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Re: Custom West-Coast Design Feedback
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Originally Posted by Andrew Lawrence
A rule of thumb I've always followed is 1/8" for flat wheels (ie colsons, kit wheels, etc), and 5/32" or 3/16" for blue nitrile. The properties of the blue nitrile tread allow for even the slightest amount of contact to affect turning, and because they grip the carpet so well the increased drop is sometimes needed to ensure there is no contact.
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We ran 1/8 drop with blue nitrile in both 2013 (6 wheel WCD long base) and 2012 (10 wheel center 6 dropped wide base) and ran it with a 1/16 drop this year (wide base 6 wheel WCD) all wheels being between an inch and an inch and a quarter. We haven't experienced any turning problems, but one of the things we are hoping to look into this summer is playing around with the drop amount.
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