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  1. #1
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    Had the fronts done. Basically one was bad, somehow all the nitro charge leaked out (and it was only a year old), had the other one done just so they would be the same. The valves were replaced, seals, and the shock fluid and nitro charge. I asked them to use the heaviest shock fluid they could to stiffen them a little more than stock, and it seems like they might be a little. All in all, they turned out great! They even did a nice job of cleaning the shock. The one thing is the original top cap gets damaged when removed, since the add a schrader valve to recharge. all parts are returned, so I simply put it back on, although it sits a little higher up, and resealed it with silicone. Its awesome if you like the feel of the OE shocks. He can also retune them if you wish. I plan on doing the rears just to make them a little stiffer and cause they are the orignals (although not blown yet).
    Cost was about $300 for both plus shipping.
    I highly recommend Bruce's Suspensions, tell him I sent you (Mike Skurich).
    He will know exactly what to do.
    Mike Skurich
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    Pictures? Sealed what with silicone?

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    You know how our shocks have a dissimilar metal (and color) cap on the top of the resevoir, well this is removed to insert a shrader valve to recharge them, so you need to press the cap back on and seal it with silicone (or clamp on a protective rubber end cap (pipe end cap from Lowes, Home Depot).

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    That sounds like a No-Hub cap. I don't see any way one of those could hold pressure. Theres close to 200 psi in our shocks.

    Are there any pictures of a rebuilt VX shock?

    John C.

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    shrader valves are a bit different.

    They use them in the rock crawler nitro charged shocks.

    There are shrader valves out there that can hold 4500psi without breaking a sweat. HPA systems for paintball guns
    2000 Black VX 105k

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    Sweet. When I put on my Bilsteins, I kept all my stock shocks just in case I could get them rebuilt some day. Would be awesome to get the cases powdercoated Proton Yellow to match the VX, too !!!
    Steve

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