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I used my cordless drill with 2mm drill bitDetails please.
I thought about going this route but wasn't sure how to punch through cleanly with a leather needle, so I settled for plan B.
There's only 18 lugs on a backflip LP that need a pass through, to run 4 rows.
Well i tried just two rows but because im running such wide tires i needed more than just a row between the treads. Each row has 4 wraps of 20lb test spider braided i used slipknots and melted the strings together no glue. The glue weakens the threadsI just run between the lugs. Seems to do ok. Been using a single wrap of 2mm kevlar/braided string with a core. I was using 3-4 wraps of a much lighter string before, but it doesn't hold up well over rocks.
I put a spot of glue every other lug or so, then if it breaks, it's not such a chore to get it back off with a bit of acetone soaked in it. But it still holds on well enough to finish a bash. The first time I did it, I put glue clear around the entire tire. That was a pain to get it back off when it broke. Then I only put glue on the knot... and it broke and the tire half ballooned. Every other lug seems to be a happy medium.
An hr a tire. And i made a slip knot went all the way around looped it through and then back the opposite direction and then colderized the ends melting them together.How did you tie them off? How long did it take to do? I'm not sure I would have the patience, so good on ya.
I don't have tires that warrant that really but good to know for the future.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/8KSAQ6m8PuWe31gz8
Watch the videoWell i tried just two rows but because im running such wide tires i needed more than just a row between the treads. Each row has 4 wraps of 20lb test spider braided i used slipknots and melted the strings together no glue. The glue weakens the threads
An hr a tire. And i made a slip knot went all the way around looped it through and then back the opposite direction and then colderized the ends melting them together.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/8KSAQ6m8PuWe31gz8
Well i use my proline trenchers X and a speed tire and on asphalt so the string don't get dammagedI did the same thing on a set of Badlands for a different truck using 50 lb fishing line. Only used a needle to poke through with a thimble over the finger that was pushing. For all the painstaking work that was involved, the line breaks after a short time if you run through anything other than grass. I think the wrapping between the lugs is less time consuming and can be replaced easily if/when they break. Just my 2 cents.
I did this on some 1/5 scale Rovan tires when I took the XMAXX to 74 mph.
I used some Kevlar kite string that was black (hid well on a black tire)
The idea absolutely worked, however didn't last that long.
Off road use eventually destroyed the string. Putting CA glue on the string helps extend the life.
I won't ever do this sort of thing again. The amount of time it took and pain in my hands after was not worth it
I predrilled the holes with my drill. Didn't even need a thimbleI did this on some 1/5 scale Rovan tires when I took the XMAXX to 74 mph.
I used some Kevlar kite string that was black (hid well on a black tire)
The idea absolutely worked, however didn't last that long.
Off road use eventually destroyed the string. Putting CA glue on the string helps extend the life.
I won't ever do this sort of thing again. The amount of time it took and pain in my hands after was not worth it
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