tire softening or tire grip?

[darkslayor24]

at the track that i race we have to run our stock tires. the tires that came with my truck are realy hard and dont grip up well...anything i can do for this?

 

[marauder]

What vehicle are you referring to, and what are the track conditions?

 

[323 R/C Racing]

I would soak them in Simple Green and that will soften them up. If thats not as soft a you want you can soak them in WD40 but this will shorten the life of your tire but it will be super soft and stick like glue.

 

[Bushwaker]

Simple Green I like WD40 like that too. But how do you all dry em of berfore ya run em? wipe em down real well or what? I used the WD40 for some stockers but I didint get to run them on the track before I sold my 2wd but I sprayed them down real well and zip locked em! When I took them out I wiped them down well they looked good but I could still see WD40 in the treads. Will this pick up crazy amounts of the dusty clay track? IF I want to try the Simple Green on some Calipers that stuff is not oil based and should dry when its taken out of the zip lock.

 

[ImGoinRCn]

Simple Green concentrate and do not dilute it with any water.

 

[tamiya]

WD40 works ok on stock Traxxas rubber but it takes a while to soak in.

Seal them up in a ziplock bag and left them on roof of car parked in sun in between races.

 

[hndaman1]

what about brake fluid? has anyone tried that?

 

[tamiya]

brake fluid doesn't really soften rubber... otherwise you'll have issues with all the
rubber seals, hoses and diaphragms in your 1:1 brake hydraulic system


you can also try any other oil-based creams... like suntan lotion or anything
with eucalyptus oil (smells like Deep Heat though)

 

[ImGoinRCn]

Try Paragon and heat it up with a heat gun...I'll stay with simple green and just have clean tires.