Cutting Bogger tires

[83trekker83]

Somebody had a post on here they had Boggers for their trx4 and they cut off every second lug. I searched but cannot find it.

I wanted to ask the user how much of a difference it was after he did it before i started to cut mine.

Anybody remember who that might have been? Thx

[AnimalHippie]

In the tires and wheels section there is a thread with cut tires only. Think it's the 3rd page in right now. Pretty sure there's a couple guys that have cut boggers on there. When I cut my 1:1 boggers it was a huge improvement, but I was only using them for mud and sand not crawling

[MODC]

Originally Posted by 83trekker83

Somebody had a post on here they had Boggers for their trx4 and they cut off every second lug. I searched but cannot find it.



I wanted to ask the user how much of a difference it was after he did it before i started to cut mine.



Anybody remember who that might have been? Thx

I did it with 2.2 mudslingers. I can tell you that for in snow at least the difference is huge. With mudslingers it was only the smallest lug I removed.

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[Tmaxxed]

I cut off the small lugs on my 40 series mudslingers on my Summit. Seemed to improve traction pretty good.


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[83trekker83]

Looking for better crawling and climbing with my mudlsingers.

[durok]

RC4WD sells a "pre-cut" or pre-siped version of the Bogger in 1.7" - I know that's not what you are looking for, but showing you the tread design might help you decide how to trim yours:



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[83trekker83]

Looks good does it help with climbing? Not impressed with mine stock for climbing.

[durok]

They worked great in a loose dirt and gravel mixture, have not yet been on any really rocky climbs as I'm painting the body.

I do have C.I. Lil' Nova dual-density foams in them...

[high plains drifter]

Before and after pic of my cut RC4WD Boggers below. For my particular trx4, this was a very worthwhile mod. If I were to do anything additional, it would be to switch to a bit softer or 2-stage foam ( Sidewalls are still a tad stiff) but otherwise, cutting these tires made a noticeable improvement. I see the positive results more on the trail than on the rocks but from loose silica-based sand to hard-pack to mud... performance is greatly improved.

[83trekker83]

Do you think its worth it to cut them for better climbing than leaving them stock?

[high plains drifter]

I think it's worth it. Well... In my particular instance I really didn't care too much for their performance stock so if this wasn't going to be much of an improvement, then I could consider it a "wash". I was VERY pleasantly surprised by the results.

I guess I'd say that if you have a tire that you like pretty well as is... I'm not sure I would cut them up. But with something that you're really not happy with... go for it.

As for climbing specifically... I think that cutting would probably be a good call... more bite!

[yotadude77]

Are you just cutting them with scissors?

[AnimalHippie]

Originally Posted by yotadude77

Are you just cutting them with scissors?

I use small side cutters to cut lugs off tires. Scissors won't get you close enough I don't think.

[83trekker83]

Originally Posted by high plains drifter

I think it's worth it. Well... In my particular instance I really didn't care too much for their performance stock so if this wasn't going to be much of an improvement, then I could consider it a "wash". I was VERY pleasantly surprised by the results.

I guess I'd say that if you have a tire that you like pretty well as is... I'm not sure I would cut them up. But with something that you're really not happy with... go for it.

As for climbing specifically... I think that cutting would probably be a good call... more bite!

Cool thanks, as for the tires being stock i am not too impressed with them(for climbing), so i will be cutting them.

[DRTMI]

Originally Posted by AnimalHippie

I use small side cutters to cut lugs off tires. Scissors won't get you close enough I don't think.

Flush cutters

[high plains drifter]

Originally Posted by yotadude77

Are you just cutting them with scissors?

I used scissors to take out the bulk... and tried to do it as cleanly as possible. After that was all done, I went back over each cut with a Dremel using a small diameter grinding-wheel to take out any excess rubber and to remove the remaining imperfections. Using the Dremel also helped to "sculpt" the shoulders a bit more.

[high plains drifter]

Originally Posted by AnimalHippie

Scissors won't get you close enough I don't think.

Yeah... most scissors won't but the ones I used are small and very sharp. Not sure what brand they are but I prob got em from Tower Hobbies maybe 15 years ago. Dunno if they even make em anymore but I've seen some pretty small and sharp Fiskar scissors at WMart that would probably work well.

[83trekker83]

I have a hot knife looks like a soldering iron with a sharp razor blade that heats up. Im going to try that and see how it works.