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Old 11-06-2004, 10:39 AM
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My recently purchased rusty is throwin' tires like there is no tomorrow. Everything was fine until I started doing some jumping with it. Is the fix to glue the tires to the rims or do I need to put foam in the tires?

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Old 11-06-2004, 10:53 AM
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i would put foam in them and see if that helps
Old 11-06-2004, 10:54 AM
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i would put foam in them and see if that helps
Old 11-06-2004, 11:46 AM
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Yea glue um. Foam wont do much in the way of holding the tires to the rims.

http://www.misbehavin-rc.com/pit-lan...glue-tires.asp

Glue um' you will have better responce, and your tire wont come off. Good luck!
-Wes
Old 11-06-2004, 11:46 AM
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I glue mine
Old 11-06-2004, 12:07 PM
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Foams help the tire maintain it's shape during cornering and to keep a more consistent contact patch on the ground. Gluing the beads will keep the tire on the rim. Use CA glue to tack your tires on the rims. If you don't have CA glue from a hobby shop handy, superglue that you guy at Wal-Mart or the grocery store is the same thing. When it's time to change tires, if you'd like to keep the same rims, use some acetone to dissolve the CA glue and remove the old tires.
Old 11-06-2004, 04:51 PM
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plus if u don want to glue em ur self u always get preglued tirers.
Old 11-06-2004, 07:57 PM
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Just make sure you get about a gallon of acetone so you can get your fingers apart when you're done!
Old 11-06-2004, 08:38 PM
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Just make sure you get about a gallon of acetone so you can get your fingers apart when you're done!
And don't wipe your for-head when your using that stuff... Because it WILL get stuck... Not that I have done that or anything...[:@]
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Old 11-06-2004, 11:18 PM
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Thanks Guys, I'll let you know how it turns out...
Old 11-07-2004, 12:33 AM
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I take you car only guys dont use CA too much LOL

Be carefull with the acetone, it will eat paint, and I think some cheap plastics as well.
Old 11-07-2004, 12:55 AM
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I've never heard of RC wheels without glue. After gluing mine and letting the dry I test them all on my dremel at 10,000RPM. They balloon up about twice the size but as long as they stay on the rim I know they will never come off while driving.
Old 11-11-2004, 09:16 PM
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I bought a tube of "super glue" for $2, it worked great! Just enough to do all four tires. Now for my next question: If super glue works, what is the rational for spending $6,7, or $8 for brand name "hobby" glue?
Old 11-11-2004, 09:17 PM
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superglue not only works, it's the same glue with a different label.
Old 11-11-2004, 09:24 PM
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yeah I had this problem after i pulled my T4 outta the dip the tires flung at me after pulling a hard right it was hugr
Old 11-11-2004, 09:40 PM
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put in foams and glue all around the rim...so u get a good hold... i glued my fisrt tires and i jus put 4 dabs of glue on each tires and i was bashing and my left rear tires poped off the rim rippin' the tire..[:@]
Old 11-11-2004, 09:41 PM
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ace, you need some new foams before we smell you from a mile away.

...and this is just joking, but I can't resist the chance to say it: your t4 really does stink!

For those that haven't heard the whole story, ace drove his brand new t4 into a septic tank and got it all covered in dookie. Those foams have to be nasty...
Old 11-11-2004, 11:20 PM
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ahahaha
I cleaned them really well I ran them under boiling hot water for long times hell even the colorings gone from them then I rubbed some cologne on them to make sure lol it smells manly lol









and by manly I mean like crap but the dudes trying to cover it up with cheap cologne lol
Old 11-12-2004, 12:44 AM
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Old 11-12-2004, 01:43 AM
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Where I come from, we call that an 'Irish Shower' [:'(]
Old 11-12-2004, 01:48 AM
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You're up north where it's gettin' cold too - over the winter PLEASE invest in some new foams. They're cheaper than cologne!

By next June or July in the heat of the summer?

...ew...uh...not enough cologne...gagging...darned servo glitches...can't breath...shoulda...bought...an EVADER...
Old 11-12-2004, 07:51 PM
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...ew...uh...not enough cologne...gagging...darned servo glitches...can't breath...shoulda...bought...an EVADER...
nice.....yupp should bought an evader!!....lol... what i would do is get moth balls and crumble them into ur foams then wash ur foams that will get any smell out...!... i run thru... a gas puddle....... yea a gas puddle with my evader and i couldn't get the smell out and thats what i did moth balls and then wash my foams..there they were good...

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