I have started to go smaller on the tire size for my 1.9" rigs - particularly my SCX10-II's. 4.75's just seem way too big, and even 4.50's are still kinda jumbo. A 4.30" - 4.35" tire looks much better to me on these trucks - but it seems that there aren't a lot of options in that size on the market.
What I have found I like (size-wise) are the ProLine TSL SX Super Swampers (The original size - not the XL's). They are 4.30". The stock memory foams are not too great. I replaced them with Crawler Innovations 'Lil Nova 4.25" Comp Cut Inner - Soft Outer. The TSL SX's look good, and perform OK with the CI 4.25" foams- but I'd like to get better performance out of these tires. The 4.25" foams seem to really fill out the tire. There's not a lot of conformity unless I have it in a pretty extreme situation - as in the photo below. I am getting conformity here, but under normal circumstances, the tires barely have any squish at all.



I should mention, the tires are vented, and I did remove the outer tuning ring from the CI foams. I realize part of this could be the tire compound. The PL TSL SX's are G8, which isn't the softest, but overall it just feels like the 4.25" foams are a tad too big for that tire. I think the next size down from that would be the 4.0". Would that be too sloppy for these 4.30" tires?
I also just got a set of Pit Bull 1.9 Braven Berserkers which are 4.35". The stocks foams for these tires also don't seem very good. The rubber compound may be better - I have other PB tires in Alien compound and I like them a lot. So I'm hoping they perform a little better than the PL TSL SX's. But I'm hoping to find a better foam solution for both of these sets of 4.30/4.35" tires. Any suggestions?
What I have found I like (size-wise) are the ProLine TSL SX Super Swampers (The original size - not the XL's). They are 4.30". The stock memory foams are not too great. I replaced them with Crawler Innovations 'Lil Nova 4.25" Comp Cut Inner - Soft Outer. The TSL SX's look good, and perform OK with the CI 4.25" foams- but I'd like to get better performance out of these tires. The 4.25" foams seem to really fill out the tire. There's not a lot of conformity unless I have it in a pretty extreme situation - as in the photo below. I am getting conformity here, but under normal circumstances, the tires barely have any squish at all.



I should mention, the tires are vented, and I did remove the outer tuning ring from the CI foams. I realize part of this could be the tire compound. The PL TSL SX's are G8, which isn't the softest, but overall it just feels like the 4.25" foams are a tad too big for that tire. I think the next size down from that would be the 4.0". Would that be too sloppy for these 4.30" tires?
I also just got a set of Pit Bull 1.9 Braven Berserkers which are 4.35". The stocks foams for these tires also don't seem very good. The rubber compound may be better - I have other PB tires in Alien compound and I like them a lot. So I'm hoping they perform a little better than the PL TSL SX's. But I'm hoping to find a better foam solution for both of these sets of 4.30/4.35" tires. Any suggestions?