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Old 09-04-2011, 12:25 AM   #1
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So now that I don't really like any other comp tire other than pins...a few months ago I started experimenting with making some for my Mini Juice. Being that I race a TON of short course...I had a pretty large selection of tires to try out. I tried Proline Bow Ties & they were just OK. HPI ATTK's...a little stiff. PL Calibers...Just too many damn pins. So after about 10 different sets, the 2 that worked the best were the JConcepts Goosebumps...



...& my newest & now favorite, Proline Bow Fighters. On these I went with a 1.9 Rover sidewall facing out & a Flat Iron facing in & these things flat WORK. I had to make a custom foam set to find the happy medium between having some tire fold, sidewall stiffness & pin integrity but once that was settled...I couldn't be happier with these things.







I may experiment later with some siping but as of right now...These tires are pretty much as good as they can be.

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i like, nice job.
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Did you size those down any or did you use the full diameter. What do you mean by flatirons on the inside, did you glue two sidewalls together then attatch them to the bowfighter, or did you simply mean that you have a flat iron on one side and a rover on the other. What compound are those bowfighters?
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Damn... i know what my next set of cut~n~shut's are gonna be...

im glad you got the rims before nats... those tires look amazing on them wheels...

Good Luck @ NATS Bro!!!
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Did you size those down any or did you use the full diameter. What do you mean by flatirons on the inside, did you glue two sidewalls together then attatch them to the bowfighter, or did you simply mean that you have a flat iron on one side and a rover on the other. What compound are those bowfighters?
I didn't use the full diameter because that would've put em right at or just above legal. They're at 4" deadnuts as is. I don't remember the measurements of what I cut out but it was 5 rows of pins.

I cut away the entire sidewalls of the tires & replaced 1 side with a Flat Iron wall & the other with a Rover. I got some Rovers in a trade that had HUGE vent holes in em...HUGE. Like dude took a paper hole punch & went to work with it. So I'm using em as donors for some 4" Rovers & figured I'd give my pins a little sidewall lug. I was trying to say that the OUTSIDE facing sidewall is a Rover & the INSIDE facing wall is a Flat Iron...inside being closest to the rig if that helps.

The compound is M3. The 1st set I tried were M4 & they were a little too soft for my liking...especially since these are for Nats & Vegas is just a TINY BIT warm this time of year.

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Damn... i know what my next set of cut~n~shut's are gonna be...

im glad you got the rims before nats... those tires look amazing on them wheels...

Good Luck @ NATS Bro!!!
Thanks bro. I appreciate you handling that for me. Its always good to do biz with stand-up cats here on the forum.

Those pics of the vent holes didn't do em justice bro. Whoever you got those from went just a bit overboard huh?

Thanks for the well wishes...gonna need it I'm sure.

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looks clean!! couldnt even tell it was cut down!
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i cant wait to get my filthy mits on some of those
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looks clean!! couldnt even tell it was cut down!
Thanks bro. I "miter" my cuts so that A...i get a good, clean glueing surface & B...to give a more seamless look. They're still "cut-n-shuts" & if ya look at em in hand can see some glue but all in all, I'm digging how clean they are. On the rig they look like manufactured tires.

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i cant wait to get my filthy mits on some of those
I might have a little sumfin sumfin you can test for me in Veegass. Ya gotta wear Jerry's pleather dress for at least 1 course at nats tho.







On 2nd thought...no you don't. I just threw up in my mouth a little thinking about that sight. You can just HAVE a set.
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Where did you get those wheels?
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Where did you get those wheels?
The white delrin wheels are BWDs & the aluminums are Vanquish Little Harry's.
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NOT TO HIJACK THIS THREAD BUT, where is the build thread? I have been looking and looking and cant find your build thread?

BTW...Nice tires
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SIIIIIIICK!!!!

Those look just bad ass!!!

Nice work jd!
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NOT TO HIJACK THIS THREAD BUT, where is the build thread? I have been looking and looking and cant find your build thread?

BTW...Nice tires
Ah Marc....if I didn't know any better, I'd say you miss the little guy. Um...the Min Juice that is.

I've got some progress pics together on the Crawler Dad's Mini Juice Rebuild but just haven't had the time to sit down & make it happen...with Nats looming. Its coming tho bro.

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Nice work jd!
Thanks other Marc...or is this Nick? I havent figured out which is which yet on yer posts.

Love those pins...& these feel KILLER on the Mini Juice.

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Old 09-06-2011, 12:54 PM   #14
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Its Marc.
And it's usually is me.

I guess we should find a way to let people know who's who!!!
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Old 02-09-2012, 12:44 PM   #15
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Those are awesome

How long did they take you? What compound did you use?

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That's a really good job on the tires.
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