stevepeanut Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 I thought I'd start a thread for my Scout which I bought over the Christmas holidays. First impressions are fantastic value for money, I'm very impressed with what I got for under 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theodore Bagwell Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 LLLLLLLLLLO OOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR ! ! ! ! ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stretch Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 Tyre wise look at rovers and sedonas lots of people use them on their scout. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johninderby Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 Stock tyres are a bit rubbish. These are the best buy at the moment. Similar to the Rovers in performance. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/281589133434?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunm Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 (edited) Dont forget to add weights to the wheels it will lower the centre of gravity, you can use the stick on wheel weights from 1:1 cars, add more to the front wheels than the back you want a 60/40% imbalance front to rear. To fit you need to remove the tyres from the rim and stick the weights to the plastic arround the wheel then wrap insulating tape around to hold everything in place. Edited March 18, 2015 by shaunm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghazghul Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 The tyres do soften up with time and a bit of weight in them, but if you are impatient I think everyone fits soft HB Rovers or similar in the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevepeanut Posted March 18, 2015 Author Share Posted March 18, 2015 I got the afternoon off work so decided to start with weighting my wheels. I called at my local motorcycle tyre shop who sorted me out with some wheel weights, I paid a bit more than the ebay ones, but the extra price meant I could work on the car today while I had some spare time. I got a few strips of weights with a mix of 10g and 5g. The fitted in the wheel sideways just nicely, I did the rears first and found that a ring of weights with no gaps came to 110grams, I stuck them on.... I....then put a layer of electrical tape around The fronts, 11 x 10g weights fitted perfectly, then I stuck 11 x 5g weights over the top, giving 165g for the front. Job done, a nice easy mod and enjoyable to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatRCguy Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Looks good might buy my dad a scout for his 50th if I can afford it haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomlad Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Looking good. I'll be keeping my eye in this. I'm in 2 minds whether to get one of these or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevepeanut Posted March 19, 2015 Author Share Posted March 19, 2015 Next mod was to lower the suspesion, thanks to Stretch for his link, I did exactly the same, used about 10mm of fuel tube and put some new 30w oil in too. Another mod that was easy to do, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunm Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Noticed you have your tyres pointing the correct way in terms of rotation, I found by swapping them over diagonally reversing the direction of rotation i got better grip! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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