Tires Choice

[arch2b]

so what tires do you experienced drivers reccomend? has anyone made foam tires for these? how about sillicone?

anyone have a good combo setup for drifting? or is that even possible?

[arfin]

If you want different corner setups check out my post, i usually use 4 High grip fatties all around. Not sure about a drift setup.

[USATorque55]

I made some foam tires before....

http://www.toyeast.com/v3/catproductlist.asp?cat_id=39&clvl=4

enjoi../..

yay first post...

[arch2b]

I made some foam tires before....

http://www.toyeast.com/v3/catproductlist.asp?cat_id=39&clvl=4

enjoi../..

yay first post...
what do firelaps have to do with foam tires or this thread?

[USATorque55]

oh god ,lol...

I was posting in another thread at the same time, that was on my clipboard.

My apologies.
Pics-
http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/5827/foamsbeforesharpie4lv.jpg
http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/460/foamsoncar0zs.jpg

Sorry arch...

[arfin]

Nice, from what? Pen grips? Did you colour it black? Good idea!

[Buckaroo]

How well do you guys think these tires might sand? I mean, what if you took a pair of high grip fats and roughed them up? You could spin them on a piece of sand paper using your car. Since a set goes for $4 - $7 that may be an expensive experiment. It might be worth trying on some old tires though.

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[USATorque55]

Alright.. we'll I'll post a little more.

The tires I made are from a pencil grip I found. I cut it up and they prove to be very grippy on my foam track. I took a sharpie and colored them black cause I didnt like the blue. These are nice, but totally overkill.

A good tip for you guys is to take your stock tires off, put them in a film canister or something and fill it w/ WD-40 so they're submerged. Let it soak.. maybe 15 minutes...

Take them out, wipe them down, spray down again in simple green. Wipe that down and put on your car. They will be so tacky you'll be suprised.

[crazydave]

A good tip for you guys is to take your stock tires off, put them in a film canister or something and fill it w/ WD-40 so they're submerged. Let it soak.. maybe 15 minutes...

Take them out, wipe them down, spray down again in simple green. Wipe that down and put on your car. They will be so tacky you'll be suprised.
Great tip! When I raced 1/10th scale off road Simple Green was mine and my buddies little secret. That stuff would make our Losi red compoud tires tacky.

I don't know about the WD-40 trick, but I suppose the oils would penetrate the rubber, then the Simple Green would strip them away. Seems like that'd soften somethin' up.

I gonna go try that on some bit tires, see how it works on them.

[USATorque55]

Actually it doesnt work well on bit tires. I tried it on some tires that were special to a pair of rims. Trying to soften them.

Tell me how that will be , i had poor luck.

Its the petroleum in thw wd-40 that softens the compound. The simple green removes any dirt or excess oil.

[Buckaroo]

I like that idea too Torque -- the WD-40 thing. It's kind of a chemical sanding. I am for sure going to try it out one of these days. How about going the other way? You know -- making a tire harder as apposed to softening it. Ever do any experiments like that? If you could achieve just the right hardness to aid in drifting on foam it would be cool.

Your pen idea has fascinated me too in the past. I did some experiments with my foam mats. I used a plastic pen "tube" once as a bit on a drill. I was able to cut perfectly round foam pegs that way. I think a pipe like "bit" could be designed to cut just the right sized tire circle out of a piece of black foam mat.

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[USATorque55]

Actually I have.

A small mistake of mine, was coloring certain wheels w/ sharpie to lose grip. I thought this was reversable, however its not. Luckily I have a few sets of wheels. All you need to do is color the entire tire w/ sharpie, and it will lose small amounts of grip for a short period of time.