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Wheel Innovations
  • WHEELS:
  • Superior Mold Technology - Revolutionary full-diaphragm gate molding keeps the wheel true and ensures a more uniform flow of material throughout the entire wheel. That means AKA wheels are more balanced, consistent in their performance, and stronger than other wheels made using conventional molding techniques.
  • Micro-Finish Texture - All AKA wheels come with a high-quality surface texture on all the bead mounting areas. By adding this texture to bead area of the wheels, it creates more effective surface area and “tooth” on which the tire glue can bond. The wheels are also molded with a special additive that promotes a stronger glue bond.
  • Mold accuracy – AKA wheel molds are made right here in the U.S.A. using the latest in precision mold-making technology. This results in better quality control to deliver the best possible product to AKA customers.
  • Strength – The strength of the wheels is very important – not just for the racer, but for all enthusiasts who value quality products. AKA uses a high-quality modified nylon that’s specially blended and refined by the designers’ decades of racing experience. The materials have been rigorously tested to the toughest standards to deliver the best possible performance, durability and value.
Foam Insert Innovations
  • INSERTS:
  • Better Balance – The balance of tire inserts has always been an issue in R/C racing, but AKA has pioneered a revolutionary manufacturing technique to produce the most balanced inserts on the market. These special inserts keep the tires running straight and true, which means your tires are always in contact with the racing surface for more traction than has even been possible with conventional inserts.
  • Tire Support – AKA uses a material and process that has never been used in making inserts. The special closed-cell foam feels substantially stiffer than typical foam inserts, and for good reason. Through rigorous testing for over a year, and drawing from decades of racing experience, it was discovered that the firm foam and the progressive nature in which the insert compresses, provides the best support for the tire. So your tires are not riding on the sidewall during hard cornering, they’re riding on the full surface of the tread for unmatched traction and precise steering response.
  • Superior Precision – AKA inserts are precision-cut with state of the art machinery. This ensures the ultimate consistency from insert to insert. There’s no trimming, balancing or stuffing required – simply run the inserts as they are right out of the package and experience the best and most consistent performance ever from a tire insert.
  • Durability – The revolutionary AKA inserts are setting new standards in the market. Many conventional inserts experience significant degradation before a single set of tires are worn out, and many of them degrade further when exposed to water (e.g. when washing your tires). AKA inserts are unaffected by water, virtually eliminate tearing common with other inserts, and last through multiple sets of tires. During testing, depending on track abrasiveness and tire compound, team drivers have used a single set of inserts in more than 20 sets of tires without any significant degradation.
Tire Innovations
  • TIRE:
  • Tread Performance – Each tire tread is computer designed and track tested by AKA engineers and team drivers to ensure the best performance before each tire goes into production.
  • Balance – Like AKA inserts and wheels, tire balance is critical to superior performance and it’s a priority in AKA tires. Mold components are manufactured to the highest tolerances to ensure the best possible alignment of all the mold components. This results in a tire with more uniform thickness for the best possible balance.
  • Lifespan – The long life of the AKA tires is due to the collective decades of rubber compound development that AKA brings to the table. In fact, AKA engineers have been responsible for developing some of the most successful tires in off-road racing for a generation. Each compound is tested in labs then rigorously track tested to ensure the highest quality.
  • Mold accuracy – AKA tire molds are made in the U.S.A. using the most advance mold-making techniques and processes available. The cost is higher to produce such a precision mold, but its part of an uncompromising desire to deliver the highest quality product available.
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  • Compound – AKA offers 3 different long-lasting tire compounds, each of which is color-coded by a small mark on the sidewall of each tire. AKA offers soft (green), medium (blue), and hard (yellow) compounds that provide superior grip for across the entire spectrum of track conditions. For specific compound information, see our tire application chart to determine which tire is best suited to your track conditions.
 
  • GLUE:
  • Bond Strength – Glue is all about bond strength. AKA has done exhaustive testing and research to find the freshest, purest, strongest CA glue to bond rubber tires. AKA glue bonds in seconds without any accelerators and gives you the strongest bond to keep your tires on the wheels to endure even the most rugged conditions.