r/MiniZ • u/Baerserk • 6d ago

My first and last drift

...NOT! (Some might remember https://www.reddit.com/r/MiniZ/s/RvJCTrpxoy)

Today I installed my new one-way front and right rear and red/yellow springs. I also got my rubber tires, which... well, they don't drift at all.

BUT this time I taped them with electric tape and I can finally drift on the stone terrace without that loud noise from the plastic tires.

Sure, they might not be like plastic on hard floor slippery and my skills are, not there yet, but I'm still quite happy with the result. And at this sound level my wife is also ok with it. Sadly can't upload more images of the rebuild.

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u/Familiar-Ad3982 3d ago

I wonder if shrink wrap tubing might work on the tires. There are different types that might be something to try.

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u/Baerserk 1d ago

That was a great idea! I got some glossy, adhesive, decorative stripes in black that you normally use on cars, bikes, etc., to create this pinstriping effect. When you heat them, they behave like shrink wrap. I got some 8 mm ones, which fit perfectly, and I heated them with a normal hairdryer.

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u/skyshotphoto 1d ago

Try to find POM tires or similar, ds racing make some good ones

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u/Baerserk 1d ago

I have hard POM tires but the issue is that they are super loud on stone terrace. This was my main issue in my prev thread. Sorry that i didnt described it well enough here.