[drewdown84]

nismology: about shimming the bearings in the knuckles... yes you can use something to shim those bearings so that they fit perfectly... at work we use shims in the rear end of our trucks so the pinion gears mesh with the ring gear perfectly... if you are going to do this with your xmod... use some sort of flat plastic and cut the same size and shape of your bearings... slap it in there and see if its the right size... if its not enough add another shim... if its too much find some plastic thats a bit thinner... do this until you are satisfied... btw... do you have metal bearings or are you running on stock plastic bearings?

and as for the tape on the tires... i tried it last night and it worked purdy well... but the tape i used started to shred... so this time i took another pair of rims and taped up the tires, cut it down to size with a razor blade... i'll try the wheels out tonight after work...