Traxxas TRX4 Shock Mounts For Longer Travel Suspension

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I absolutely love my TRX4, and even in stock form, it performs remarkably well. I wanted to see what would happen if I upgraded with longer shocks and relocated top mount points. The end result was an additional 3cm of full flex travel over stock, thanks to the use of 90mm front shocks and 100mm rear King shocks from RC4WD with faux reservoirs. However, without the reservoir, there would be less interference with parts of the chassis. Since these came off another truck, I'll be using the non-reservoir shocks. I haven't hit the trail yet, but with some tuning, I'm confident this setup will outperform most stock trucks. You may be able to see some gains even with the stock shocks, but I didn't test this. No modifications are required to fit these mounts to the chassis. To use these mounts with the stock body, you'll need to clear parts of the inner fender. I reused most of the fasteners, but I'd probably recommend getting slightly longer ones to ensure full engagement where it threads in, as it's all plastic. I'm using a 540 can motor, so if you have the stock 550 motor, there may be a possibility that it will interfere with the front left mount. Please let me know about this. UPDATE: I added a v2 for the front mounts. The "hook" on the bottom of the mount that prevented the mount from flexing away from the frame rail under compression was a little weak, although I never had any issues with it. I widened that "hook" and modified the design slightly to improve strength, denoting these as "v2" in the STL list.