Tyre adative for off road tyres

[MHeadling]

I was after on some info on tyre adative for off road tyres.

We race on a polished floor with Sch Yellow full spikes, there are a few quick lads doing something to their tyres and they seem nice and soft

Has anyone got any ideas on adatives/tricks to soften up the rubber?

I was thinking of trying some of my LRP TC adative on them

[MatJohnson]

Can we even use adatives?

[steelie600]

cs high grip applied with a paint brush works best in that situation. We use it at Ribble on Dirt Hawgs for carpet use. works a treat. Another way to condition the tyres is soak them in cs high grip and put them in a sealed butty bag over night

[MHeadling]

Thanks for that Kev, I'll go to local model shop and see if they have some in stock.

I have heard of some people soaking the tyres in WD40 to soften the tyres up but I think this dries them out a bit once it's dried off

[Chrislong]

Addittives in offorad is not done, as its not allowed at BRCA meetings. But what you do at your club is not governed by BRCA rules - its the clubs choice. But generally it is not done because the additive may damage the sportshall floor, or generally the surface is grippy anyway (carpet indoors, grass or astro outdoors).

I have raced off-road on an indoor touring car track, Jubilee Arena in Bury. it was actually very good. I ran bald tyres and they were best after being 'run-in', as the track was full of additives from the snorers - and our tyres just soaked this up and picked up rubber. Oh I forgot, when i ran Mardave V12's with rubber M1 tyres, we used TQ Orange - using it regular until the rubber turned soft and then they're great.

An idea for you, is firstly try degreasing them with a strong degreaser, such as dirt devil. This will make the rubber more rubbery. Then try the TQ Orange.

[sfry61]

Hi Mark
I race at FORCC and i dont soak my tyres in anything, just the standard yellow full spikes with soft inserts, it seems to work as i did 26 laps in last nights A final you shouldnt need to do anything to the tyres there's always plenty of grip
Steve