anyone runnin moabs, mashers, ect....
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hey, anyone here runing bigger tires on there st? how do you like em? i ordered some proline moabs a couple weeks ago, and i cant wate to see how they go. i run my gt2 on a rough motox track and im hoping the bigger tires help me out in the ruts ect.. hopefuly they turn up early this week.
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Ran masher 2ks on my MT2 I liked them alot. I was able to drive up curbs, and on most terrain with them.
Only thing that was negative about them was the truck couldn't take turns going full speed without flipping over, whereas before it never flipped. Only reason I stopped using them was I bought a set of 4 tires and rims for a lightning GT10 for $12 or so off Hot Bodies during there garage sale earlier this year. The new tires are the same height and with of mashers so it hasn't impacted the performance much (they are a bit heavier though).
Main reason I replaced them was 2 of my mashers were new and 2 were pretty used when I got them, and the used ones needed to be replaced cause I wore them out(the 2 that were new don't show any wear) and lets face it 4 new tires for $12 beat 2 tires for $20. Now there on my stampede seeing it don't matter if the fronts are a little more worn than the rears on it seeing its RWD where as before I had them on a 4wd truck and their was a noticable difference.
Only thing that was negative about them was the truck couldn't take turns going full speed without flipping over, whereas before it never flipped. Only reason I stopped using them was I bought a set of 4 tires and rims for a lightning GT10 for $12 or so off Hot Bodies during there garage sale earlier this year. The new tires are the same height and with of mashers so it hasn't impacted the performance much (they are a bit heavier though).
Main reason I replaced them was 2 of my mashers were new and 2 were pretty used when I got them, and the used ones needed to be replaced cause I wore them out(the 2 that were new don't show any wear) and lets face it 4 new tires for $12 beat 2 tires for $20. Now there on my stampede seeing it don't matter if the fronts are a little more worn than the rears on it seeing its RWD where as before I had them on a 4wd truck and their was a noticable difference.
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got my moabs today.....man these things are huge!! with some small suspension mods, and the moabs, i got almost 3 inches ground clearance. cant wate to try them out at the mx track this week end..... hopefuly its enough to get me through the ruts, and soften the landings off the big jumps a bit more. will put some pics up if anyone is interested.
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just dry mounted them on some old wheels to see what they would look like, still wating on a set of black hpi 2.2 mesh wheels to mount them on for real, and a new Jconcepts gt2 body. cant wate!!!!
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Those moabs look great I probably would have went for them over the mashers if I saw them before [X(]
How much clearance do u have now ?
How much clearance do u have now ?
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yea i would heve bought the masher 2ks as well, but my wife reconed the moabs looked better....glad she did they look great!! got about 65mm or 2 3/4 inches clearance now
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......try that with a stock gt2!!!! in them last 2 pics all i did was apply the brakes, and sit the truck on the rock. the chassis was not touching the ruck at all.
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i have the masher on my mgt 3.0 i have them
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From: gladstone, AUSTRALIA
Status: offline hey, anyone here runing bigger tires on there st? how do you like em? i ordered some proline moabs a couple weeks ago, and i cant wate to see how they go. i run my gt2 on a rough motox track and im hoping the bigger tires help me out in the ruts ect.. hopefuly they turn up



