i cleaned up my mini pickup last night from my first run last weekend and checked my wheels..
and to my surprise my front tyre was almost worn off!!!

i just had 1 session with it and the threads are already fading out..
so what tyres do you use guys?
any suggestions on what type i should get?
what tyres lasts long?

i think this is what im gonna be replacing often.. tyres :pale:

check this item JAY from rcmart. petee ordered this from batch 4
item code 53215

Hey Jay! I think this is the best you can use, Im sure this will last long!

drift tires lol i dont think so

how about this one here
costs $6.50 from 3racing (4pcs).. hmm

Thats cheap! I wonder what compound it is, I'm planning to get some slick tires and see if it will give more grip.

Jay, those tires are pretty crap....they are REALLY hard, and although that means they will last long, they assume odd shapes and give a weird ride. I reckon for carpet they would be ACE....but tarmac...not so much.

The curse of the mini is shocking tire wear.....and our slippery surfaces make it worse. We have tried a whole bunch of different combinations and I feel that the Tamiya 60D kit tires offer the best grip, but they wear out...quickly.

I have tried slicks too and they dont make THAT much difference, but they last longer. The problem is the Tamiya ones have a very small diameter.

Mini driving requires a 'deft' touch, if you throttle on too quickly, you get tire spin, and cornering on throttle gives th same result. Brake before the corners, and glide through the turns. The massive oversteer off-throttle means you can get around the turn quickly and then ease back on the throttle.

I have yet to find the best tire, but I will say this. If we could spray down the cola on the turns, you would eliminate the dust, and give better grip.....it works well, but might not be well received by the traffic orderlies...

ETA, one way to combat inside wheel spin on turns is to tighten up the diff....easy with a ball diff, not so easy with the geared diff. And as you know, tightening up diffs means less turn in.....

How abt foam tires

No, foams kill the fun a bit. Besides, you think tire wear is bad on the rubber, wait till you see what happens with foam.

I tried out some RIDE Slicks yesterday, they are belted and offered so much grip, the tail kept coming around (I had normal tires on the rear)

I will post a link to them from RCMart, just need to get the part number I ordered...these things are DEF the way forward.

These are them..

CLICK ME FOR RIDE TIRES

They are expensive, but they are belted and I reckon they will last twice as long as the tamiya ones....

Tightening and locking diffs is different...as long as there is a diff action, it is not considered locked (i.e if you hold one wheel and turn the other, there must be rotation....in a locked situation, this would not happen.

Ball diffs are easy to tighten, gear diffs are not so easy...you need spacers, shims or grease like gum....or a combination of all three.

wow those really are expensive! big difference from the tamiya ones.. so the tamiya ones arent belted hmmm.. lets see..

ball diffs on the way

You could get a ball diff, but I reckon my way is cheaper :-)

THESE might be worth a look into as a tire option, newly arrived at rcmart

Andy juz a quick one, do u think the tamiya 48 radials are quite good enough or the 60d soft radials. The later wears off fast and also twice as much as the 48 radials. Please advice.