jspeed

Starting this thread to let you guys know that the new Ipanema Monster Truck belted racing slicks will be available Mid-January 2012.
If you’re interested in learning more about them, feel free to ask questions about the Monsters here.









Thanks, all the best!

LaTuFu

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Well, hello again!

Dale Gribble

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I shutdown all of the duplicate threads. Those look pretty cool!

jspeed

Thanks Dale, this should be better here.

If you want to learn more about them feel free to visit [link]http://ipanemasports.com/MonsterSlicks.aspx[/link]

Will try my best to answer any questions here, ok

Thanks again! [8D]

Dale Gribble

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It doesn't say but I am assuming 17mm hexes?

Dale Gribble

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Where about is the cost going to come in at for those?

Modified Pro

Huuummmm. How do they grip on the asphalt and concrete?

steed2-inactive

i was wondering if the traxxas xo-1 tire wheel combo would fit scale wise on a 1/8 m/t? i know the have that funny hex but that could be taken care of.

Dale Gribble

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Ask and ye shall receive. MT tires are 2" taller and almost a good 1" wider. So, I would say that they would not be a good scale fit.

Xo-1 tire

Tires: 118+mph speed rated belted slicks with foam inserts, 4.29"
(109mm) outer diameter, 1.7" (43mm) wide front, 2" (51mm) wide rear

Monster truck size tire (Tmaxx)

Tires: 6.3" (160mm) outer diameter, 3.8" (96.5mm) inner diameter
all terrain Maxx
Wheels: Hurricane chrome wheels 3.8" (96.5mm) diameter, 2.75" (70mm)
wide

pyromatic177

i would try and heat them up and then see how they work

TheKennyKiller

Pretty cool. Belted tires would help with ballooning a lot. would like to see a photo of one that has been cut open to see the steel belts.

LaTuFu

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Ask and ye shall receive:

Buyer beware, these tires are a joke, and it appears they are falsely advertised. Hopefully a reasonable explanation can be provided, but it would appear that these tires are simply over priced pieces of junk that are not belted. Or they are belted in all the wrong places.

These pics are from a buddy of mine who purchased these tires a week ago. Set them up for the initial test runs on his EB4-G3, and they lasted less than 60 seconds on 6s. It took him longer to set up his camera than it did for the tire to blow out. There is enough damage that you can clearly see no belts at all. These tires balloon just like any other RC tire.









Very, very shoddy and shady for tires at $72 a pair.

The good news is, theLHS gave my friend a full refund, and Ipanema has backed the LHS.

Now we're back to 0 belted MT slicks on the market...

Ron E

wow... interesting. glad to see this before i ordered a set for the e-lst cc mmm 2200 on 6s. really bummed tho cause i was hoping a serious high speed tire. i thought they were rated to like 120 mph? jspeed... whats the deal here?

TheKennyKiller

That's a shame. I'm glad your friend got his money back.

TheKennyKiller

Interesting... I checked the link near the top of the thread and it doesn't work, so I found their site through a google search and the page for these tyres only refers to them as racing slicks and doesn't mention anything about them being a belted tyre.

LaTuFu

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Yep.  JSpeed/ipanema has taken down the listings showing it as a belted tire, as a result of this incident.

He PM'd me and gave me a rundown of the situation with the company that manufactures the tires for them.  Apparently they are in the process of getting the production corrected.  In the meantime, they are not listing them as belted any more.

pyromatic177

Well has anyone looked into the XO-1 tires for a buggy. I wonder how they would do?

The_Shark

latufu- I might know you or something.

some guy came into the hobby shop with a truggy with those tires, same split, same story....

what is also funny (kinda) is that the tire foam is almost the same color as the body.

avoid these tires guys, they suck.

nastyboys727

looking at the pic the tire is not belted