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All across America, racers are gearing up for the high-bite winter indoor race season. To help keep your stadium truck at the front of the pack, JConcepts has announced 2.2″ Octagon Stadium Truck Tires. The Octagons were designed to give you extreme grip on high-bite tracks, here are the highlights- * Lightweight carcass * Standard 2.2″ ST sizing * Available in three popular [...]
New for all you rc drag racers out there are StarTec Wheels and Hotties Drag Racing Tires from JConcepts. Both the wheels and tires were designed for a scale realistic look, while still providing serious grip on the strip. Here are the highlights- * 2.2″ bead diameter * Scale inspired wheel design * Black matte finish on wheels * 1 piece wheel design * Scale [...]
A few weeks ago Pit Bull introduced new 1.9″ Braven Berserker scale tires to the market. The updated designed uses the old school four lug approach to give you a great scale looking tire that also performs with the best out on the trail. Here are more highlights- * Extremely fine scale detailing * Generous amounts of siping * Staggered tread design * Scale [...]
The folks at FireBrand RC have been releasing seriously cool rc gear for a long time now, their latest is a set of 1/8 pre-mounts called RHINO-HDX. These are designed to give your bash machine more traction than standard RTR tires, while also giving your rig a hot new look. * Designed for 1/8th off-road vehicles * 17mm wheel hex but comes [...]
The folks at RC4WD are showing off their new 1.55″ Falken Wildpeak A/T3W scale off-road tires. The Falkens are of course fully licensed and have been faithfully reproduced to give you the ultimate in scale realism. Here are some of the details- * Molded in RC4WD’s exclusive X2S³ rubber compound * Width- 0.85″ * Diameter- 3.53″ * Weight- 0.86oz Street pricing for the Falkens [...]
Just announced by Pro-Line is a huge line-up of S Compound tires. Pro-Line’s S Compound represents a significant leap in tire technology giving racers more stability and longer life during long main events. Initially 23 different Pro-Line tires are being produced in the new S Compound, with both 10th scale and 8th scale race tires receiving the S treatment. The S [...]
The crew over at Pro-Line have uploaded a new Shop Talk Video especially for Traxxas X-Maxx owners. The latest Shop Talk goes over Pro-Line’s various tire options for the X-Maxx and features Vance Lund. Watch the video below to see Vance go over all the differences of their X-Maxx tire choices, plus he explains the performance advantages of using their [...]
Shipping soon from RC4WD are Goodyear Wrangler Duratrac 1.9″ Tires. The Goodyear tires are designed for incredible scale realism, while also giving your rig more traction out on the trail. * Molded in RC4WD’s sticky X2S³ rubber compound * Designed to fit 1.9″ wheels * Diameter- 4.72″ * Width- 1.61″ * Weight- 2.92oz The tires have a part number of #Z-T0167 and are priced at $29. [...]
What really makes a car a “drift” car? Its wheels and tires, pretty simple. To get that sweet drifting slide, you need dedicated shoes for your ride. The crew over at Traxxas have a full line of drift tires for your car. These come with a standard sized wheel hex that allow them to be used on their 4-Tec 2.0, as [...]
Just announced for Axialfest 2018 are Goodyear Wrangler All-Terrain Adventure 1.9″ Tires from RC4WD. These scale realistic Goodyear tires are for sale right now at Axialfest, but soon you will be able to buy a set at your LHS. Here are some details- * Molded in RC4WD’s advanced X2S³ compound * Designed to fit 1.9″ wheels * Weight- 2.63oz * Diameter- 4.33″ * Width- 1.41″ * [...]
Bolt on some serious traction to your Traxxas X-Maxx with some new Pre-Mounted Trencher 4.3″ Pro-Locs from Pro-Line. The Trenchers are arguably the best all around bashing tires on the market, a perfect match for the beastly X-Maxx, while the Pro-Loc wheels prevent the tires from coming loose at high power levels. * H-shaped tread for incredible amounts of traction * Molded [...]
Shown last weekend at the RCDRL Super Nationals were several new items for the Drag Racing crowd from JConcepts. First up is a new 1991 Ford Mustang body. This style of Mustang was (still is!) huge here in the States, soon you can build a Mustang of your own for drag racing, or just for bashing. Also new are wheels and [...]
Shipping now from Traxxas are new licensed Method 105 Race Wheels and Aluminum Beadlock Rings for the TRX-4 scale crawler. New 1.9″ Wheel and Tire Combinations #8177 – Chrome Wheels with Canyon Trail Tires #8272 – TRX-4 Wheels with Canyon Trail Tires #8273 – Tactical Wheels with Canyon Trail Tires #8270 – Canyon Trail Tires with Foam Inserts #8175 – Chrome Wheels with Center caps #8268 [...]
Shipping right now from FireBrand RC are Pre-Mounted NEO-RT/Scorpion 2.2″ wheels and tires. This combo can give your stadium truck (or a large number of other vehicles) a tough face-lift, plus they can give your truck more traction for faster speeds. * Tough 2.2 NEO-RT wheels * 12mm wheel hex * Directional Scorpion medium rubber compound tires * Complete set of 4 * Pre-mounted and [...]
The night before a big race, do you really want to spend 2-6 hours gluing up tires? To help you get the performance enhancing sleep that you need, Pro-Line has announced Pre-Mounted Slide Lock 1/8 buggy tires. The Slide Locks have a great reputation for finding grip on slick tracks, now you can get them conveniently pre-mounted. * Tightly packed hexagon [...]
