I use the Q Tips to clean the tubes.

I tear off a little piece off of a blue shop towel and roll it up, then use that to clean out the tubes.

I use a pipe cleaner to clean out the tubes.

I've been looking for pink rear/magenta front to try to run 13.5 with.... pink rear seems to be MIA. anyone have a source? Also how much off is the green/blue combo than the pink/mag? I haven't fine tuned my 13.5 yet, I've just been getting used to the car and speed with a used set of pink/mag from a 13.5 racer. I know genesis rc has green/blue

Same way i do mine

I've been running Contact Rc tires with great success. Worth checking out !

Maybe i need to find the shore sheet for tire compounds and just match

easy enough
Pink = 30 shore
Magenta = 32 shore
Dbl Pink = 35 shore
Blue stripe = 37 or 38 shore I believe

thank you for that! You know what green and blue compounds are?

BSR/Jaco has the shore numbers here:
https://www.bsrjaco.com/12th-scale

keep in mind that the shore ratings will get you in the ballpark, but they may not give QUITE the same "feel" from mfg to mfg. . . :)

Yea im aware of that...id at least like to find a manufacturer that has things in stock more times than not. Seems like every time i look for pink/magenta its out of stock so ATP i just need something in stock.

Thank you for this!!!

For Contact, I'd get the following and play with the combo's:
Front: K35 and K30
Rear: K35 and K30

They work well on black carpet and are the least expensive option, which is a good thing because they wear like crazy. If you don't mind spending the coin, Ulti XS Rear and XM front is a solid choice. A little better driving and better wear than the Contacts. Also, about twice the $$$.

I remember using contact tires when i used to run WGT and ending up just going back to CRC tires cuz i wasnt, at the time, giving the performance that i wanted. Which is kind of why im not wanting to try them again. I know JFT had some good tires that i tried for the short time i ran mod 12th so i may go back to them if it seems they have a steady supply.

One thing tho, on the ulti, i was looking up setups and the one setup i saw with ulti, i believe it was John Dickson, he ran ulti xm both front and rear so ulti was considered. Not a bad price point...think it was 3 pair for $40.