What tape to use to control tire swell?

[glassdoctor]

I have heard the Gorilla brand duct tape is awesome... so that may be worth a try.

Something I have thought about doing with my street tread tires... is wrapping a durable thread around the outside of the tire in the center groove. Wrap it several times... with the ends of the string glued. That would create a belted tire without having to get inside it.

A heavy thread/light string of some kind would work fine imo.... I will do it on my xxcr buggy sometime...

[JOHNNYMAXXIMA]

Originally Posted by glassdoctor

Something I have thought about doing with my street tread tires... is wrapping a durable thread around the outside of the tire in the center groove. Wrap it several times... with the ends of the string glued. That would create a belted tire without having to get inside it.
A heavy thread/light string of some kind would work fine imo.... I will do it on my xxcr buggy sometime...

And this would be the result of that.
http://www.rcpics.net/img/53162
The one on the right was wrapped with small wire.

[zeropointbug]

Precisely what I predicted! I wonder how it would perform?