acetone is not for all tires
 

i tried 100% pure acetone on some stock rc18t tires and it just melted the tires, seriously melted the tires to the point if you touched them they would fall apart in your hand. so be careful.

i liked the scalpel method above.

i use 4340 acetone if that is any different,never harmed any of the tires i've used it on over the years

Brushlessboy 16

I was going to use my RD Logic Porcupine tires (amazing traction), the wheels that they were mounted on have cracked and broken and they are very unbalanced now. The porcupine tires have quite a flat tread (not rounded), and they don't balloon much at all, they really have alot of steering traction, almost over steer when you increase the caster angle (front) on the Revo.

EXACTLY :lol: but its not near as strong as pure acetone which ive ruined a set of tires using, the fingernail polish remover wont even get the rubber soft but it will turn the glue brittle and yellow, thats when you use the razor to help it off.

Maybe its just an RC urban legend, but I've heard you can use a deep freezer - something that gets down 10-12F to freeze them off. The cold affects the glue, makes it brittle and you can break the bond. Never tried it myself, but I will when I have a chance since I have a deep freezer.

Otherwise I've used the 3/4" of acetone in a paint can soaked for 8-12hrs. Thats always worked, one side at a time, but it can be hard on wheel's finish. Also, its pretty much guaranteed to ruin the liner.

Looks like they'll fit LPR rims, at least. Not sure if that would help the balooning, but I should think it would at least a little bit, maybe?
It's a few posts down...

http://monster.traxxas.com/showthread.php?t=430124

probably not, balloning happens in the center of the tire idk i fa thinner sidewall helps

Yeah, I think you may be right.
Consider the fact that now the bead having been stretched out and I would think the sidewall would have a little more give, actually. I guess I could just ask the guy running em like that. :)
So, aside from 40 series and phaltine types, would you guys say that pretty much all "standard" sized MT tires are prone to this balooning effect?

I know that the stock T/E-Maxx tires are a pretty hard compound and seem to resist balooning fairly well, but any other tire I've had has always been a softer compound, so I'm wondering if they should start belting tires with a harder compound or are we all gonna be duct-belting our wheels from now on?

or just trim the sidewall instead of stretching it