off-road buggy foams pre-cut and trued!!!

[mk2kompressor]

Just had a call from Kyosho, they have found a company overseas that can supply pre-cut foams for buggies in a range of compounds
All you need to do is mount them to your rims!
At £24.99 a set of 4, anyone interested?

[wacattack]

Sounds expensive to me

[Jamie.T]

A. That's quite expensive compared to doughnut's from rc-direct.

B. Its mounting them thats the most difficult bit.

I'd happily pay £24.99 or more if they were pre-mounted.

[Col]

Never paid more than £1 a pair for foams.
Never had to cut anything off them.

[dale]

Originally Posted by Col

Never paid more than £1 a pair for foams.
Never had to cut anything off them.

This thread is about foam tyres (as used for carpet and tarmac racing), not foam inserts for rubber tyres.

I've been running foams for years, starting back when on-road racing involved buggies with foam tyres... is history trying to repeat itself? They're great for tarmac racing, but only if they come trued and glued onto wheels. Otherwise it's more effort than most people will want to go to. Even if a donut is advertised as 'trued', once you've glued it onto a wheel it will still need truing some more.

I remember the joy most on-road racers had when decent rubber tyres came out for touring cars and ended truing, gluing, chunking and constant ride height adjustments as the tyres wear out.

[Col]

Originally Posted by Col

Never paid more than £1 a pair for foams.
Never had to cut anything off them.

Originally Posted by dale

This thread is about foam tyres (as used for carpet and tarmac racing), not foam inserts for rubber tyres.

Doh!
I'll keep me trap shut

[mk2kompressor]

I'm sure Neil will be on later to confirm shores, the price is approx

[DCM]

We currently use 8th rear doughnuts, but to be honest, at £25 for a set, I would expect them on wheels and trued down to a nominal diameter.