**My FLM CCNeu Maxx Nearly Completed**

[redshift]

I had considered cutting, say 3 inch strips, and overlapping by like 1/4". It would be a headache I'm sure, but if you could do it inside the tire it would eliminate most of the wrinkling. I need to take one apart and just have a look and quit being a wuss about it lol. Strapping tape would be better, I have plenty of 3/4' wide fiber tape, but that would be a lot of pieces...

I know most people hate Zombie Max tires, and they do balloon at ~30. But after well over a year they show almost no wear. And traction that could almost climb walls...

Looks real good Zack, never enough $ for this stuff is there?

Try and get some video on your mountain adventure!

[Kcaz25]

Originally Posted by redshift

I had considered cutting, say 3 inch strips, and overlapping by like 1/4". It would be a headache I'm sure, but if you could do it inside the tire it would eliminate most of the wrinkling. I need to take one apart and just have a look and quit being a wuss about it lol. Strapping tape would be better, I have plenty of 3/4' wide fiber tape, but that would be a lot of pieces...

I know most people hate Zombie Max tires, and they do balloon at ~30. But after well over a year they show almost no wear. And traction that could almost climb walls...

Looks real good Zack, never enough $ for this stuff is there?

Try and get some video on your mountain adventure!

Sounds like a all afternoon job to me! LOL Do it! Fully documented w/pics! I'm uneffected by the wrinkling at this point on 4s geared for ~39MPH.

Most people I've encountered love Zombies just never buy em. Really. Badlands normally get the job. Although they roll far to much for me as I have said. So I would have likely been happier with Zombies as far as badlands go. My next tire will be a truggy tire for performance when needed around truggs.

Tell me about the $! Here's my wish list:

UE steering the Proline is great but I need alittle more.
8mm stubs because I bent one of mine
Maybe full front and rear racerX with set back high impact style for the 8mm cvds and added length and geometry and bling of course
MAYBE 7075 t6 billet bulks so that I can use 7075 Knuckleheads
4 more super shocks
Lite Racing shoes and wheels
Couple more bodies 1 bashing 1 racing
RCM cdmotor mount and maybe slipperential
Maybe some lighter ball joints.
A RX box for the hideous wires everywhere.
Fan for MMM
Maybe home-made custom made batt boxes
Maybe some badlands straped up to some skinny wheels and taped.

I've got a crazy idea, check it out:

I might cut off the battery trays so that I could lose the weight and could strap the batts to the sides of the chassis rails like on a Flux with some protective batt boxes!!! Would make For some awesome C.O.G! Then if I wanted I could mount the batts up like one set is now behind the tranny over the monoblock inline for some hot bashin! Would be on my way to one ultimate one of a kind truck!

Whats the public opinion on that?!!

[redshift]

Originally Posted by redshift

I had considered cutting, say 3 inch strips, and overlapping by like 1/4". It would be a headache I'm sure, but if you could do it inside the tire it would eliminate most of the wrinkling. I need to take one apart and just have a look and quit being a wuss about it lol. Strapping tape would be better, I have plenty of 3/4' wide fiber tape, but that would be a lot of pieces...

I know most people hate Zombie Max tires, and they do balloon at ~30. But after well over a year they show almost no wear. And traction that could almost climb walls...

Alright I finally did it. And pretty much the way I said...

I wanted to see if I could do it without inverting the tire. I managed to and they run amazingly true and balance is no worse than it was, at least.

I was able to get one full run around the center as the profile is flat enough that there isn't much wrinkling with the tape. As for the outer sections, in order to get it to lay flat I used 3-4" sections overlapped at least 1/4". You have to do a zigzag crosshatch type thing to get the tape where you want it.

Major handling improvement, and didn't lose much at all on speed. I was expecting about a 5 mph drop, but apparently the weight on my Mute was keeping the diameter roughly the same on the contact patch, even while the rest of the tire was playing pufferfish. I locked a front wheel to get 2X speed with the diff and got no sign of ballooning, so theoretically they should be good for 60+. Not happening, but nice to know.

Strangely after so long with minimal wear, they are showing wear after 3 or 4 runs with the tires taped

Not pretty, but very effective!

[Kcaz25]

Originally Posted by redshift

Alright I finally did it. And pretty much the way I said...

I wanted to see if I could do it without inverting the tire. I managed to and they run amazingly true and balance is no worse than it was, at least.

I was able to get one full run around the center as the profile is flat enough that there isn't much wrinkling with the tape. As for the outer sections, in order to get it to lay flat I used 3-4" sections overlapped at least 1/4". You have to do a zigzag crosshatch type thing to get the tape where you want it.

Major handling improvement, and didn't lose much at all on speed. I was expecting about a 5 mph drop, but apparently the weight on my Mute was keeping the diameter roughly the same on the contact patch, even while the rest of the tire was playing pufferfish. I locked a front wheel to get 2X speed with the diff and got no sign of ballooning, so theoretically they should be good for 60+. Not happening, but nice to know.

Strangely after so long with minimal wear, they are showing wear after 3 or 4 runs with the tires taped

Not pretty, but very effective!

Cool cool I'm glad it worked out! I bet it took a while. Strange indeed about the wear. Is that some sort of tubing on the inside lips to hold the carcass open?