I saw these new wheels and tires about a month ago, RPP got them in stock recently so when I saw the 'free shipping' promotion last weekend, I added them into my order.
When I opened the packages of the tires and wheels, the first impression was that the plastic that the wheels are molded in seems like a good quality plastic. The detailing is very nice, they look like miniature steel wheels. The same can be said for the tires, the tread pattern and details looked very nice
I followed the instructions and mounted up the tires, then installed them on my 1.9 'Yota project.
The wheels have a lot of offset, they really push the tires away from the frame, it was good for steering but it made about 1/4 of the tire stick out past the fenders.
During the test run, I had a bead pull away from the wheel. I didn't think much of it so I took off the wheel, opened it up and re-seated the bead. During the rest of the test drive I had 2 more tires have the bead separate.
I took the truck back to the work bench and took the wheels off and started to investigate. I took apart all 4 wheels and tried a different tire on one of the wheels, it took no effort to pull the bead off of the wheel. I took one of the GMade tires and tried another 1.9 internal beadlock wheel, I couldn't get the bead to stay locked.
At this point I'm unclear what the issue is, it would seem that the Gmade tires and wheels were meant to be used together but it takes no effort to pull the bead out of the wheel and no other 1.9 tire I tried would stay locked into the Gmade wheel, and the Gmade tire wouldn't stay locked in a CAC internal beadlock wheel that has no problem locking down any other tire I've ever used with them.
I don't have any rc4wd steelies to try the Gmade tires with, so I can't comment on how well that combo might work. I do have a Honcho wheel that I will try tomorrow to see how well the Gmade tire works with an external beadlock wheel.
The other combo I tried was the Gmade tire and a HPI stock car wheel, even though this a glue on wheel, the bead seemed to fit nicely into the groove on the wheel.
When I opened the packages of the tires and wheels, the first impression was that the plastic that the wheels are molded in seems like a good quality plastic. The detailing is very nice, they look like miniature steel wheels. The same can be said for the tires, the tread pattern and details looked very nice
I followed the instructions and mounted up the tires, then installed them on my 1.9 'Yota project.
The wheels have a lot of offset, they really push the tires away from the frame, it was good for steering but it made about 1/4 of the tire stick out past the fenders.
During the test run, I had a bead pull away from the wheel. I didn't think much of it so I took off the wheel, opened it up and re-seated the bead. During the rest of the test drive I had 2 more tires have the bead separate.
I took the truck back to the work bench and took the wheels off and started to investigate. I took apart all 4 wheels and tried a different tire on one of the wheels, it took no effort to pull the bead off of the wheel. I took one of the GMade tires and tried another 1.9 internal beadlock wheel, I couldn't get the bead to stay locked.
At this point I'm unclear what the issue is, it would seem that the Gmade tires and wheels were meant to be used together but it takes no effort to pull the bead out of the wheel and no other 1.9 tire I tried would stay locked into the Gmade wheel, and the Gmade tire wouldn't stay locked in a CAC internal beadlock wheel that has no problem locking down any other tire I've ever used with them.
I don't have any rc4wd steelies to try the Gmade tires with, so I can't comment on how well that combo might work. I do have a Honcho wheel that I will try tomorrow to see how well the Gmade tire works with an external beadlock wheel.
The other combo I tried was the Gmade tire and a HPI stock car wheel, even though this a glue on wheel, the bead seemed to fit nicely into the groove on the wheel.
