RED!
should the rails red or black? Thoughts???
shaggyzr2
Active member
That might be a little too much red, I'd say black or just bare aluminum.
super1c
Super Moderator
That looks Bad A$$. With all the black on the rest of the sled i would say red rails and black slides.
snoprokidf6
Member
Black rails
I think Im leaning toward red rails. I think it will look good with the steel and rails red because everything else is black, wheels, slides, rubber, etc. going to look REAL nice with a yellow ohlins spring peaking out too. 
snoprokidf6
Member
that it does! you cant go wrong with jet black
Question for all you mono / apex experts. I have read on the 4 stroke side about the aftermarket offsets you can get for the idler wheels. The skid im using came with them already. It also has the stock idler mounts. Id like to keep the offset ones on so I can extend my slider life. But should i be worried about bending a rail? im not sure how common it is to bend them?
mile9c1
New member
Have you considered the Dupont/Vespel hyfax?
Got a set waiting to be put on...
musselman
Active member
Project looks great, nice work so far. If you need any help with the skid or nytro tail light let me know, I have done both.
Ready to go!
Got my exchanger welded up.
Got it started Friday night.
And a little further tonight.
super1c
Super Moderator
Man Jason that skid looks awesome. I really like the red rails. Its not too much red for sure. You got to remember on a viper the skid will be mostly up in the tunnel. So with the black slides, track and boggies it will set it off nicley! Great job so far. That would look really nice against a black tunnel! Food for thought? Looking good!
Yeah the tunnel might get the bed liner treatment but not this year.
03viperguy
Moderator
Looks great!
So my install is coming along. One issue Im having is the attack skid is different than the apex skid in a few ways. One is the rear upper idlers are set further back in the attack than the apex. This is to help keep the track off of the shock mount. Does anyone have that dimension? How should I mount that on the viper? Do I need the attack brackets for that as well? The green arrow is where the apex mounts (both for the skid and the idlers). The red arrow is where the attack idlers mount (shown in pic).
staggs65
Moderator
On mine I'm going to move the idlers to the skid mount location like on the short track sleds. Betheviper suggested doing it and there's another mono install here that the member did it this way. I just can't remember who it was as I'd like to ask them how it worked out. Betheviper suggested moving the mounting locations back 1/2 an inch or so to make up the track tension but the one that was done before I believe used the stock locations. I think I'm going to move mine back.
musselman
Active member
It was me who moved the wheel mount and so far it's worked out fine. What you have to do is use the rear shaft out of a proaction skid and cut down the mono skid arm so that the steps of the proaction shaft are right at the edge. This will give you clearance to mount the wheels and you will also need to used the proaction spacers that go on the end of the shaft that but up against the tunnel. I will try to dig up my thread on it so you can see how it turned out.