Lone-wolf

To be fair, that's why you usually buy known good/expensive shocks. Element GT, or GTS shocks are known to be good, it's not a gamble. My TF2 shocks came with the TF2 (obviously^^), i'd not have bought them myself because i knew prior to getting them that they're likely to leak. 

The proline shocks were a gamble - now others learn from it, if anyone mentions them i add my experience, leading to more informed purchases. 

So the reality usually is, potentially throw £15 away (nothing's guaranteeing the second set is gonna be better) - or pay £70 once (TRX-4 shocks), but then have some of the best shocks available for your truck, both in terms of function as well as reliability. It can be fun to hunt for bargains, or potentially cheaper parts that do the same thing - but especially in regards to shocks, cheap parts just don't do the same thing. I've used cheap "upgrade parts" over Vitavon or PPS parts (for half, sometimes even a quarter the price), and they worked just fine - but i'll stick to simpler parts. More complicated and/or crucial parts for function, i'll go with the known good stuff. 

I really rate the desert lizard 90mm internal sprung shocks. 

About £25 a pair. Comes with loads of springs. 

What’s up guys? I love this hobby all around 20+ years am new to the crawler scene  have a trail honcho started adding weight and it bottomed out .I tried beefing up the springs different shocks nothing supported it until I put an old set of revo shocks with the factory soft spring but it does perfect. Referring to cheap parts I thought the Injora metal front and rear axels were so cool and $80 was awesome they look good we’re great for less than a week broke driver front axel shaft.It is machined too far where pin holds drive cup to shaft ,5 times it’s broken  do you have any suggestions for a replacement so I wouldn’t have to change axels completely?