I have been using SuperTires and Wizzard slip ons and now I would like to check out different business who makes them. Any info would be appreciated. I mostly use tyco chassis so let me know which ones that sells good silicone slip on tires.

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Wes

I like the wizzard slip-ons, and their silicon coated sponge are ok. BSRT makes the best tires in my opinion, but they're usually more expensive. I've gotten a few sets of silicon coated sponge from Quicker Engineering that were pretty good also. REH makes slip-ons comparable to wizzard If you get the right ones. They have a lot of different sizes and colors. Their tuff-one silicons are good.

I like the wizzard slip-ons, and their silicon coated sponge are ok. BSRT makes the best tires in my opinion, but they're usually more expensive. I've gotten a few sets of silicon coated sponge from Quicker Engineering that were pretty good also. REH makes slip-ons comparable to wizzard If you get the right ones. They have a lot of different sizes and colors. Their tuff-one silicons are good.

do you have a website address for REH??

thanks
Wes

do you have a website address for REH??

thanks
Wes

They only sell wholesale. You have to have a business license to place an order.

http://www.slotcars.org/reh/

GP

JWs sells excellent silicone slip-ons too: http://www.csonline.net/vwalters/

Rocket Science (Weird Jack) sells a broad range of silicone tires for just about everything. http://www.geocities.com/jack.stinson@sbcglobal.net/bh.htm

I totally agree about the BSRT silicone sponge tire. They are the best and most durable, but they are somewhat difficult to obtain at the race shop. BSRT seems to have a strange allocation plan for selling tires to hobby shops. They sell out everything that's sized right as quickly as they come in. Then there's nothing for weeks and weeks while they are backordered. Makes you wonder why BSRT wouldn't be pumping them out in far greater quantities. That profit margins on silicone sponge tires must be staggering.

I like Weird Jack's and JW's. I tend to buy Jack's tires in bulk for all my runners; he runs good sales every so often. Something about his compound gives cars juuuuust the right amount of slip to have big fun doing crazy-@$$ powerslides. I get JW's a pair or two at a time when I build a car for competitive racing, which is hardly ever... the price is right, and they seem to work just as well as much more expensive tires.

I've wanted to try SuperTires, I've heard they can't be beat for the price, but I never got around to ordering them.

--rick

I like Weird Jack's and JW's. I tend to buy Jack's tires in bulk for all my runners; he runs good sales every so often. Something about his compound gives cars juuuuust the right amount of slip to have big fun doing crazy-@$$ powerslides. I get JW's a pair or two at a time when I build a car for competitive racing, which is hardly ever... the price is right, and they seem to work just as well as much more expensive tires.

I've wanted to try SuperTires, I've heard they can't be beat for the price, but I never got around to ordering them.

--rick

Rick, I have been using supertires for years - never had problem with them with my tyco chassis. i just want to find something different so i can experiment with different slip ons thats all.

Wes

I'm a Supertire fan. Nick does a great job and is very fast. I use his tires on tjets, jltos and Tyco pans. Last time I ordered 125 pair and had the in a week along with 10 free pairs.

SuperTires are very durable. This allows you to slip them on and off without tearing them. Some of the softer and stickier silicone compounds tear quite easily, especially with double flange wheels.

The beauty of SuperTires slip-ons is that you don't need to buy a pair for every car in your display case. Unless you are gluing them to the rims (which makes sense for the stock flange-less Aurora G-Plus wheels) you can just buy one or two pairs of each of the available sizes and mount them on whatever car you are running. Get a divided plastic storage box and label each of the compartments with the tire size. This allows you to easily experiment with different sizes. You could have a second box for different silicone compounds or brands. If you get each size in a different color then organizing them can be even easier. Equipping every one of your runners that come with stock rubber with a dedicated pair of aftermarket silicone tires is definately a luxury. If you are performance oriented or race tuning, it's even less neccessary because you want to be able to dial in your car with the right set of tires for the track.

Cars sitting in display cases look just fine with stock rubber.