Avante, Egress and the Avante 2001

[pro4nut]

Hi guys i am after a few opinions in regards to fitting shocks to the above cars.

Essentially i have the front towers for both the egress and the avante 2001 as well as the wishbone brackets for the shocks to be mounted offset as per the egress.

The issue i have is that i'm looking at fitting some more up to date dampers than the old hi-caps. however clearance is an issue. if i use the egress lower parts and an egress upper tower the tops of the schumacher shocks have not enough clearance at the top. when i fit them to the wishbones direct i then don't have clearance with the upper camber link.

I believe i may have more luck if i get a set of tamiya aeration shocks as fitted to the 501x but if anyone has a better solution i would really like to hear it.

[Dyna]

The 501x shocks may be your best bet for easier fitment, but dont discount the old Hi-Caps so soon - they are still good dampers for the old cars. I run them on my old Top Force and they still work very well. Associated springs fit perfectly if you need to tune them.

I'm not so sure that newer shocks would make that much difference anyway over Hi-Caps on the old Egress chassis - you were always limited by the suspension arms & actions rather than the dampers.

[Stretch]

The original Avante shocks looked good but tended to jam if run in dusty conditions. The later Egress items were much, much better.