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As you may have noticed, we have been busy reviewing springs lately! FullForce RC has recently introduced dual rate springs for the Traxxas Maxx trucks. We wasted no time in getting our hands on these new “boingers”!

The springs come in a package of eight. We opted for the "blue" springs to match the color scheme of our truck. FFRC offers them in a variety of colors to best match your ride (blue, red, purple, green, yellow and silver). The springs are a dual rate design and have two separate spring rates. Total length of the springs is 3.1035 Inches. The first 1.7435 inch of the spring has six coils rated at 2.8 pounds per inch. This softer rate helps soak up the smaller bumps and keep the bounce to a minimum when traveling at high speeds. The second half (1.36 Inches) has 3 coils rated at a much stiffer 7 pounds per inch. This helps keep the truck from bottoming out the shocks when landing on big jumps. FYI - stock Traxxas springs are spec'ed out at about 2 pounds. Reference the picture to the left: Note the FFRC spring on the bottom, the stock Traxxas spring in the middle and the Traxxas Big Bore spring on the top.

Installation is simple. Remove the bottom mounting screws, lower spring cups and slide the old spring off. Install the new spring, then the spring cup and finally fasten the lower shock mount securely. Granted you do not have to remove the entire shock for this procedure however if you have not performed maintenance on them lately, it may be a good time to pull them off and change the oil. The stock T-Maxx comes with 30wt oil. Heavier trucks and high jumpers work better with slightly heavier oils and sometimes a piston change....but that's another article. We were running 50wt Trinity oil in our Traxxas Big Bore shocks for this test.

The springs look great on our truck. The dual rate coil design looks sweet and the paint on the shocks looks good also. We noticed that the diameter of the springs seems to be slightly smaller that the stockers and other springs we have tested. This shouldn’t really affect the performance or longevity of the springs as long as the tensile strength is up to par.

Ok…time to bash! We ran the springs through a number of different terrains. At higher speeds, the springs seemed to do a real nice job soaking up some of the little stuff while retaining a decent ride height and not getting overly bouncy. In this scenario, they performed very similar to the stock shocks. We then proceeded to give them some bigger jumps, tossing the truck 3-6 feet in the air at some pretty fast rates of speed. The springs did a great job, only bottoming out occasionally on the 6+ foot jumps. This is partially due to the weight of our truck. It is packed with aluminum goodies and is a fatty.

These are great springs and worked very well. The price is right at a mere $15 for a full set of eight. FFRC didn’t forget about you Savage owners either. They offer a TRIPLE rate spring for the Savage! If you are looking for great springs without having to spring big with the pocketbook, these are your springs.

Check out the FullForce RC web site to grab a set of these while you can.