Anyone mount 1.9 tires on 2.2 wheels?

[Inspector86]

I'm curious if anyone else has tried this and what your thoughts are. My local hobby shop thinks it is a bad idea but they aren't particularly creative. You can see the results below and I have been very pleased with the crawling performance. Took a bit of experimenting to find the right foam combination. 1.9 Pit Bull Growlers on 2.2 Vanquish Method 105 wheels with a custom Crawler Innovations two stage foam.

[EeePee]

Lotsa search button users have.

[mikemcE]

No that can't be done. Why do you ask ?

[calcagno45]

Good looking combo there!!

(Offsetting some negativity)

[LSXGMC]

I typically hate "stretching" tires but that setup looks fantastic in your rig!

[svt923]

I find that there are few tires that look good when stretched. In my experience, the ones that do seem to be tires with a square profile, very tame sidewall tread, and are fairly wide for their height.

These are 2 of the better looking examples of stretched tires I have tried:



Axial 1.9 BFG KO2s on SSD 2.2 wheels and the ever popular 1.55 Growlers on Incision 1.9 wheels.

Some of the other tires I have tried stretching like the Vaterra Swampers, Axial Wild Peaks, and Axial Trepadors end up looking distorted and awful when mounted on a larger rim.

There are several threads in the depths of the tire and wheel section about the subject but I'm sure they would only be helpful in showing what a dead Photobucket link looks like at this point.

[Shinchu]

I gotta admit this made me go cross-eyed for a sec.

in the world of 1:1 I am much more of a car/drifting guy. the only offroad stuff I do is with RC (so far...?) so when I hear things like "stretching" a tire, on a 1:1 car that means to put a skinny tire on a wide wheel.
now take that base of knowledge and say something like "stretch a 1.9 on a 2.2" and im like wait those are diameters?! (realize im still a n00b of sorts, still figuring out what it means to cut/shut, etc...)

so with that said, we are talking about stretching the OPENING or ID of the tire from 1.9 over a 2.2 wheel... right? just trying to get this right because I have been struggling to find a wheel/tire combo for my ascender project, and the answer might be in here somewhere. like stretching a 1.55 over a 1.7? (my pop's 1:1 F-100 didn't have gobs of sidewall)

overall, I agree with the above post. it really depends on the tire, and what foams. then there is the real question: how does it affect performance?

[CM9000]

Originally Posted by EeePee

Lotsa search button users have.

we got phucked by photophucket though. so the search for threads with pics are phucked if they are from photophucket.

some tires look ridiculous stretched. some look good. if you want a low pro tire, just throw some bandito's on 2.2 rims and snap a picture. I wouldn't stretch 2 sizes up, only go 1 size up. depending on the tire, stiffer foam is required.

[EeePee]

Originally Posted by CM9000

we got phucked by photophucket though. so the search for threads with pics are phucked if they are from photophucket.

Sure, but he didn't ask for pictures. Just if anyone else did it and their thoughts.

[crashlot2]

here is one I did . its a 1.9 super swamper xl on a bruiser 2012 wheel.

I did not like it , it had a lot of side to side movement on the wheel.

[fr8cture]

No never.

[doug.steele04]

I have. Like others stated only certain tire and wheels look good this way.

HilltopRcCrawlers
Chapter 5
Good Fellas
TEAM FCP