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Old 12-30-2008, 06:48 AM
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Default Paragon FX Tire Traction Compound any offroad uses?

I got a bottle of this stuff from my days running touring car, since there isn't anything local for indoor carpet action, is there any other uses for this stuff for my offroad cars? wonder if it could be used like a tire conditioner to soften them up for storage, etc.
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Yes, in some certain situations it will work. Also, that stuff will soften the ULTRA STIFF Trinity foams making them softer. Don't overdo it or the foam will swell to twice it's size. Ask me how I know??
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Thanks for the info. Will look into giving them a try for tire conditioning.
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I got that stuff on my foam steering wheel thing once.... talk about grip.
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Funny you brought this up.I have been running a blend of 50% paragon and 50% niftech on my off road tires. Works nice. i actually added the paragon to some niftech because the niftech alone was to aggressive on the tires.With the paragon added It brought a nice balance to it.The niftech alone would leave the tires feeling dry at the end of the day,so the paragon having some oils in it kept them from drying out.
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I'll probably start with some of my hard compound tires and see how it works for softening things up, if at all. worse case scenario, I blew a set of 10 dollar badland knockoffs.
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Not sure how similar Trinity Zip Grip 2 (NOT Zip Grip FREE) is, but that stuff has a wintergreen smell too. I used some recently and it works pretty well.
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