tire / wheel options for xb

[mnbaja]

what are the options available for tire/wheel hopups for the xb ?


is the stock tire package ok for bashing ?


anyone running anything else ?

 

[maddmike]

A lot of guys run baja front tires but you need adapters

 

[Guest]

You will be replacing them sooner then later. Actuall the tires aren't too bad, but the foams disintegrate after a few tanks of run time. You can boil off the tires and make your own foam or you can do what most do and just run the Baja wheels.

You will need the x to Baja adapters http://www.rcpitstop.net/wheel-adapters.html that opens up the door to many wheel and tire options.

 

[maddmike]

Very well said rc dad

 

[cordy]

+1 on the wheel adapters.

 

[Guest]

These are another option. http://www.7075rc.flyingcart.com/index.php?p=detail&pid=11&cat_id=

 

[BoukeG]

What a nice image ;-)

 

[Deluge1]

Baja adapters and you're golden. Tons of tire options. Really depends on where you're running, though. Some tires bash better than others.

 

[Jack Lagachette]

7mm or 10 mm ?? we have the choice of tread

 

[Trip]

It depends on what size your threads are on your car. Look at your stock wheels and if there are little "Lugnuts" molded in the plastics around the wheel nut then you have the 6mm, if there aren't any "Lugnuts" molded in the wheel, then you have the 10mm shafts. The 6mm were the earlier version and the 10mm are the later.

A 10mm socket takes off the wheel nuts on the 6mm shafts and I believe a 13mm is required for the 10mm shafts.

 

[Deluge1]

Go with the RAMTech adapters. You won't have to worry about thread size. Just remove the square hubs and throw on the adapters. Easy.

 

[kaztheminotaur]

Do the front and rear Baja rims mount differently?

I thought I remembered the first RedCat to Baja adapters being different in the front?

 

[Deluge1]

Nah, they mount up the same and use the same adapter.

 

[Guest]

Do the front and rear Baja rims mount differently?I thought I remembered the first RedCat to Baja adapters being different in the front?

The adapters are different on the Bajas since they are just RWD. The wheel hexs are the same.

 

[Deluge1]

Obviously they're different on the Bajas. But the Baja to Redcat adapters are the same. The wheels mount up the same. They're not front and rear specific.

 

[Guest]

Anything designated rear for the Baja will work on all four for the MT/DR.

 

[kaztheminotaur]

I'll admit that this might be a dumb question but... Do you have to buy the bead lock rings seperately for the Baja wheels? Looks like most of the stock pictures are missing the outside ones?

 

[Guest]

Most of the wheels come with a set of beadlocks. What ones are you look'n at?

 

[kaztheminotaur]

Just the basic black ones.

 

[Guest]

The HPI wheels don't. Most of the aftermarket wheels do.

So if you get the standard HPI stars you will also need to order the beadlocks.