gregrocks90046
RCC Addict
okie dokey!
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Rock Claws reduced to 1.9!
- Thread starter gregrocks90046
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okie dokey!
bnoland
Quarry Creeper
You just use tire glue to put them back together after cutting it down?
gregrocks90046
RCC Addict
i have the best luck with IC-2000 rubberized ca glue. it's like liquid tire in a bottle! bsiadhesives.com
Big Mike
I wanna be Dave
I found this thread trying to search for an answer that is turning out to be a little elusive - What are you tire narrowing pro's using to actually do the cutting??
I just narrowed a set of M2K's this morning (I know what you guys mean about "having the balls" as I sat there with a barely used M2K in my hands) and knowing that even a razor sharp blade would not give me a straight cut, I chose a pair of heavy scissors.
My results were pretty acceptable (to me anyway) but I'm thinking that if the cut could be dead straight it would go back together with no gaps to have to spend extra time shutting. The scissors I used left a small "hump" every time I moved them to make a new cut, and this made it a little harder IMO to accurately glue back together.
At least now they don't look like monster truck tires, I'm hoping the narrower profile will not get hung up on/under stuff as bad as the stock width does:
They look way more "scale" like this as well. I just need to get the glue joints dirty, I hope they won't show as bad.
Do you guys do anything more than run a bead of CA around the inside of the joint? That's all I did, they seem like they will not come back apart. I tried pretty hard to pull one back apart and it seemed strong enough to do the job...
I just narrowed a set of M2K's this morning (I know what you guys mean about "having the balls" as I sat there with a barely used M2K in my hands) and knowing that even a razor sharp blade would not give me a straight cut, I chose a pair of heavy scissors.
My results were pretty acceptable (to me anyway) but I'm thinking that if the cut could be dead straight it would go back together with no gaps to have to spend extra time shutting. The scissors I used left a small "hump" every time I moved them to make a new cut, and this made it a little harder IMO to accurately glue back together.
At least now they don't look like monster truck tires, I'm hoping the narrower profile will not get hung up on/under stuff as bad as the stock width does:
They look way more "scale" like this as well. I just need to get the glue joints dirty, I hope they won't show as bad.
Do you guys do anything more than run a bead of CA around the inside of the joint? That's all I did, they seem like they will not come back apart. I tried pretty hard to pull one back apart and it seemed strong enough to do the job...
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gregrocks90046
RCC Addict
those look real good to me, mike! the M2K is the perfect tire for your first time cutting.
Big Mike
I wanna be Dave
Thanks Greg - these were easy, they have a built-in "guideline" to cut with. I just need to find a better pair of scissors I guess. Or some small sheet-metal shears or something.
No intimidation next time, now that I've tried it.
These tires work good, they're just too wide IMO. This is a huge improvement on just looks alone, if they also perform better I'll be stoked...
metomwhou
Rock Crawler
Thats what i've been trying to figure out, if the beads were normal. So you reckon they will work/look ok on the new RC4WD 1.9 stompers?
