I think I'll just belt the badlands in the end, you can't go wrong with the tread.

Yes, the Badlands tread lasts and lasts; even when gunning the throttle on rough gravel, and having them balloon... you would think they would be worn down in no time. :neutral:

I have been thinking about getting some preglued tires. The Badlands are what I am looing into. I have not been real successful with the balancing of the tires when I glued them and the ones I have gotten used that were glued. I was wondering about how to "Tape" a preglued tire. It sounds like you belt a preglued tire. What is belting a tire or How do you belt a tire?

BTW, I have been using the Badlands on the OFF-SET Velocity wheels. What has everyone else used? (Standard, or OFF-SET) And has anyone used both standard and off-set on the same tire?

I've Ofna dish 1/2 offset.

Okay, so belting is the same thing as taping the inside of tire. Sorry I now realize that was a dumb question. Never heard it called belting before and misread lincs post and thought he was going to belt some tires that were already glued.

http://www.rc-monster.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10169

Am going to get some proper footage of it soon, also fix up the battery tray! and get a new ESC.. i hate that stupid sentilon now. I think ill wait for the MMM though, or buy a new motor and run 4s over the MM if the MMM isnt released by late april...

Lincpimp, fiberglass yes, resin no.

I used to work for a realy cool old guy who loved to use his truck as a bird dog of sorts, he would put it into 4wd/low and let it idle along in 1st gear. As it scared out the quail, he would hunt them.

He never got flat tires though the truck would return to the shop with huge sticks and cactus poking out of them. I pulled the debris from the tires for months before he let me onto how he was doing it.

He would run standard mud/snow tires, add a layer of rubber cement, add a layer of fiberglass resin to the still wet cement, then let it dry. Another layer of rubber cement and let it dry. Finish off with a tube at 15 p.s.i. and no flats.

When a stick would puncture the tire, it would hit the fiberglass, turn sideways and never puncture the tube.

I have yet to try the fiberglass/rubber cement on an RC tire yet, but it seems like it would carry over. Just clean out the "mold release agent" from the inside of the tire before you stick anything in there (even packing tape, which I have tried).

If your tires are already glued on just stick them in your oven on a metal cookie tray for 350-400F for 20-30 minutes. Grab some really thick gloves and just take the tire off the rim, when the glue is melted they come off super easy. It will stink in your house for a 1/2 hour after you open the oven but it works great and saves lots of $$$$$

For killing the balloning this will work on any tire. Turn your tire inside out, scrub down the inside of the tire with rubbing alchol and then tape the inside of the tire with duct tape and make sure you overlap the duct tap by at least 1-2" inches. = Balloning permantly done!

Baking the tires has worked better for me then the boiling method. It actually took the burnt electrical smell out of the house.:lol:


Anyone got any tips for balancing tires? Before or after the tires are mounted. Best one I've heard so far is sell them and get new ones.

I use self adhesive lead tape (available at golf shops) to balance my wheels/tires. I use an old hub and lightly worn but still smooth bearings with seals removed and an old cvd axle. Mount the wheel/tire up and let it spin until it stops. Add weight to the top (light side) until in to longer stops in the same spot.

Great tip. Thanks. I'm going to try that. Got some decent tires they work when bashing but the speed runs are pretty shakey.

I had one set of 40 series that were so bad, hard acceleration would make the truck shake! After balancing, they go full speed and full throttle no problems.