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1/8 Scale Buggy Foam Tire Insert Preparation

Everything you need to know about prepping your tire inserts, presented by AKA.

Gluing 1/8 Foam Tire Inserts to the Wheel

Adam Drake explains why you might want to glue your 1/8 foam tire inserts to the rim, and how to do so properly.

Gluing Touring Car Tires for Use on Carpet

Eric Anderson demonstrates his techniques for gluing sedan tires, including how to apply glue to the sidewalls to tune the tire side-flex characteristics.

How to Prep Off-Road RC Tires

Ryan Harris explains off-road tire prep, particularly for indoor clay - how and why folks shave tires, how sauce works, why you might want a tire warmer, and more! A great overview of off-road tire prep.

How to Replace Tire Inserts with Klinik RC

Tony from Klinik explains how to replace tire foams, with perhaps the most surprising bit (for me, at least) being that you can just cut the rubber of the tire and glue it back together, and it'll be strong enough for racing. *Mind blown.*

Off-Road Tire Mounting and Gluing with Jason Ruona of JConcepts

I know, everyone loves tire-mounting, right? Well, if you're going to do it, do it right - here's an in-depth explainer video from Jason Ruona at JConcepts.

Off-road Tire Gluing and Balancing by VP-Pro

The racers at VP-Pro put together a great, detailed video showing all of their techniques for mounting the perfect 1/8 off-road tire.

RC Off-Road Tire Prep by Ryan Stiles Harris

Great, in-depth video on how to break-in and prep your off-road tires - learn about break-in, sauce, and more.

Should You Glue Tire Inserts to the Rim?

To glue or not to glue, Adam Drake helps you decide!

Spencer Rivkin on Tire Mounting

See Spencer's secrets for getting tires glued on so they stay on and perform predictably on the track.

Tire Compounds

Don't let your handling troubles compound - learn when to use hard vs soft compound tires.

Tire Inserts

Open your mind and read on to learn the differences between open cell and closed cell tire inserts.

Touring Car Tire Prep with Jilles Groskamp of Inf1nity

Jilles discusses centering, weighing, and trimming pre-mounted 1/10th scale touring car tires.

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