Rustler vxl talons ballooning

[mgbrandy]

My tires are going crazy at higher speeds what do you guys think about foams for the Rustler?

[The VXL]

dunno about foams but some gorilla tape on the inside of the tire goes a long way

[brianwlkr]

im not shore about foams but take the tires off and tape them. will make a huge difference. i did it to my rusty and helped a lot.

[brianwlkr]

man The VXL is fast lol look up Petertj60 he has a nice rusty with a bandit body and foams on it. he could tell you the ups and downs to them.

[Petertje60]

Foams are only useful for speed runs IMO. You can tape your tires or get a set of JConcepts G-Locs.

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[ttThree]

As I see it decent street tyres will cost more os less the same, two pair of jaco foams will cost around 60 dollar, anacondas 55 dollars, 1/8 buggy wheels (grp gandini, ipanema etc) 50-70 dollars, and additional 17mm hex adaper 30 dollars.

How ever, you can get some g locks, i dont know how much they cost, but probaly the same. I think they work well for street bashing and speedruns now and then.

[Ewright1096]

I have used talons and foams. Talons blew off the rims on 3s, literally blew off... Foams are a huge difference! So much better, mine have barely worn and they have about 10-15 runs on them. Also as a side note if you do get them make sure your running space is free of rocks or wood chips because if you hit them you may have chunks come out of the tires


Ha. That's funny, my rustler goes faster than your Prius

[ttThree]

Well, g-locks that are taped and glued shouldnt blow of. On the other hand, they arent high speed dedicated tyres either. I would say, 17mm adapter and grp gandini wheels is one of the best speedrun tyres. Anacondas also works well I have heard.

[mgbrandy]

WelL I taped my talons and it performs differently the wheels is not balance anymore is anaconda speed tires or the balloon alot also?glocs balloon alot?

[G-Rustler]

Foams are only useful for speed runs IMO. You can tape your tires or get a set of JConcepts G-Locs.

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+100 to Peter for leading me to the G-Locs...bro trust me if you get the G-Locs you'd probably never purchase another lol these are awesome on the asphalt man..TALONS BALLOON WAAAAY TOO MUCH. G-locs has a minimum of ballooning...trust me i've had em for 2 weeks now and im SATISFIED WITH THE G-LOCS
for your rustler purchase ProLine part numbers 1170-12 and 1170-13. thats the front and rear

[mgbrandy]

Are you pre mounted ? If so what type of wheel?

[G-Rustler]

they come premounted with the part numbers i gave you...no taping needed imo. got up to 43mph with them runing 9.6v nimh and ballooning is at a minimal

[ttThree]

How much does the g-locs baloon actually? If you drive around 65-70 mph?

[mgbrandy]

Both those part numbers say rear?

[mgbrandy]

That's my question also I am running 3s lipo should I do foams or g locks can handle 65-70?

[G-Rustler]

?? cant be..read it carfeully...1170-12 is for the front stampede/rustler 1170-13 is for rear stampede/rustler...thats from the factory package

[G-Rustler]

oh and the wheels are called desperado's

[G-Rustler]

beats me bro lol im still in the early stages...havent went lipo yet, all i can tell you bout is 45mph and below lol

[mgbrandy]

Oh ok thank you

[Caveman04]

oh and the wheels are called desperado's

The desperado's are proline wheels. Your thinking of the rulux wheels that come premounted on the G-locs.

[I Broke It Again]

I tape mine with heavy duty packing tape that has fiberglass strands running lengthwise through it for extra added strength. I've used gorilla tape in the past, but this stuff just seems much better.

However, it's been my experience that all taped tires will eventually come loose over time. At high speeds, the centrifugal force on them just seems to be too much. Shame that I blow out the taping before wearing out the tire treads.

I'm tired of taping and gluing tires all the time though. I wish some company would make pre glued tires and rims that have some kind of mega support built into them. How about belted factory produced tires just like on real cars?

[Petertje60]

I tried the G-Locs (preglued ones) on my Bandit for some speed runs yesterday. They dont balloon that bad on high speeds (got close to 80 yesterday).
I was lucky to get the G-Locs for $56 (ex shipping for 4 wheels and tires) from a dutch guy I know who started his own webshop here in the Netherlands.

[mgbrandy]

i think i am gonna try the foams first then if i am not happy,i will get some g-locs

[ttThree]

Well, that would be expensive, what is your goal? Are you a speedrunner only, or a basher? I would recomend the g-locs, or the grp gandini with 17mm hex adaper. Will be alot cheaper than buying foams (that only suits speedruns), and then buy g-locs.

[mgbrandy]

sounds like g-locks might be might be a better do anyone know the part number for the premounted g-loc?

[Petertje60]

G-Locs front
G-Locs rear

[G-Rustler]

thanks pete for clearing that up...i totally gave him the proline trenchers part numbers haaa!!