Mini 8 shock caps and bottoms

[toddzellia]

Ok so I have broken the top shock cap once and the bottom loop on the shock piston twice,has any body else had this problem?? I borrowed and bottom loop of a guy you had a carisma gt14b and it fit,its hard to get parts for boath cars right now here in sweden.But is there any better options for the mini 8.... than LOSI s because it seems that ther plastic is verry week ?? Maybe aluminum would slove this issue...

[leeboy44]

the carisma gt14b shock tops are alot stronger the the losi ones, im running carisma shocks on my losi that was on my old carisma, ive broken a shock tower once on the carisam using these shocks but ive never broken the shock tops or bottoms, what i do find is the spring retainer pops off the the both shocks

try and get carisma shock tops and bottoms for the losi shocks

hope this helps altho im not sure where you can get them from

[shortcoursegoat]

broke both within a minute on my first go, managed 20 packs since without a problem but i also would like some alloy shockcaps. heard of some using ae rod ends for the shocks, i think it was from a b44

[PaulUpton]

i broke shock bottoms first time on mine, now changed to tamiya ones with no problem, also broke a wishbone too

[toddzellia]

Great thanks guys for the tips just now need to find some spare parts
Can anybody recommend a good online hobby store in the Uk that will have carisma 14b parts.

[leeboy44]

i know track side spares are out of stock as i asked him on sunday for them

cant seem to find them anywhere to be honest

i got losi 1's here if your stuck PM me your address

[toddzellia]

Thanks leeboy44 but I do have a few losi ones myself so Iam not at a total lose, Iam hopefully racing tonight ? if the track is open due to it being close to Xmas

[newberyclan]

i use ae b4 nylon shock bottoms just use losi balls with them and also they hold the cups better not had any break since but cant help with tops other than gt14b ones when or if they ever come back into uk .

[leeboy44]

www.manseltonmodels.com has losi shock tops in stock

[Jonesy]

Originally Posted by PaulUpton

i broke shock bottoms first time on mine, now changed to tamiya ones with no problem, also broke a wishbone too

Fair play Paul! How have you done a wishbone! I must be over 16 hours running the car and not done one!! You are an animal

[big dave]

i done a front wishbone arm on my first outing with the losi. Car was set-up like pig. And was having massive ammount of over steer, so lost control and hit a track edge, and it broke the out part of the arm, where the pin goes in. But not broke any thing since, Except i keep getting the back falling out of the motor, im on my second motor now and thats still happening.
Going to change to the 7000kv motor as it is screwd in place.

[leeboy44]

Originally Posted by big dave

i done a front wishbone arm on my first outing with the losi. Car was set-up like pig. And was having massive ammount of over steer, so lost control and hit a track edge, and it broke the out part of the arm, where the pin goes in. But not broke any thing since, Except i keep getting the back falling out of the motor, im on my second motor now and thats still happening.
Going to change to the 7000kv motor as it is screwd in place.

and look out then, you will need all the spares in the shop