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08.15.2014, 11:24 AM

No prob, I went thru similar issues and found that taping the tires and then balancing the wheel/tire assembly made a huge improvement.

I did a test with an erevo, left the front and rear of one side stock and balanced the other side front and rear after taping the tires. I used beadlocks on the test, but subsequently used regular wheels and glue. It was amazing to see the non taped/balanced side actually moving the suspension at 50mph. The taped/balanced side did not grow the tire (due to the taping) and was visually very smooth. I then did the other side and the difference was amazing. An employee who liked to watch me run the truck commented that I must of lowered the speed on the truck after do the taping/balancing. I asked him why and he said that the truck looked slower because it did not bounce around as much or look so "squirrely". It just ran down the street and tracked straight.

I did radar the truck before and after and the truck was slightly faster with the taped/balanced tires. Even though the tires were not "growing" in diameter as much (they looked like pizza cutters before!) the truck went slightly faster. I put that down to the wheels must have been so out of balance that the tires were leaving the ground and thus the truck was not able to put down the power at full speed. Or maybe I could just get a better, longer speed run due to the increase in controllability. Either way I always balance any preassembled wheels, and tape/balance any that I assemble.
   
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