Tire Taping

[Toolman]

I have just found this guide see here

Has anyone done this?
I am about to try it on a set of Crime Fighter MT's on proline 23mm hex wheels for my truggy conversion.

Tim.

 

[psunitro]

Lots of people have. works very well. Tires dont ballon much at all.

 

[ImBroken]

It works exactly like it says.. Great mod to prevent your tires from ballooning, thus loosing surface area of the tire on the track..

 

[JESSE G]

Think that would work on my 33x12.50,s on my Chevy? hehe :jk:
I have heard it works very well. I might try it out on my Rc10 the tires I have for it usally grow a huge amount on take off

 

[vbgagnon]

I did that on my lsp, here is a pic of what they do instead of balooning in the middle they baloon a bit on the outside...

 

[JESSE G]

Wow that really does make a big differance!

 

[redhatman]

i did it to my savages wheels. Now they dont balloon at all. It kinda sucks tho, because i always liked doing 2 wheels on the side and then have the other 2 wheels balloon. but who cares, the truck handles better now.

 

[Toolman]

Asking the question a different way, Is tyre ballooning a problem?

I've got these Crimefighter MTs :boxing: & they seem to be made of the softest rubber (I'm used to buggy tyres) & once I glue them thats it, can't change it easily. They're quite expensive too!

Tim.

 

[vbgagnon]

Balooning causes loss of traction, which in turn causes loss of control. Its an easy upgrade that I do to all my tires now.

 

[4u2nv]

Yeah when the tires ballon its more hard to handle. It feels like the tires are on its tippy toes (If that make sence) I did it to my stock savy tires, and man what a differance.

 

[Plaidfish]

with bowties (similar softness overall in the tire compared to the crimefighter MT) I would ballon on the straights and the truck would just flip over for no reason.....tape em and it sticks like glue........

 

[Toolman]

I was beginning to think that the tyre ballooning might be quite cool!
But I've just fitted my shell, a Hotbodies LSP one and there isn't any clearance at full steering lock. I think I have to try to stop the ballooning so the body isn't ripped up! If it improves the handling as well then I'm going for the tape.

Tim.