Tire Upgrade! Arrma Vorteks Testing the Pro-line Racing Badlands MX28 HP 2.8" Belted Tire 

Great! Feel free to ask questions along the way!

EXACTLY! Honestly, at first I thought it was a silly gimmick to sell more expensive wheels....but now that I have a set, it is GREAT.

Great! Yes, I think these tires worked out very nicely.

Sounds like you do need one!

Thank you!

Thank you Morten!

They should go very well on there!

Thanks for watching!

Then just get a Granite. No extra tires needed. The entire point of the Vortex is low shock tires, low shocks, smaller tires for lower center of gravity.

@@tyrellcorp2118 Ture, I ended up buying a 6s Typhon roller

You are right!

Great! Make sure you have a good quality 3S battery also! This ESC is power hungry!

@@RoadsideRC I already have a couple of HRB Graphene 3s 5000mah 100c waiting for my Vorteks :-D

Agree - I love how they look on this truck!

Thanks!

Awesome! Hope you like it!

Really need more trees...

Glad to help! Thanks for the kind words.

They have been great for me!

Thanks! 👍

They did really well for me!

Be really interested to hear how that works out. So sick of the ballooning of the stock tyres but maybe the badlands deliver the absorbency for big jumps together with the lack of ballooning.

I'll be interested to hear your take on that combo!

@@RoadsideRC Update: got the tires and they are way to small for the BIg rock. They are fantastic on the Senton though 🤩 I have the Proline monster SCT body and the Vorteks tires are perfect!

Ha! Thanks!

There is so much to learn on RC for sure! Especially each time we enter a new aspect of it! Thanks for the nice comment!

They have done well for me!

@@RoadsideRC How do they compare in size to the Granite tires?

I have swapped over to a 80C battery from Povway - amzn.to/3kZslYB It is priced well and does great. I was getting VERY low run times with some

I would think they would fit, but the OD might be a little large.

Great! These do generate some heat. Getting good fans is important, and letting it cool off. Venting the body will not hurt!

What's a good fan? I'm new to this hobby as well! Love my vorteks but it does run a little hot and makes me nervous lol

I bet they will do great!

I bet they do great on that truck!

@@RoadsideRC yeah they really do, mine rips as long as i keep it straight

Thank you! They have worked well.

Interesting thought for sure!

Ha! Yes, I understand that. They really have done well, for sure.

I didn't use adapters. I used Typhon 3S stock axles. I typically avoid adapters as they lead to more breakages.

You are right - the Typhon arms do widen the truck. This is the stock Vorteks arms. Pro-line does offer different offset hexes for the wheels. Perhaps that is the difference? You can see I put the 17mm hexes on here, so am using their 17mm hexes also.

Never run them on a Rustler, sorry.

It certainly helps with ballooning...but they are not vented. Really makes me wonder what will happen when I get water in there...

I don't think so. I never had that issue the whole time with these tires and wheels.

I have actually been using the larger pinion gear still, no issue. If you were the stock tires out that fast, you will wear these down fast also. So far, I have been very happy with them.

I never did. Truck ran great just like this.

Mine have been great. Honestly - both tires are the same rubber from Pro-line, so I really doubt there would be any wear difference.

I personally prefer the Typhon 3S. Comes with the 17mm hex, tires are VERY easy to find, can be "truggified" if you want more clearance, but also can go racing.

I never did, and never needed to.

Yep! Checked all of that. Truck is almost brand new.

I had already changed to the speed pinion, and left it like that also.

Stock punch setting. No change to pinion gear size.

@@RoadsideRC thx. Asking because mine on same settings on 3S is not doing wheelies at all. Its fast and all but does not have that crazy wheelie kick. So it must be the slipper clutch to loose...will se. Thx

I have had no issues. Traxxas electronics are notorious for overheating.

Didn't seem to make much difference.

The stock hex is 14mm. Proline offers a hub that matches the 14mm hex.

I was using a cheapo, older 3S battery. Swapped over to a newer, better quality battery and have not had the issue.

So far, so good! Multiple packs later with no issues. You have to think, they are the same diffs in the Granite/Big Rock, etc.

@@RoadsideRC word of mouth pro line tires for the x maxx blow the diffs. That was the reason I was asking.

I used these: amzn.to/3h2SmEj

I did have one tire that was wobbly. I just bashed on. Sometimes the foams get a little out of alignment. Hasn't been an issue - but did make me second guess my install. :)

Nope. It works great.

Hope this helped!

@@RoadsideRC and I just buy the band lands with 14mm hex ? Is that correct

@@brianu33 Yes - that will work.

Honestly, there is very little in on-road tires with the 14mm hex. If you convert to 17mm, you can run 1/8 buggy tires and you would have a whole world of choices.

@@RoadsideRC thanks for the reply man 👍👍

The run time is just related to the quality of the battery. Stepping up the battery solved the issue, and didnt see any difference with these tires.

I used the factory 6S Arrma tool.

@@RoadsideRC thanks for you help!

I really enjoyed them. Thought they were much better than stock. I only went 17mm because I wanted to also run 1/8 buggy tires at the racetrack.

Typically, this is the foams inside the tires moving around. As long as it doesn't cause a handling issue, you can ignore it.

@@RoadsideRC ok awesome! Thank you for the info!!!

I bent one of the metal axle stubs on my vorteks almost right away. Check yours, they might be bent too. The slight bend at the end makes the wheel run wobbly. The main reason I want to switch to 17mm hubs is just to get the beefier axle stubs, not run bigger tires. The original posts are skinny and weak.

Yes! I have not tested that yet!

Here you go, it is exactly the same. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-WU3RjmYD5oE.html

@@RoadsideRC are you running the stock pinion with the mx28 tyres? or the speed pinion that comes with the vortek?

No, I was using the high-speed pinion.

Thank you!

Just barely at full lock.

I did eventually - I went with this one: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-WU3RjmYD5oE.html

These are the "HP" which is belted.

The hexes are just standard Arrma Typhon.

@@RoadsideRC ok because they sale different lengths, in trying to figure out how long I need, in your opinion based on what you said about those hot racing adapters spreading out the wheels , that would probably be better in my case, I think my tires are the same size, just different treads, but they are 2.8 trenchers, I went into Cookeville hobbies and it was the first time I've ever been in a hobby store, so man I was so amazed, lol, my mouth was wide open, lol I went in there to just look , I decided that I needed one of everything and thank goodness my wife was with me, she's my safe place in public lol, I decided that I just couldn't run my factory big rock tires anymore that I had bought a month before after building my big rock from a box of parts that was donated to me lol, or I wouldn't have one, any ways I found Jenny's rc and all I got was a body and tires , the rest of it I was able to build, from several different diffs, each one had something wrong that another didn't, I literally at the time had work on anything RC but a Traxxas slash and it was 2wd so it was a whole different level of machine, anyway lol sorry I get to running my head, I bought these tires , I didn't even look at the label, I just knew the size was what I wanted, they were dished for a stampede, so i went back to the wall grabbed the adapter kit thinking it would be what I needed, of course I didn't explain what I was doing, i was getting my ear full because the tires were 100 plus taxes and I was trying to get more stuff on top of them, I learned my lesson, just ask or tell the wife to ask lol, I got just about everything I need to build a outcast, I only lack the center diff and the body and the plastic set you buy off Jenny's rc, the 17mm hexs wouldn't work because they were to short, the 14 were the same, so anyway I have gotten info that I needed to get the 30mm ones in either to make them work, I'm really wanting to finish the outcast but it's getting put on the back burner for now, I also want to say thank you for inviting me to the crawers event, but at the moment my wife is in ark looking after her dad for a month so ill probably catch the next one, I don't drive much unless it's absolutely a have to. Well I was going with all that last part that I had just got the red cat ascent 18, my big gen 8 front pan hard mount screw holes were stripped, I'll probably super glue them in or id rather put scx10iii axles under it so it will be 4 link in front and back, just got to get the transmission plate off a gen 7 or the scx10iii so the links in the front have the fourth link connection place, it was giving to me to, so I got a 2300kv fusion pro in it but when I took off with it, the front axle was looking like it was falling off, I'm sorry I write so much, I guess i got no one to talk to about things rc except for a few of you channel creator that put up with me lol. But thank you for your answer, again thank you for the invite, I'm just not sure about driving and wife not being there, I just moved here too from Arkansas so I only know where very few places are, ok I'm done running my head lmfao, I was just watching your collection of videos and ran into that and it was something I was doing so I asked. Ty and have a good night sir

@@PtsdRC Have a good night! I'll see you at a different event!

None that I have noticed. I am even running the high-speed pinion.

@@RoadsideRC good to know! Please put up a video update if that changes.

Went with these on my Typhon, I did go to a new higher end Savox Servo, and upped my gearing to 22T pinion, and metal Spur gear. Will be doing this to vortek soon $$$

@@RoadsideRCHey man, how many T is the pinion you are running in this one?

@@KhaXaL I am running the stock pinion.

Not so far for me. I believe many folks don't set their servo endpoints correctly. Let's also be honest though...stock RTR servos rarely last long anyway.

Nice idea!

I used these: amzn.to/3OriyWG

@@RoadsideRC Thank You! I found 14mm adapters at my hobby store and installed thoese. Works amazing!

Ha! You will work up to it!! Practicing air control is key! Gas brings the nose up, brake brings it down!

Build. Bash. Break. Repeat. The cycle of R/C lol

I have found that the higher you jump the easier it is to land shiny side up because you have more time to throttle it and get it level. But that doesn’t mean I don’t put it on the roof occasionally. I actually have the Granite and it’s totally stock except I put the wing on it to protect the back of the body but that thing is tough as nails. Except the tires. 😂 That’s why I am watching this video.

I actually geared up - I'm running the 20T pinion!

@@RoadsideRC vorteks is my 1st rc. Reason I ask is almost everywhere I’ve seen bigger tires put on people say to gear down because larger wheels is the same as gearing up?? I’m still trying to sort all that out in my head lol. I like the look and would like to keep the stock wheels for hardpack and street and the badlands for grass and rougher terrain. That way I can keep the 14mm hex for both for quick changes.

Yes, to keep the same speed, gearing down is exactly what you would want to do. I wanted more speed, so was OK with the additional from the tires.

@@RoadsideRC thanks for the tip. Been learning a lot from your channel. Keep it up!

This. The Senton body catches all of the dirt/grass, etc.

I do like them!

Nice! I should get a set to try!

The wheels? I would be really shy of running aluminum wheels on a basher. That weight would be rough. These plastic wheels have held up to some great abuse so far!

@@RoadsideRC, no no the hubs have an aluminum option. I mean i get it, the point is to create a break point so you don't ruin the whole wheel. But offering an aluminum option just makes it more likely the wheel will break. Given the option, i have never broke a wheel so would appreciate a one piece wheel, as opposed to being forced into these abominations

I get it! This hobby does get expensive sometimes. I have tried multiple cheaper options...but always end up let-down. The wheels are weak, etc.

Hmm. Neither of these things happened over MANY battery packs I ran through it with these tires on it.

Nope - ran it like this for a LONG time, never had an issue.

Still a $100 or so short of a maxx at this point...

That is what people say about me as well... :)