Traxxas5862 Big Bore Shock Complete Set for Slash

I'm surprised at the improvement of these over the stock Rustler Shocks. I thought I broke a shock so I bought these (highly recommended), but it turned out I just lost one of the pop-off seats. Decided to throw these on my Rustler VXL anyways. Filled with oil (had a bit to spare afterwards - so the bottle is enough), closed them up after removing the air, and dropped the stock springs on. These come with progressive rate, which will be too soft on initial damper for the Rusty. Bolted right up nicely. Metal caps are a nice upgrade, and will definitely be a better seal and be stronger mounting point than the plastic stockers.First thing I noticed, was how much better the rebound is on the rear shocks. Mine used to pop back up about half way when stock, and now, they pop back up nicely. Damping is consistent and predictable, and with the oil it came with, is a great match for both speed runs and some moderate bashing. At wide-open throttle, I'm finding the more consistant damping is keeping me flatter during steering, and minimizing rollovers. I'm also bottoming out less on bigger jumps.When my nephew breaks something to justify new shocks, these will be the ones I pick up. At his current breakage rate, I think that's likely to be pretty soon!

They were an immediate improvement over the stockers. No more caps popping off. You will need to dial them in to your setup. I swapped the rear springs out and ran heavier oil BUT I was putting them on a truck that was much heavier than stock.Once I got them setup, I was really impressed. Fooling around with a high speed rig, I needed very little steering on a forward weight bias. Even though I wasn't using much travel like you would jumping or bashing, doing 80-90mph runs requires handling, dampening and firm traction.Once I quit fooling with the high speed stuff, they went on a Rustler basher that is usually loaned to some neighborhood kid and smacked off every rock, curb and jump in the area. They have held up great. There are probably better shocks on the market but not at this price point with this level of durability.If you are trying to decide on which hop ups to do, do these first. These will give your truck the handling required as you add more power.

Good product they feel very smooth to compress. They feel softer than stock but with much better damping. Basicly you can run em low without too much chassis slap on jumps. Only real issue i had was getting the spigot on the bottle of shock oil. Only complaint is they seem a bit too expensive for what you get at least to me. I mean get some metal shock caps and some thicker oil on the stock shocks and your nearly there. Ill update if they survive wrecks better. Ive had to bend the stock shock shaft straight again a few times

Put on my 2wd Stampede. So worth it. It drives so much smoother and is more controllable not only off-road but on as well. Highest performance you will touch for under $100

I had higher hopes when upgrading my Rustler VXL's stock suspension. As a neighborhood and trail basher I do not feel like the price is a reflection of performance gains. I give 4 stars because it is a good product, and I'll stand by the Traxxas brand, but I would not have replaced my stock suspension with these in hindsight. Note you will have to do some homework and watch some YouTubes before/during install as you have to manually fill the shocks with shock oil. Not overly difficult, but easy to mess up if you are a beginner. Furthermore the type/weight shock oil these come with is the same as stock, offering little in terms of improvement unless you do a little research and purchase the thicker weight shock oil you actually WILL need.To empty and clean out shocks with a thicker oil is a process that is part of the hobby...but this can be done with stock suspension and a $3 bottle of shock oil before you drop your cheddar on these. Do not expect big performance gains with these out of the box... I didn't notice any, but my driving surfaces vary the gamut of asphalt/gravel/mud/clay/grass/dogcrap/air so I can't say I have a good control environment for testing.I would ONLY recommend these if A) your stock shocks are toast, B) you got money to burn and will also buy heavier shock oil.TL;DRRun your stock shocks into the ground first. And test with thicker shock oil.Out of the box, these need a thicker shock oil to see performance over stock.For the $$ upgrade other parts first, or put towards a new battery.Cheers...!

these little shocks are killer. i bought a slash 4x4 off craigs list and the shocks were a little beatup so my buddy told me that these were the ones that should have been on the truck to begin with seeing it was the slash ultimate. took a few minutes to fill with oil and get them installed but the difference was very noticable. great shock! it seems like no matter what hobby im into , amazon is always saving me some coin. i cruised over to the local hobby shop with my buddy and was looking around while he was getting some parts for his buggy and saw these shocks for 65$ ensuring me that amazon had the best price. Oh yah ,i put one big spacer in and they are perfect for my set up.

Best shocks you could buy probably hands down and simple to rebuild assuming you havent completely trashed your old pair

I replaced the stock shocks with these bad boys and they are awesome!!! You can definitely notice an improvement in the performance and handling!!! Great combination with the Traxxas 6898 Sway Bar Kit Slash 4x4!!! I highly recommend them both. Here's a video to help install these upgraded shocks.Side note: I was contemplating going with another brand of shocks, like the Pro-Line Racing series but I realized you would have to change a lot of other parts & it can get pretty costly and not as good quality/durability as brands like RPM and some Traxxas stuff. These bad boys are pretty much plug & play. Hope this is helpful. Have a great day & God bless!!![...]