!
At the end of the day, every car has it's weak spots. On the X4/Blizzard it is the shock shafts however the rest of the car is pretty tough
I did have an accident last sunday whereby my servo died and I ploughed head-on into the track side at 40+ mph. The only damage done was a cracked transmission case. Unfortunately I had cracked another trasmission case 2 weeks early due to a head on collision with a car going the wrong way! - these parts cost £8 to replace each time. As a result I have now made a metal plate to go under the car protecting the cases from any further damage. It took me a while to make and I missed 3 rounds of qualifying, but did manage 6th in the A final with no breakages. Lots of people seem to use these on their Madrats