Super Sticky tires

[nersik]

I switched to X2SS RC4WD Iroks from G8 Pro Line TSLs.
And like in <a href="http://showmescalers.com/?p=1305">review</a> posted here I appreciated how sticky and smelly they are out of box. Sticked to everything. Collected a lot of small pieces from floor while running them indoor. Could not even go over plastic bag because it was immediately wrapped around the tire.
The other side of this stickiness came out on rocks. Once taken outside tires covered in dust and became just soft and not sticky at all in no time.
Comparing to G8 TSLs I experienced decrease in grip and rock crawling in general. Also because of firm stock RC4WD foams.

So what is the point of super soft and sticky compoud everyone talking about? What do I do to get highly expected advantages?

Now I am running Iroks because of size and they are good performing overall.

 

[thisdougsforu]

I haven't gotten to a review of it yet, but the X2SS Baja Claws (both the 4.75 and 4.2 size) are fuggin' awesome tires and are right up there with Pit Bulls. I don't know why the IROK seems to just not work like them.

 

[nersik]

They work. I don't understand the advantage of sticky compound. X2SS (at least Iroks) outcompete G8 while clean. But it gets dirty with dust very fast and traction goes down dramatically. And it is very hard to clean tires to make them sticky like new (not from dirt, but from thim layer of dust).

 

[Dostradamas]

Most serious drivers have multiple sets of tires for different course conditions.
Clean dry rock with little dust seems like a place for super sticky tires.
Where I drive has allot of river silt & organics (moss, lichen, leaves, grass, etc) & real sticky tires dont perform as well as open lug types w a firmer rubber because they shed that stuff & keep the rubber on the surface.

If I drove more in NV, AZ etc I would have some super sticky compound tires.

 

[Jus]

Hard to nail down an answer to that.

I've got x2ss compound baja claws and boggers and the compound itself has been very impressive in my experience. I've run the claws in dry dusty conditions and experienced no lack of grip at all. I do know that when its hot out the rubber softens so much that the stock foams are way too soft.

As for wet. I just ran my boggers this last weekend for the 2nd time and it had been raining all morning. Went out on a hiking trail with lots of roots and slick granite and plenty of soaked vegetation and they performed very well. Much better than the old compound boggers my friend had on his rig.