Q: Scania R500 - Suspension

[funkykoval]

Hello,

I am building TAMIYA Scania 4x2. Will show pictures when back home as I am abroad at the moment however I got question re. suspension.

In my opinion standard Tamiya suspension is much too stiff in the truck itself.

To overcome I bought following:

- Super Soft Leaf Springs (for back and front)
http://www.rigidrc.com/shop/leaf-spr...f-springs.html

An tires - in my opinion standard hard compound tires are a joke. They are so hard and unrealistic that the truck is literally "jumping" like a toy on rough roads.

So I bought these:
http://store.rc4wd.com/Mickey-Thomps...es_p_1434.html

Awesome and realistic in terms of they have very soft compound - comparing to real truck they look realistic when driving.

Some of new Euro trucks have similar smaller diameter tires.

In the rear they are OK...

but the front they due to their smaller diameter the truck lies much much to low.

What do you guys, professionals advise to do with front suspension to get rid of this problem? Somehow lift up whole suspension?
What parts to use?

Or maybe there are some other very soft compound tires on the market with a little bigger tire diameter?

Thank you!
Simon