Originally Posted by
Cain
anyone try the aka rivet tires on 2wd and 4wd buggy? If so, what has been your impression of them versus say a jconcepts fuzzbite or proline Harpoon? Also, in comparison to other brands compounds, how do the soft and mediums feel? lastly, do the two compounds both come with grey foam or does the soft come with white foam?
I have been running aka tires exclusively after multiple days of testing all the carpet tires that are currently available. i run both 2wd and 4wd stock classes
the reason i did was because i was switching from foam tires to rubber and wanted to find out what worked best for
all testing done on CRC black carpet, no sauce
JC tires are really great but tire wear is super high and all the fast guys seem to replace them after about 3-5 packs, so not ideal if on a budget and want to be competitive an only available in one compound too. Chinese made
Rawspeed tires are decent with grip and tire wear but because of mismatched compounds, tire patterns, just was not ideal for me
USA made
Proline, no complaints, tire wear great and options with compounds and tire patterns
USA made
Aka rivets i ran both compounds and found that i liked medium with gray foam in 2wd and like the soft compound with white foams in 4wd, and still run this setup when possible
there is or was, not sur if fixed yet, when released, all medium tires came with gray foam and the soft came with white foams, and yes, they are different
now it seems they went to one foam, WHITE, for all tires and have had talks with HH and the AKA rep in California and zero results have come out of my conversations with them, aka rep being the worst
all in all, i like the aka tires a lot, tire wear is great, quality of the rubber is great too and USA made