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Old 07-20-2008 | 05:01 PM
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just wondering what is happening to my slicks, on both slicks they have uneven wear on the inside portion, looks all scruffy like someone grazed it with a cheese grader, and the outer portion is actually fine..
should i have them demounted and turn the slicks around so the inner most portion is now on the outside??
this is my first set of slicks

thier is probably less than 30 passes on them
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Old 07-20-2008 | 05:08 PM
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sounds to me that your rim isn't wide enough for the tire.
Old 07-20-2008 | 05:17 PM
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bah, that sucks if that is true cause damn jegs reccomended these rims and said they would work perfect.. i bought everything from them last oct. think the rims are 16x8 and the slicks are 28x11.50x16

here is the link to the rims..
http://www.jegs.com/i/Detroit+Wheels...752593%7C36667

don't know if it matters or not but i'm also running a MT tubes in these as well

Before my 3400 stall went in i was easily able to get traction with 27psi in them on launching, now that i leave the line a lot harder this weekend i had to let 2-3 lbs out of each slick to even come close to getting traction , all the guys running slicks on cars say 20+ psi is way way too much for my slicks but if i put in like 15lbs like they say the slick is like 1-2" tall under the rim and totally looks flat,lol
i was always under the impression that you ran the max psi that you could and still have traction am i wrong?

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Old 07-22-2008 | 08:29 AM
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Are these the quick time Pros or a true slick? The reason I ask is because my old Hoosier quick time pros wore very uneven.
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Originally Posted by slowprocess
Are these the quick time Pros or a true slick? The reason I ask is because my old Hoosier quick time pros wore very uneven.
they are quick time pros.. so what did you do to remedy the problem? take them off the rim and flip them around?
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Originally Posted by Toomnymods
they are quick time pros.. so what did you do to remedy the problem? take them off the rim and flip them around?
That's the only thing I could see to do. Then I got rid of them and went to the mt et slicks
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