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I know we’re all thinking it, but I’m just going to come out and say it. Premounted tires take all the fun out of the hobby. I remember as a youngster spending much of my free time with a big bottle of glue and a stack of tires and wheels, putting them all together. Actually, most of my memories of [...]
In what is surely just a coincidence, JConcepts has also decided today to announce their own take on the ribbed front tire for short course trucks. The Short Course Carver features angular, directional ribs that provide more predictable handling on all kinds of surfaces from loamy to hard packed blue groove. These tires will come with JConcepts closed-cell inserts and [...]
Pro-Line has added a couple new tires to their vast collection. The Slicer SC reaches back to those heady days of stadium trucks and their ribbed front tires. Featuring six ribs across the width of the tire, Pro-Line claims that the Slicer SC offers the best steering performance on all types of track conditions. Each pack comes with reusable, closed-cell [...]
Here’s a couple new names for you, dBoots and dRadioControl. What do these names mean you say? Well dRadioControl is the company, and dBoots is their new line of tires. Their first tire out of the mold is the Terrabyte, a pyramid style lugged tire made for 1/10 scale 2wd and 4wd buggies. According go the dRC guys this is [...]
Have you ever wanted to be a beta tester? It’s not as fun as you may think, trust me, I know. But here’s an opportunity from Pro-Line with their new Pro-Core tire tech. According to Pro-Line this technology is so new that it is still under development by our R&D department. They are releasing a new version of their recently [...]
Here’s something that’s been a long time coming. Pro-Line‘s showing off the new Street Fighter SC tires for short course trucks at IHobby. These are a directional street tread for all the bashers and parking lot racers out there. This tire is going to be available in the M2 compound for now, so it should have a good, long life [...]
RC4WD is perhaps best known for their small scale off-road tires. Dick Cepek Tires is perhaps best know for their full scale off-road tires. So it only makes sense that one would hook up with the other in an effort to introduce more small scale tires that look like full scale tires. RC4WD now has license to take Dick Cepek [...]
It used to be, back in the day, that licensed bodies were where it was at. Now it’s licensed tires that are all the rage. Pro-Line has a new officially licensed tire from Interco. And that tire is the legendary Super Swamper. The Pro-Line Interco TSL SX Super Swamper replica is a 1.9″ tire made for the crawling world, it’s [...]
The all-star team at AKA has a few new products out for short course racers. For the first time AKA is bringing their best selling 1/8 scale Cityblock tread pattern to short course tires. It has a varied step-pin/bar hybrid design. The Cityblock SC tire should be a good match for many different track conditions from loose to high traction. [...]
Those angry guys at Hostile Racing Products have a new pair of shoes for owners of the HPI Baja 5T. The Crusher Tires feature a realistic and aggressive tread style that should be a good fit for racing or bashing. These tires have sidewall support but no internal ribbing to save your foams. Speaking of foams, none are included so [...]
The Losi Micro Crawler is apparently popular enough to attract the attention of one of the bigger players in the rock crawling sector. RC4WD has made some of their popular tires and wheels fit the Micro Crawler. So now all you Micro Crawler owners can find a tire for every condition you may run into. Some of [...]
The fine folks at RC4WD sent word today that as of right now this very second many of their popular wheels and tires are now available individually instead of in pairs. A few of the tires they’re offering as singles are the Dirt Grabber series, Mud Slingers, Mud Thrashers, and the very popular Rok Lox. Right now there’s 15 tire [...]
For a limited time all new Losi Night Crawler B-n-D kits will include an extra complete set of Losi’s high performance Comp Claws tires. On their own these tires would set you back $40, so this is a pretty decent deal by any standard. No other info is available right now so just keep an eye on your local hobby [...]
Losi‘s still fairly new Boss Claws 2.2″ crawler tires are now going to be more metallic. Losi is soon to be offering the Bosses in their silver compound for additional traction on varying surfaces on those hot summer days that we all know are coming soon. These new Boss Claws will be available early next month and have an MSRP [...]
Remember those Hole Shot SC tires that Pro-Line let us sneak a peek of a little while ago? Well they finally decided to let loose with the info. These tires are going to be available in the soft M3 and super soft M4 compounds and have a highly reinforced carcass. The Hole Shot SCs will come with durable closed cell [...]
