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Assembling the Wheels
Four M-Star Wheels (#50844) are accompanied by two medium-compound treaded tires and two soft-compound treaded tires.
Foam inserts serve as the tire pressure. When the tires are fitted to the wheels, the manual recommends applying a bead of thin superglue (cyanoacrylate) around the rims to prevent the tires from rolling off under hard cornering. This is an important and often skipped step. While the tire seems pretty secure on that rim, it's guaranteed that unglued tires will dislodge itself in that first high-speed turn. All four tires have have a directional tread, so make sure they're pointing the right way before applying the glue. To make the process easier, using your free index finger & thumb simply pinch the tread. You'll see this opens up a gap between the tire and wheel allowing you to lay down a drop of glue. Once you release that pinch-grip, the drop of glue will get spread along a distance of that rim. It doesn't take long using this technique to complete the tires.
The softer-compound tires are for the rear. This should provide some added grip.
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