Legerra shocks, what do you use?

[Scott Grimson]

Hi all,

Nearly ready to fit shocks onto my Legerra, there were 4 in the boxes of bits that came with it but they are very old and i'm not confident they'll be any good.

2 fit on the back but the fronts are way too short, its a late model with the higher mounting points.

So what size shocks are you guys using and with what spring ratings?

Scott.

[Scott Grimson]

Wow that seems way too short, will have to get back in the garage and have a look, is that your front shocks?

[Scott Grimson]

got a couple lengths of box section tube where the front coil overs will go just to hold everything up. Just been out for a quick measure up and they look to be about 17" long, that's holding the wishbones about horizontal.  

[Scott Grimson]

Just had a pic from Adrian and it seems i have a mixture of parts, chassis is series 2 but i've used series 1 wishbones, will fit the series 2 shocks next time i'm in the garage.

Amazingly though my anti-roll bar mounting points are perfectly equal!!!!!!!!! 

[James Doulton]

Equal? On a Legerra? There was a rumour that there was one out there somewhere!

[Scott Grimson]

I'm not saying they're both right, they could be both wrong!!!!!

[Adrian Southgate]

I'll measure the distance between the bolt centres and the front bumper and the front cross member on both of mine. The green one is still 'wrong' , the white one is 'fixed' but untested with a bodyshell...

[Scott Grimson]

been looking at the whole front suspension set up, am i right in thinking there is no way to adjust the front wheel camber angle. On my old Locost i had the Transit droplink on the top wishbone to give good adjustment.

The only option i can see for the Legerra is to get some adjustable Escort TCA's but they are quite pricey.