TinyRC.com XMODS Tires
 

The most important part of any car, regardless of scale, is the tires. All the power and all the handling in the world mean nothing without the ability to put it to the road. One of the things I've found frustrating about the XMOD is the inability to hook it up properly for a given track due to the complete lack of tire selection. So, we're considering producing TinyRC.com XMODS Tires. They would be standard sized rubber slicks (w/ the D ridge, as required by the XMODS wheels), or if people prefer, we could offer them with a pattern such as the Rain Tread that is popular w/ Mini-Zs. We would produce them in different compounds, e.g. 10d, 20d, 30d etc, to allow softer rear, harder front, etc. Please use this thread to offer your ideas, interest, feedback etc.! Thanks! :cool:

btrc

How about thicker tires that will increase the diameter, and possibly drag slicks???

I almost forgot, another Idea I've been pondering a tire purpose made to adjust to the camber-happy characteristics of the rear suspension, high profile on the outside, low profile on the inside..

I attached a crappy mspaint diagram to give you an idea of what I'm talking about.

I'd much more like to see a treaded tire than slicks. The bigger footprint flat tires theoretically offer is only as good as long as the tires are clean - if there's any dirt or tiny pieces of something on my tires, the whole things gets thrown off. And then there's always the issue of water not having anywhere to go.

I'd also be interested in seeing some wider tires produced, even with aftermarket wheels if there's no conceivable way to retrofit them to the stock RadioShack rims.

wider tires and deep dish wheels to accomadate the tires?
i would like to see aluminum XMod wheels.
use the X-pattern tread like on the Mercades E430 Sport.

I want to see the price drop on the alloy axle cups.

can't wait for the bearings though. hope they come in this week.

ohhh new parts. at least some one is making them. ive been thinking of that too, Akira36. maybe not that drastic as in the pic though. bigger tires. anything but slicks. maybe paddle tires. theyd work good on carpet and give you more ride height. i think. how about some tires that are bigger than the car. get 4 of them or 2 for the rear. make some bigger/longer half shafts to put them outside the body. i have some tires just no way to mount them. ill post some pics in a few minutes.


i think the tires should be round too, oh yeah theres a great idea.

here they are

and another

how'd you like to see this thing barreling towards you?

nice tires but if you put it on, then you will have to rig the front susepnsion to not make it drag.

Great ideas guys, keep them coming! :)

btrc

you may need tires that are 2x thicker than the stock ones for the front with my tires. but my front shouldnt drag. i cut the bottom of the bumper off because of that.

How about some alloy rims too
 

More choices are good. Any thought of selling alloy rims too?

ohh you guys can make some metal locking lugnuts. that can be better then the cheap plastic ones.

metal nuts with nylon threads would be nice!

i like to see wheels and tires that are plastic, resemble brand name aftermarket wheels from enkei and other companies, and are wider. they should have the same offset so that the extra width would protrude outwards. i like to see treaded tires that have sharply cut grooves in it, not the rounded groove edges of the treaded tires from the RS tire upgrade kit. (hope you know what i mean, if not i'll throw up a pic later)

Nylon locknuts are availble for the Mini-Z and are the perfect fit for the X-Mod. Check the sister site, mini-zracer.com

Any 2mm locknut will work. Also check the FAQ section, this has been discussed in depth somwhere in there.

TypeZer0, why plastic tires?

has anyone tried to use a CD as a wheel? we used to use them for that for some project in wood working.

I'm a big fan of the 15 degree GPM sport edge radials for the Mini-Z. They work well on the carpet that I run on. Once it actually gets warm enough to run outside, I'll have to find the preferred setup for asphalt.

id like to see somthing like a micky thompson sportsman tire in a soft compound they look like the duratrax street trac tires

actually, i meant plastic wheels and rubber tires. didn't really think when i was typing

i want some tires that are nice and grippy but dont crumble off like the xmod ones. i have a pair that i stuck on my rear and the thread is gone after 2 days of drifting in my garage...

IDK if its possible but softer rubber on the outside and harder on the inside. that way the tires wouldnt come off as easily like the totally soft ones do. how about paddle tires?

one word, foams, better foams than the RS ones. or perhaps silicone. and how about a modified ball diff to fix the annoying slip from the washers not locking to the hubs? possible? I have ideas. and how difficult would it be to make alu. outer shafts and universals?

maybe they could replace the rear with aluminum universals too. no more broken cup joints. maybe they could sell them with rubber boots over them?

its just a thought but if you guys could make like a tire for like goin in the dirt and make sumthin that fits around the holes where dirt could get in (or just b cheap like i would and stuff cardboard up there) but yeah its not much to work off of but i think its possible.



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Knobby tires! XP

The problem with that design is it will not correct the problem, and instead make it worse. If you reverse it, It will make it a whole lot better.

Something like this http://www.xmodworld.com/albums/albu..._IMG.sized.jpg I run these wider and higher profile tires for drag. These also have a tread.

The problem is, with the AWD, if you had a smaller tire up front, it would spin faster than the rears, thereby f***ing up the car. I'm not sure if it would happen, but it could. I still want tires though, and maybe some new wheels and dragster tires for the RWD cars.

viperdout is right. with a/4wd it would mess up the car. but it would be great for dragsters.

Hey since Ya'll can make tires, can Ya'll make some deep dish rims to go with them? Those are pimp'n, Sorry i don't have any pictures of them now. Thanks

ya, itd screw it up wit AWD i tryed today with tires that came out of my 25 dollar tamiya supra model.. can u belive they want 60 dollars for the damn enzo

r34: a member of this forum made some nice offset wheels that you might be interested in checking out

also i think that rs should make some metal wheels cause these plastic ones are so easy to tear up and mess up... i have a whole set of wobbly wheels...:( 3 of them gtr's, dunno why but they tend to get messed up easier vs the other wheels. (notice that the gtr wheels are made of different plastic and not painted)

on xmodworld.com they are selling some alloy wheels but the price is way too steep for me...

What Enzo?

Not to take any business away from tiny, but there are some pretty cool aluminum lugs for X-mods already at XMODSPEED.COM but aluminum racing rims would be the shiznit.

Or how about just one wider tire in a set to put on the outside rear. Sprint car style. It would still need to fit under the body though. This kind of set-up has worked on many of my other RC's

Tire needs
 

Tires need to serve the environment in which they are run. Instead of asking for specific kinds of tire, it may be more helpful to state what kinds of enviroments we need to run in, and whether we want extra traction or extra slip there.

1: Dusty college hallways and corridors, mostly made up of plastic (?) tile and polished stone. Dusty smooth painted cement floors may also fit this type.

2: Typical street and parking lot pavement.

3: Gritty, textured, non-slip surfaces which offer lots of traction (but which tend to eat other tires for lunch), like gritty cement or other sandpaper-like surfaces.

4: Track surfaces designed exclusively for traction.

5: Track surfaces designed exclusively for slip.

6: Track surfaces designed for a mix of traction and slip.

7: Dirt, or simulated dirt, tracks (rally race style); which tend to have inconsistent surfaces.

These may not be every kind of RC racing surface, but they are the most common, and most interesting examples of surfaces for which XMODS cars are designed. If I have left your favorite surface out, please just reply with it.

I don’t know how soon I will encounter each kind of racing environment, but I would very much like to see tires to suit each of these, if possible.

Tire sets
 

I think it would be a good idea to sell tires in sets of 2 as well as sets of 4. That way, people can mix and match grip, sizes, and whatnot, all they want.