Mystery shock identification. Weird spring cup content.

[RCveteran]

I am putting this here since they came on this RC10 from the bay. What are these shocks with the goofy spring cups?

[GoMachV]

Shocks are Kyosho Black Kelron, non rebuildable (well, easily anyway) cheapies.
Shock cups have the shaft guards. I think RPM makes some, they are modern so I don’t pay much attention

[RCveteran]

Darn, I was hoping for more of a challenge and something unique. Those will be going in the round bin. I agree on the modern, I am paying just enough attention to keep my B6 on track but nothing more.

[Phin]

Actually I think the shocks are HPI...off an RS4-MT.

[GoMachV]

Oh wow, yep Phin is right. I didn’t realize they looked that much like a kyosho Black. The pic of the MT I looked up showed those shaft guards too. Neat

[Phin]

Yeah HPI might have borrowed Duratrax's cloning tech and used it on Kyosho's plastic shocks.

[GoMachV]

Can you just see the HPI manager banging his head on the wall screaming “I said copy the GOLD shock”

[RCveteran]

I have tried to clone Brian Kinwalds skill into my driving and it did not work.