Tire selection

[rwfoote]

Sorry for the very basic question, but I read all the write ups talking about changing tires immediately upon purchase of a car. Is that really necessary? What is the best type of tire for Carrera plastic track? :?:

[HomeRacingWorld]

Not necessary all the time, no. If you are just having fun home racing then the tires that come on the car are fine, especially if the car is stock with the magnets in place. Just sand them and roll them across some masking tape to keep them clean.

A clean tire is a happy tire :)

The best aftermarket tire? Well, you are going to get a slew of answers ranging from Silicone based to urethane based along with many brands.

I like Paul Gage urethane based tires. They have great traction on your surface.

I feel a urethane based tire is more practical for stock wheel applications. They are easily sanded to sometimes compensate for plastic wheels that can be out of round. Silicone based tires are VERY hard to sand and in my opinion are better suited for after-market wheels.

For silicone based tires I like Supertires. I use these mostly on my Slot.it models that have precision aluminum wheels on the rears.

The real answer for you is to simply test a couple brands and find the tire that suits your needs. They are inexpensive so it won't hurt the budget that much.

[RazorJon]

I have a Carrera track and what was said before is right on the money, I run lots of cars just stock with a little time on the tire truer,all stock tires get better, if you run no mag then you will want Paul Gage tires

hope this helps

[buspor63]

There's some great advice so far. One snippet I'd like to add is if you have guest over with there cars, it's nice if they run the same type of tire as you, helps with parity and stops the tire wars.