Shocks are not shock towers. The trucks don't break them anywhere near as much as the buggies did.
Google water proofing techniques, it's all over the web.
As far as the shocks, once their leaking there may not be much you can do. You can just grab some RC18 shocks from mayn venders. If you run out of shock oil, vege-oil is a great weight for them.
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