well my 4 link project is comin along pretty well. i still have some issues to work out (shock placement) but i'm getting close to finishing up. check it out let me know what you think. i'm open to any advice you guys can give me.

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the four link system looks great. but for the shock placements. i am not sure what you would want to do. i think somewhere along the lines of loulou's long shocks would be good for it. hope this helps you out a little.

"Great Stuff" - thanks for the picks..... I am going this route when the rest of my "Link Ends" show up in the mail..

nice to see your work

RocKrawler36 you have to work very well.
Your 4 link are well made.
For the shocks, I will have to seek the ideal site.
I will supervise your work THANK :-)

Nice job RockKrawler36!!

First, I really like your paint job, nice choice of colors, I like the graphics and it is apparent you looked at the entire crawler when you designed the paint Very nice!

Good job on the 4 link too! I see the little brackets you are using, Ingenious! You have tremendous articulation too!

For the shocks, have a look at what GV280Z did on his Midnight Crawler. His design allows you to maintain ALL that articulation you worked so hard to achieve.

I will follow your project with interest

looking good! we share the idea of putting the top links in the middle of a bolt through the axle pivot arm! thats exactly what i was going to do, im glad you did it first so now i know it works lol, anyways the shocks placement eh... how about extending the chassis with a couple flat pieces of steel, like an inch or so outwards... i have a feeling you dont want to move the shocks inboard too much for binding etc... are you going to do telescoping brakelines shocks??

thanks guys, i really appreceate your input. hopefully i'll get this thing finished up here pretty soon. i might look into buying new shocks or possibly doing the telescoping shock design, i really cant wait to get this sucker on the rocks. and marmech keep your eye on your mailbox, those links are on their way up to canada!

just out of curiousity, what wheelbase do you end up with - it looks like you gained about 3 or 4 inches..

one other quick one - why did you use a mount (red) rather than bolt on to the chassis - it works in well

fookin eh brother!

Hey guy, I thought about your shock mounting problem and basically I just figured out how to do the exact same thing on yours that I did on mine. Check the pics and see what you think.

pic 2 You can see how I did it on my truck here:

the four link looks great.and your explaination helps out alot gv280z. on how to mount the shocks. i think i am gradually build up the will power to start this project.

I forgot to mention that I meant for hobby grade shocks like a good set of Emaxx shocks are perfect, for that mounting method as in my pic. I'm not sure how you'd do it with the Newbright shocks.

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I forgot to mention that I meant for hobby grade shocks like a good set of Emaxx shocks are perfect, for that mounting method as in my pic. I'm not sure how you'd do it with the Newbright shocks.

are these the shocks that you are using - -

http://www.hobbypeople.net/gallery/634962.asp

don't have much in the way of LHS - have been trying to track them down online ?!?!?

price = ouch!

thanks

No, mine are black plastic and I got only a set of four off Ebay for roughly $20. The link you provided is for eight annodized Al-you-minium.

thanks ! ( that explains the obscene price )
( you got a good deal from what I've seen )