Originally Posted by 429racer
On another note, what do most people who use foam tires do when your tires gum up and start balling hair on them do to prevent this? My car in practice is just stupid fast when the tires are fresh trued and compounded, but then after that they just gum up like crazy (I use lighter fluid to clean them off, but still seem kinda gummy), and the car goes into ill handling due to the hair building up on the tires. Any methods to prevent this or how do you guys keep the tires prepped and clean?
How often are you cleaning the tires with L/F? I found with a high traction track - with lots of compound layed-down, you need to clean the tires between rounds.