Truggy tires

[mohanjude]

Originally Posted by Bondonutz

This is confusing but I'll try to help.
The main thing to look for is the 17mm hub size, The standard Max sized wheel is 3.2". The Max sized tires have a 3.2" ID (Badlands), Imex and HPI Monster truck size tires are all 3.2". Imex also makes much larger tires but they are junk. The LRP,Rulux,JConcepts Truggy or 1/8 scale Truck wheels are all 3.7" and will need the appropiately sized tires as well. If confused with what is what just go the the Co's website and cross reference part #'s
Offset- Most companys offer standard(zero) and 1/2" offsets, personal preference for that,since you have a truggy the zero offset would most likely be best. Maybe speed tires you could go with the offset to handle better and be more stable ?
The Proline "VTR" tires and rims are all 4.0" and must be matched together also.
Hope this helps ?

Yes it helps some what. As you correctly pointed out it is the ID that is the problem. There doesn't seem to be a consistency between brands. From what your saying is if I can find a wheels with 17mm hubs that have a ID of 3.2" I should be able to find plenty of MAXX tires.

However if I chose truggy wheels that have a ID of 3.7" then my tire choices are limited unless I 'stretch' the maxx tires over the wheels and have a lower profile?

1/8 buggy wheels seem to be so much more straight forward as they all appear to be same size.

Recently I purchased HIP blast wheels and stuck a set of 40 seriies Proline bow tires and theyl ook perfect. However the 40 series wheel looks silly on a truggy and is best on a Monster truck such as the Savage XL or similar sized truck with 17mm hexes

Now if I can live with the Losi Velocity dish rims life would be simple but I am starting to really dislike the bland appearance
Jeff thanks for the explanation....