Cut foams. Opinion?

[Ynad]

What do you guys think about cut foams? I see a lot of options around: foams, no foams, vented, etc.
I've settled on cut foams. Provides good flex and still retains lateral support. My truck is heavy now with the hard body, so it moves sideways easy on tires. Still contemplating on venting tires they do bounce sometimes.
Anyone running cut foams? And how do you cut them (pattern, depth)?

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[Brake Weight]

That on the left looks like a good job of cutting. Especially if it’s a heavy rig.

 

[Ynad]

Thanks. Works good on my rig.
The picture is the progress of the foam cutting. From measuring to cutting with the tools in the picture. :--)

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[JC3]

You did an amazing job of cutting those foams! I no longer cut mine but instead punch holes in them. It's easier for me and very effective. More holes equals softer and vice versa. Not my idea and not my pic btw.

 

[Ynad]

Great idea! Thank you for sharing. Might be a better solution.

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[ferp420]

all your doing is degrading the foam faster than normal foam breaks down so fast its kinda pointless to mod them
wait 2 weeks they will be just as soft as they are now but since you modded them in 2 weeks you will be buying new ones
ok for a comp rig were you tune the rig for each comp and change tires and foams regularly
ok i might be twisting the time frame alittle but thats always what happens to my foams so i stoped using foams i now use rubber inserts that never break down they end up getting reused when the tires take a dump and they perform the same on day 1 as they do on day 1000 and you can adjust them to the rig and you wont ever have to do it again win win in my book

 

[OnTheTrail]

I had a hot wire foam cutter given to me similar to this one. Works well cutting foams. I needed a set of foams for an odd size tire on my MST DC-1. Was able to cut a take off foam i had laying around and narrow it and then cut ridges in the outside like yours to soften the outer area. Very happy with the results. Hardest part was tracing the pattern on the foam. The cutting part was easy.

https://uchida.com/products/super-hotwire-foam-cutter

 

[Ynad]

@ferp420. Rubber replacement instead of foams is surely better. What kind of rubber inserts are you talking about? Something like antifoams for 1/10?

 

[ferp420]

@ferp420. Rubber replacement instead of foams is surely better. What kind of rubber inserts are you talking about? Something like antifoams for 1/10?

anti foams are a awsome i hope they stay with it till they get them right

i use turdunkins tire inserts

i just realized these are for a micro crawler so basicly ignore everything i sead 1.0 tires and foams are alot different than 10th scale tires and foams
i do have 1.0 with turdunkins but on a 10th scale truck a 1/24the scale rig dosent weigh enuff to make the turdunkins work right

 

[Ynad]

That's what I thought about the rubber inserts, not enough of weight. And why I'm exploring different possibilities. On a lighter vehicles foams work differently from a weighted one.
Thank you for your input.

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[Trike Kid]

Crawler Innovations medium foams work great under my hard body rig, no cutting needed. Do need to vent the tires though.