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Old 20-02-2014
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Originally Posted by DerbyDan View Post
but why the Losi shocks?? They are good shocks - but IMO Kyosho's own shocks were/are just as good or better??
Because the Losi hard body teflon coated shocks were better than Kyoshos at the time and for something with a limited production number Kyosho chose to buy them in instead of developing new shocks for it.

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Also what was the working relationship between these companies
There wasn't any, just like there was no relationship with Yokomo either for the wheels.
For its replacement, the ZX-S Evo, Kyosho used their own shocks and hex drive wheels.
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