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Old 01-29-2006, 06:35 PM   #1
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took the idea from the 1:6 and tried it with the 1:18 tires. it added a bit more ground clearance which is good.

you can see how skinny they get here.


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those pics were from a comp we had today.
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Old 01-29-2006, 07:51 PM   #2
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Is the white Jeep a new project???
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so did it help anything besides a little ground clearance ??
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Old 01-29-2006, 08:02 PM   #4
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Is the white Jeep a new project???
white jeep belongs to d.i.l.l.i.g.a.f. it's his new crawler. not sure what he's going to do with it yet.
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so did it help anything besides a little ground clearance ??

that was the biggest part of it. that and it pulls the edge of the lugs down to the sides a bit.
the tires seemed to work about the same from on the rock when i was out at that place the last time.
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so who won?
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is that tuber using mini lst tires ? how did he mount them ?
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Nice rigs there Bowtie, looks like fun! I tried that with a set of tires and the screw heads hit the steering knuckles. Did you have to use spacers or something? Looks cool, good work.
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is that tuber using mini lst tires ? how did he mount them ?
Glue and screw like any other 2.2. I have a set of MLST's set up for a Nylint. In my experience they're a tad on the short side, not enough ground clearance really. They are however extremely soft and grippy.




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so who won?

i took 1st.
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is that tuber using mini lst tires ? how did he mount them ?

yes. and just as Lt. Dan described.
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Nice rigs there Bowtie, looks like fun! I tried that with a set of tires and the screw heads hit the steering knuckles. Did you have to use spacers or something? Looks cool, good work.

we didn't have a problem with the screws hitting the knuckles. the white jeep has spacers though, but that was just to widen the stance a bit.

did you tighten the screws all the way?
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spacers to widen the stance ?? what did he use ? and how much did it widen it ?
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spacers to widen the stance ?? what did he use ? and how much did it widen it ?

not much, it's roughtly 1/4" per side in front and shorter in the rear. he used some aluminum tubing that fit inside the wheel hexes and black hub.
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oh, ok, thanks...
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Nice rig BOWTIE, man i wish i lived in San Antonio, looks like you guys have one heck of a climbin area, very nice
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so is there a trick to getting the glue to loosen up on the tires ??
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I noticed Bowtie is from San Antonio, where do you crawl at???
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so is there a trick to getting the glue to loosen up on the tires ??

no tricks, i just pulled untill they came apart.
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I noticed Bowtie is from San Antonio, where do you crawl at???

cibolo creek
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