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RE: Making drift tires - 2/16/2006 2:58:52 PM   
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Status: offline 		Have you considered putting the pipe over trued foams or slicks?

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RE: Making drift tires - 3/7/2006 1:56:34 AM   
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RE: Making drift tires - 3/9/2006 7:52:24 PM   
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Status: offline 		maybe try rapping some buct tape around your rim. i think that would work.

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RE: Making drift tires - 3/11/2006 10:05:05 PM   
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Status: offline 		jus find sum 50mm pipe, buy wheels with tyers mounted (theyre around 50mm aswell)
foam tyers work good, but after a while they start picking up oil from the xhaust, an become slipperyan the PVC slides off (nitro cars ofcorse)
i bought rubber tyers an havnt had a problem yet, they were a bit big at the start, but i jus drove around for bout 10minz an wore them down
till the PVC fit over nicely



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RE: Making drift tires - 3/14/2006 3:41:16 PM   
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Status: offline 		whoa dude your rims look like poop but grayer... i just made my first set of rims yesterday. if u take some time and care in it they turn out great i just used some plain proline dish rims wasnt going for style

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RE: Making drift tires - 3/14/2006 8:38:19 PM   
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Status: offline 		has anyone herd of just wraping yor tires with electrical tape? im not a drifter i just wanna make soem smoke with my stadiums trucks and do burnouts and stuff. but yea has anyoone herd of this?

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RE: Making drift tires - 3/14/2006 9:35:04 PM   
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has anyone herd of just wraping yor tires with electrical tape? im not a drifter i just wanna make soem smoke with my stadiums trucks and do burnouts and stuff. but yea has anyoone herd of this?
Yeah.

It's ok on really smooth surfaces and carpet but gets cut too easily on rougher tarmac making drifting unpredictable

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RE: Making drift tires - 3/15/2006 12:27:19 AM   
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Status: offline 		exactly...what he said i used to tape my rubber tyres but the problem was they were always dirty so the tape didnt stick im gonna take my ABS tires out soon when the weathers good

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RE: Making drift tires - 3/17/2006 5:55:10 AM   
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Status: offline 		i didnt go for looks man, i went for pratical...wat ever works
u can spend all the time u want making them look good, 1 run with the nitro car, an theyre filthy
an im not interestd in cleaining it every time ya play with it, i jus wana play

no show car here mate!

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RE: Making drift tires - 3/18/2006 2:58:14 AM   
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Status: offline 		rock on dude! exactly the same thign here nitro is just too dirty but ill never go to electric...ever

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RE: Making drift tires - 3/18/2006 8:52:03 AM   
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Status: offline 		electric suk...i bought 1 of those Mini Team Losi LST things for my gf....mate, they rave about this thing in the book, how much longer the battery lasts an stuff
man, it last like 10mins....i ran it with my mates RC Nitro, an i ran out off power jus as he ran out nitro...which dusnt sound that bad...but wen u think
he can jus refill the tank an go play again, i had to let the battery cool down, which takes atleast an hour...then let it charge again for 4-6hrs...i wasnt happy
electric...suk!

but other than that...for wat the mini LST is...its great fun...good for a gurl anyway

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RE: Making drift tires - 3/20/2006 2:41:22 AM   
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Status: offline 		I'm about to go buy some abs tomorrow. Any idea what diameter I should get? I've got the CEN CT4-s and I'm putting it on the rims that come with it. Also how long should I put them in the oven and how hot should I set it to make them just hot enough to shape?

HPI hard as **** damn good street tires in the front
ABS tires in the back.

Currently set up as rwd instead of awd right now.

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RE: Making drift tires - 3/20/2006 3:18:38 AM   
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Status: offline 		abs comes in 2" and 3" for sure u might be able to get it in 2 1/2" but im not sure and if you need to stretch it dont use the oven. toss the rings of abs into a pot of boiling water for a while

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RE: Making drift tires - 3/21/2006 7:25:17 AM   
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Status: offline 		Get the 2" ABS pipes.

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RE: Making drift tires - 3/21/2006 11:39:28 AM