Minor carnage

[Garagebuilt]

We got a little too rowdy with the AR51 at my friends farm. Unfortunately we didn't get it on camera though. I bombed a huge jump and bent a tie rod and dislodged the radiator from its mounts. Here's a little video of us fixing it and building ramp on my place which we had to jump a few times!
 

[dsrace]

nice video. looks like your having a blast with the rail. the damage was minimal so no big deal. all fun toys have to evolve  that part of the fun. nice jump btw

[Garagebuilt]

nice video. looks like your having a blast with the rail. the damage was minimal so no big deal. all fun toys have to evolve  that part of the fun. nice jump btw

Thank you! Yes we are having a blast it. I'm enjoying the time with my son as much as the buggy. Most of the dirt for the ramp was already there, I just added to it a little when I have time. I will be adding two more mounts to the top of the radiator to prevent that from happening again. And I'm still working on the rear end contacting the ground. It just barley touched it on one jump. But I will get it right!

[dsrace]

i cannot tell in the video but if those are fox 2.0air shocks then, if it were myself, i would add 10cc additional oil to the shock. with fox 2.0 air's you can add up to an additional 30cc's fox shock oil. do so in 10cc increments as this will help control bottoming out. it ramps the valving in sooner. just order a gal of the red oil as you should really change the oil every 2 years or so. i have the oil capacity chart as i have re-valved a lot of fox shocks. if you wind up adding the full 30cc and it still taps the ground then it time to re-valve. fox 2.0 shocks are the easiest shock you will ever re-build or re-valve. once you do one, you'll know it takes longer to pull and re-install the shock , vs re-valving them! like i said fun toys have to evolve and it looks like a very run rail!

[Garagebuilt]

They are fox 2.0! Thank you for the tip I will be ordering the oil today!

[dsrace]

do you have a nitrogen fill kit for the socks as well? if you not then you'll need a fill kit and a bottle of nitrogen to re charge them.  once you add oil you will need to go cycle them in the field then recharge. this may only take one quick romp or 2 to get them to stay at the set pressure. it funny how the added oil can consume a tiny bit of pressure. normally they ship with 200 psi. you can run up to 500 psi in each shock. i don't recommend going that high but it is allowable. i seriously doubt you need to as light as that rail is especially if you haven't increased pressure over stock now.

[Garagebuilt]

do you have a nitrogen fill kit for the socks as well? if you not then you'll need a fill kit and a bottle of nitrogen to re charge them.  once you add oil you will need to go cycle them in the field then recharge. this may only take one quick romp or 2 to get them to stay at the set pressure. it funny how the added oil can consume a tiny bit of pressure. normally they ship with 200 psi. you can run up to 500 psi in each shock. i don't recommend going that high but it is allowable. i seriously doubt you need to as light as that rail is especially if you haven't increased pressure over stock now.

Yes I have a nitrogen kit, I had them up to 450 psi but they felt way too stiff so I backed them down to 375 in this video. Ill add the oil and see how they feel and go from there.

[fabr]

The additional oil will increase the "spring" rate . DS knows the airs well.

[Garagebuilt]

The additional oil will increase the "spring" rate . DS knows the airs well.

Awesome!  Because I don’t jack about them.  But I’m learning.  The oil is supposed to be here Wednesday, I’ll add some and take out jump it.  I’ll set the GoPro up so I can watch it as it lands and see if it touches the ground.  I can add more bump stop but I’m sacrificing travel.  But I’d rather sacrifice a little travel than hit the ground.