Rear shock placement on Chimera SR

[mattjk]

Just got my Chimera, haven't ran it yet, but I'm not too pleased with what they did with the rear shock placement.


Looks like they just used the sway bar location to mount the bottom of the shock, placing it way too inboard, so the rear end feels too soft.


Would have been better to make a new rear arm with more mounting locations, so we could at least use the rear sway bar as well.


Anyone else feel that the rear is too soft, or does it handle fine? The way it is now, the front is WAY too stiff in relation to the back.


Maybe I could make a new rear lower shock mount to mount the shocks out more on the arm.


Your thoughts? Thanks

 

[RampageHopUps]

You can tune it with different shock oils.

 

[jhawk19]

I think tuning it with different oils is the best way to go. Trying to make a new shock mount is going to be cumbersome and I doubt it's going to look that good.

 

[Ol' fart]

I got a fix for the chimera sway bar / shock problem. Check out the 7075rc section to get a look at it.

 

[Guest]

And it looks frick'n sweet!

 

[rampage idiot]

Looks like an awesome setup!

 

[Wackem]

Anyone use these shock towers yet?

 

[Ol' fart]

I've run my Chimera behind my building on asphalt and the inside rear tire comes off the ground in turns. The shock mount/sway bar kit fix's the problem.

 

[RampageShop]

That's the way Redcat should have built the Chimera in the first place! More great work Ol'fart.

Doug...fix the link in your signature...it still goes to your old website

Rob