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I am interested to know the length of the shocks measured between the centre holes, front and rear.

If you have some to measure please PM me

Thanks so much!!

Kyoshos' website has it listed, but they are "industry standard" buggy length-

Thanks, I found out the fronts were too high and the rears too short. What industry standard? They are all different

Anyway I decided to stick with retro and go for old Kyosho Golds. Well I have the rears anyway, so halfway there.

kink wrote:Thanks, I found out the fronts were too high and the rears too short. What industry standard? They are all different

How much too long or short? I think differences up to 5mm or so are easily changed by adding spacers inside the shock pistons and/or changing ball ends. You can increase a shock length even more easily just by changing the ball ends.

I am now just getting the retro shocks I want then getting custom carbon fibre towers made to match them perfectly. So it is not an issue.

But also I decided I should stick to a retro theme, or it would be too mix and match. So the theme is retro hop up's.