Tire Glue???

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Originally Posted by BrianG

All this makes me wish you could just get tires like regular tubeless inflated car tires, except fiber belts instead of steel. I know it may make the cars bouncier, but I don't care.

That one might be coming. My uncle owns a company in Brasil that makes tire protector for the trucking industry. I told him what I was thinking about doing and he said they can do it. He said they have injection molding machines and they can have molds made for the wheels and tires at a very good price. I will talk to him soon and I will send him some wheels and tires just to give him the idea of the sizes, shapes and designs.

I use denat alcohol to clean the tire bead with and rid them of the mould release stuff they come coated with. Motor spray or contact cleaner works well also. I wipe each bead down twice. If the wheel is chrome where the tire is going to be glued, I use my dremel and scuff the chrome up good - CA has hard time sticking to the chrome finish they put on wheels. For non-chrome, I use a piece of 220grit paper and dull the finish where the bead will glue down.

I use the med losi tire glue and have never had a tire come loose.