Proline tires...Crimes or bowties
 

Well today i purchased some 23mm offset velo's...and some molded ofna soft (orange foams)......for the inside, and I am still tossing the tires decision around.....the new bowties look like the crimes, but have the ribs inside i beleive, while the crimes do not...any suggestions or comment on which one to get..thanks.....

I would get the MTR Bowties. Maybe next month they will release Crimefighter MTR's....

I love my Crime Fighters, they last a super long time and work good on a wet down blue groove track too.

It's a hard choice. I heard crimes hook up better on tracks, but heard bowties last longer! Not sure, never owned bowties except for my Jato. Hard choice between the two. But, i would go with squee's suggestion only because they have the inner groves to them.

makes sense...no i gotta find them on the bay....

Mike?

well, i got them from mike........now the front & Rear of my truck is complete.....woohoo....it coming along....

Good job Shayne! You go boy!!!!

thanks for the words of encourangement there newe

:) anytime!

What did you go with? The Crimes?

Product ID: PRO1127-00
Product Name: Bow tie MT tires for Maxx rims
Quantity: 2

hopefully the bowtie mtrs , along with these ofna foams and 23mm zero offset velo's will be a good tire combo for me....

http://www.speedtechnitro.com/ebprod...id=485&id=7096

all i know is these foams are hard to find and I happened to find the orange ones along with the yellow medium foams..they also have these for 1/8 buggies as well

I don't think you got the MTR version...

if they are good...if they are not....no biggie...im sure they will work fine for me...

If they aren't, just duct tape the inside so they don't balloon.

yup.. that is what i was planning ....thanks for the help man......

No problem.

Guys, probably you did not know yet, but while I was looking around a few weeks ago, Proline just turned their 1/10 scale HoleShot tires into MT tires. Its the same tires used for the T4 and B4. Now its for truggies and monster trucks.
What do you think of them?

I think the grips look a little small, problem with that is they get clogged up with dirt really easily and dont grip too well. Like the LSP tyres.

The pins were made smaller intentionally to be most suitable in hard off road tracks.

i saw those as well, I think Im gonna like my bowties though...cant wait to get em...

Hey squee, would these be better? The MTR's are the ineer ribbed ones right?

Yes. The MTR's are better because of the ribs. You can prevent ballooning, but you can't lessen the sidewall flex on the MT's. The MTR's do both.

Captain, the Holeshots are USELESS unless you have a blue groove, hard packed, dry clay track...

i talked to mike today, and he said i ordered the bowtie mt's.....which is fine.....they will work fine for me...thanks for the info though...

So you didn't get the MRT's? Should have gotten the crimes then!

don't mean to hijack the thread but you guys drills holes in the wheels with your bowties or crimes?

I have the white velocity wheels and did not with my bowties

I do...But from now on, I'm gonna punch holes in the tires instead...Lets the stuff sling out...

now ya tell me this.....i think i'll like the bows...atleast they will be alot better then my losi zombie maxx tires I had at the bash........and yess I'm gonna put 2 small holes in my rims in the center...for the air....

Yeah, you'll like them, but if they aren't the MRT's, then i would have gotten the crimes. And yes sir, i did state this...just the fact of the inner ribs....

i can put ducttape inside the tire and solve that issue of ballooning if i want....but I was fine with my old tires....we will have to see about these.....the crimes don't have the inner ribs....so i'm ok with it.....

Punch holes in the tire, not the rim. It lets the water, dirt, etc. sling out.

and what do i use to do that...a hole punch..... did i tell you i'm using the ofna molded foams......do i still need to do this...

i don't wanna use a knife.....on slip and the tire is cut real bad...not to mention a finger or two......

Yea, use a hole punch, like maybe some for leather....I wouldn't use a knife or anything because it won't be perfectly round and might right with alot of power. If you tape them, make sure to cut holes in the tape as well, otherwise you would defeat the purpose...

ok..thanks

How about using body reamers to creat holes in the tires?

never thought of that......good idea