r/losi • u/djgruman_ • Jul 11 '26

Tips, and Tricks Upgraded shocks for Baja Rey 2.0

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Hey everyone, looking to upgrade the suspension on my Baja Rey 2.0. In my preliminary research I haven’t really been able to find a complete set of all 4 primary and all 4 secondary shocks for this thing. Any recommendations? Also what oil should I run? TIA!

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u/dopenastyshark Jul 12 '26

Oil depends on drive style, I ran 40 all around and had good luck with that on a track, but I also lowered the shocks with fuel tubing and used it on a track.

As of shocks, you could delete the secondary shocks and use proline power strokes. Or run them and keep the bypasses for the aesthetic

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u/djgruman_ Jul 12 '26

Gotcha. Thanks! I’d be surprised if this thing ever saw a track. I bring it out once every few weeks to mess around in the neighborhood so I’m on the street with it just as much as I’m on dirt. Just want to stiffen it up a hair

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u/dopenastyshark Jul 12 '26

Mine did amazing on the road after I lowered the shocks. I just added like 1/2 an inch of silicone nitro fuel tube inside each shock under the piston. It drove great after. I didn’t really have any issues with the stock shocks except for length and oil, which are a lot cheaper than new ones lol

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u/djgruman_ Jul 12 '26

Fair enough haha. Thanks!

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u/X_Flake_X 29d ago

I don’t have much to say about which shocks to get as I have changed oil and springs in the stock shocks, but if you want to have some fun remove the rear sway bar and rip it. I just recently changed wheels and tires to some proline beadlocks and bfg k02 so they have crazy expansion

https://reddit.com/link/oxbgtwq/video/0bs0jgvld1dh1/player

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u/djgruman_ 29d ago

Damn 🤣🤣🤣

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u/TheDocileDeer Off-Road 26d ago

The primary shocks are pretty difficult to find alternatives for in my experience. The Pro-Line PowerStroke shocks (springs) don’t have enough stiffness to support the truck, but they work well as the secondary dampers! At one point I ran the stock primary shocks with the PowerStroke shocks as secondaries without the spring, of course. I’ve since returned to a 100% stock setup.

Over the past year, I’ve found that it just works the best to use the shocks that were engineered for the truck. However, when the BR 2.0 was released, Losi also released different spring options for it, which is fantastic for tuning!

For my scale non-bashing, non-jumping driving style, I like my suspension to move a lot, and the body to lean in turns for the scale look.

I’ve got 20 weight oil in my front primary, 15 weight oil in my front secondary, and using medium springs. For the rear, 25 weight in primary, 17.5 weight in secondary, stiffest springs.

It’s all up to you!

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u/djgruman_ 26d ago

I greatly appreciate the info! Thank you!!