Making drift tires
03-11-2006, 05:05 PM
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RE: Making drift tires
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
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
03-14-2006, 10:41 AM
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RE: Making drift tires
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
03-14-2006, 03:38 PM
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RE: Making drift tires
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?
03-14-2006, 04:35 PM
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RE: Making drift tires
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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?
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?
It's ok on really smooth surfaces and carpet but gets cut too easily on rougher tarmac making drifting unpredictable
03-14-2006, 07:27 PM
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RE: Making drift tires
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
03-17-2006, 12:55 AM
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RE: Making drift tires
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!
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!
03-18-2006, 03:52 AM
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RE: Making drift tires
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
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
03-19-2006, 09:41 PM
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RE: Making drift tires
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.
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.
03-19-2006, 10:18 PM
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RE: Making drift tires
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
03-21-2006, 06:39 AM
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RE: Making drift tires
i have a micro, and the pipe i have (forgot if it was a 1 inch) is like a little to small, so should i cut them and put them in the water? and also can they worp if you strech them? what is the best way to do it? thanks
03-22-2006, 12:55 AM
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RE: Making drift tires
Here are some I made. I didn't sand the edges yet but I think they turned out okay considering I used a hacksaw. My HPI rims just popped it. I didn't have to do anything to the rims.
[link=http://ehsia.com/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=14&MMN_position=18:4:16]My ABS Drift Tires[/link]
[link=http://ehsia.com/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=14&MMN_position=18:4:16]My ABS Drift Tires[/link]
03-22-2006, 07:00 AM
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RE: Making drift tires
i just made tires w/ a tubingcutter it makes my life so mytch easter, it also rounds the edges off!, the rims look good...
i have a micro, and can i put micro rs4 rims on it?
i have a micro, and can i put micro rs4 rims on it?
03-22-2006, 09:20 AM
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RE: Making drift tires
I was looking for a tube cutter but the ones I found only cut metal pipes, it wasn't big enough to cut 2" ones. Where did you get yours? It would make my life easier if I had one.
06-13-2006, 06:50 PM
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RE: Making drift tires
i have a mini lst as one of my many cars and i want to drift it i have innsane motors a lipo and a bunch of other sh*t and i was wondering if i should use abs or pvc and wat size aloso the same question for my revo wat size and abs or pvc and should i glue them wat do u guys do thanks i might try to drift my t4 with a novak ss5800 it burns tru tires like a ****
06-13-2006, 11:04 PM
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RE: Making drift tires
If anyone is interested in abs drift tires i am going to make a run of them and may sell them they are top quality. I turn them on a cnc lathe so they are all perfect and true if you are interested let me know. It will be a few weeks before i can have them. I will post them on ebay also. So keep an eye out there too. Happy drifting!
09-02-2006, 07:48 PM
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RE: Making drift tires
i wana make dift tires for a micro, what is the easiest way to make them, and if i want to use a dremmel do i use a jig or just eye it? thanks
