Asuga Stock wheels

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KnowAir said:
Yeah buddy!! I scoured the internet for some brand name tires (18”) for my wife’s Sonata. I ended up with 80k rated Bridgestones for $125 each delivered, paid an additional $100 for mount and balance. Tire shop wants $250 each installed!😬🤪 Saved myself $400!
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It's the same here, 4 18"s for an SUV from a brand name tyre place is more than a mortgage payment, fortunately we have two good online places, blackcircles and mytyres that can save you hundreds they just don't do RC tyres yet 😂
 
AggyMi said:
It's the same here, 4 18"s for an SUV from a brand name tyre place is more than a mortgage payment, fortunately we have two good online places, blackcircles and mytyres that can save you hundreds they just don't do RC tyres yet 😂
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Yeah, not quite a mortgage payment worth for me, though if I had a truck or SUV, yup! Here in the US there's so many online tire dealers it's crazy. In a good way! Those Bridgestone's took 90PSI to seat the beads! Holy crap, my tire guy wet his undies a lil! Was one helluva POP!! 4 actually, LOL. Max PSI on the sidewall is like 54.. Apparently at some point during the cars existence someone thought it cleaver to us a grinder to "clean up" the bead area of the alloy wheels. I have only had one shop install tires on the car since we've had it in ten years, and they never said anything about it, which leads me to believe they were the ones who used the grinder.. needless to say I'll never go back to that shop again! Bassturds!
 
The tomahawk SGT's are great on grass especially in turns. I'd reccomend the 1/2 offset for these not the 0 offset because the suspension can touch the inside of the wheel at full steering and full droop with 0 offset. Also both front tires came unglued first pack, idk what I'm doing wrong but this keeps happening with preglued tires even "good" brands.
 
Tomahawk SGTs with 1/2" offset. These tires are great for grass it's actually kinda hard to traction roll with them. The offset seemed to improve steering as well maybe because the tires now turn from the center instead of the outer edge. I ended up having to completely re-glue the outside bead on all of them, oddly the inside bead held fine. Fortunately the wide bead makes it easy to get the glue in there. Maybe they don't use enough because I didn't spare the glue and they seem to hold fine now.

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Atomic Skull said:
Tomahawk SGTs with 1/2" offset. These tires are great for grass it's actually kinda hard to traction roll with them. The offset seemed to improve steering as well maybe because the tires now turn from the center instead of the outer edge. I ended up having to completely re-glue the outside bead on all of them, oddly the inside bead held fine. Fortunately the wide bead makes it easy to get the glue in there. Maybe they don't use enough because I didn't spare the glue and they seem to hold fine now.

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Look good not the cheapest tyres out there but the rounded shoulders help prevent roller over. Was looking at Fastrax truggy wheels they have a few tread patterns might suit some bit more friendly on the wallet. Depending on tread pattern size range from 136.5mm-150mm x 65mm

https://www.fastrax-rc.com/wheels-tyres/1-8th-offroad-wheels-tyres?page=2
 
I had this problem a lot with the stock wheels on the Asuga, the plastic that the wheels are made out of is kind of poor, the hexes stripped out a lot, despite using serrated hex nuts.

I ended up trying Mojave 6S tyres, which requires some modiifcations to the rear hubs in order to fit and I found they were too grippy on grass, the buggy did not want to slide around anymore, which wasn’t as much fun.

I ended up with FTX DR8 tyres, which didn’t require any modification and they ran well, they allowed for that drift-able characteristic that I wanted, but would still turn sharply when required.
 
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