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11-14-2011, 01:37 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: tri cities
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|  whats the advantage of narrowed tires?
like the title states, i wanna know what the benis are of narrowed tires? i see alot of guys running narrow tires on their comp rigs.
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11-14-2011, 04:54 PM
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| Rock Crawler  Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: St. Albans
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To get through the gates easier.
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11-14-2011, 04:56 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: sittin in the sky
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€more contact patch pressure, same weight on a smaller patch of rubber. and it supposedly improves traction.
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11-14-2011, 05:51 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: tri cities
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So then would a narrowed rover be even better then a regular? (By that theory)
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11-14-2011, 06:42 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Earth?
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A skinny wheel makes the tire taller. And so on.
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11-14-2011, 06:50 PM
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| Suck it up!   Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Arkansas
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I want to know what the advantage is of using the search button...
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11-14-2011, 07:24 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: central VT
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A narrower tire puts less stress on the steering and drivetrain. Sometimes the higher contact pressure is desirable, and sometimes the more tread you've got in contact with the rock the higher the odds of finding traction. |
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11-14-2011, 08:03 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Deep in Swing Town
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11-14-2011, 08:34 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: San Francisco
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In the end it really boils down to foams, rim size... setup and so on BUT in the end your the one who makes the decision. I know from running my cars that on some tires sometimes wider tires is an advantage vs skinny tires. I prefer stock size with a small{er} rim pulling the tire in but that's because im lazy and I run stock foams on my Rovers for now...  |
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11-14-2011, 09:08 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: tri cities
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What's the advantage in bein a smart azz? Its a forum guy and I couldn't find the answer and I went through 8 pages and didn't want to look through 50+ pages when its just easier to ask. Its not like this sections is just blowing up with new threads. So how bout if you don't like what the thread is about, don't look at it, k pumpkin. | |
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