Gratuitous Amounts of Tire
 

A few days ago I ordered a set of wheels and tires from a savage xl off Ebay and they are just arriving. THEST THINGS ARE HUGE!!! Here is a comparison Between them and my AKA LPR sized Cityblocks.

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THey are mostly foam and are not very heavy- but the glue job sucks hard.


Couple more pics with them on the truck.

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It is now impossible for my truck to bottom out! I have not run them but i think they might be too big for my truggy.. Ill report back with a run report on them. :)

Hpi terra pins IIRC - I've just bought a set to - I'm going to try softening them up and use them on a super crawler

Correct.


wd40 works good for softening. But just removing the foams should be enough they are very plush.

those look cool! esp. that you say they are light too....i always wanted some big o tires for my emaxx, but my stock diffs cant handle the extra wieght.

Was going to try simple green...

They are cheap to 20.50 for 4...

Love those tires.

if the truck will not bottom out then you are putting extra stress on your suspension components (shocks, towers, A-arms etc...). Not saying dont try it, but just realize the risks. they are cool looking!!

Make sure you stay away from 35mph+ Im sure those tires will be a handfull at speeds higher than that. :lol: I remember my imex 2.2 puller dawgs were gigantic on my pede and they would sway very easily and flip with a brushless setup.

Nonsense, with the low COG of the truggy geared for about 50 (14t pinion) they were fine just slow to respond as the sidewalls are a mile high.

Yeah i know that it puts alot of stress on everything, but i have decided to get rid of them- it requaires a 9t pinino to do 36mph and i already chewed up one.

Its kind of a hassle to change gearing just to go bashing.. id rather have a smaller tire like badlands or something.

Just suming up that its going to handle like crap with gigantic tires...

I'll take them,:lol: how much did your pay for them?

Edit: wait did you chew up the pinion or the tire?

Pinion :)

Haha thats awesome, I was about to ask him how soft they are. Let us know how that works out.

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I put my set from my sav on my trug as a goof. Rolled over easy and swayed alot as the tires ballooned and distorted immensely. They also hit the body when i turned. Doubt I'd call this observation "nonsense"

OTOH the trug did roll right over whatever I was drving at. lol

The crawler tops out at 2mph - I think I'll be ok...

That sounds exciting..... :lol:

As much as racing - I must have a much into each crawler now than I do in my bashers/racers...

Don't knock it until you've tried it...

I tried it with a AX10, but my problem was the places to run and people to run with. I got bored hitting the same line over and over in my yard and in the woods... It was fun until it got old. I bet it would be better if I had a nice big place to run...

I put those Tera Pins on my strr also. They were too wild on the Savage. The truggy handles a lot better but like Finnster said they hit the body on power slides and not as stable. Too much sidewall on those things. I've never seen my truggy on just two wheels (same side) as much as with them. They are fun once in a while though. Gave the truggy more clearance but lose a lot of steering.