Originally Posted by
axle182
Ahh, What you need to realize is, GP's comments and mine are to help anyone reading this on the right way to glue a set of tires. You suggested gluing one side only. This is fundamentally incorrect for almost ALL rc cars in existence. To say its GP's 'closed mindedness' is totally disrespectful. We *could* let any advice run wild on here, or we could consider the new racer who is reading comments on here, and getting bad advice on how to do something. You may also read over the many many pages of information here, and realize GP is one of the main contributors and one very smrt man with it comes to Mini.
Just because something worked once for you, doesn't mean its good advice for everyone to follow. No tire will last more than a few laps, with only glue on the outside, even with a silvercan motor. I am sure a hard kit tire may work for a little longer, but any soft racing tire will come of the wheel due to the centrifugal forces and lateral forces in the corner, and it needs to be glued both sides.
I was talking about reusing the wheels. And him showing complete disrespect for my post about how I mount my wheels, and thinking I will just sit here and get stomped on, that is not going to happen.
Like I posted above, if you need to glue both sides, do it!! From my driving around on parking lots and my personal track, I don't need to. Why make a simple situation complex for the hobbiest that may not need to glue both sides? It's not like everyone reading this thread is all about competition.
I've free wheeled the tires off the ground and even at max speed, the tires do not bulge like it does on my TC cars. And even from actually driving the car, no issue of tires coming apart. Honestly I too was skeptical at first as the norm for me is to glue both sides, but not required for me.
As stated from the beginning, I am posting a different angle for the hobbiest who play with these cars at home for fun. You guys can talk about competition stuff all you want.