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Silicone Tires News

2/20/2012

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In an email to Al Perscilli, Executive Director of HOCOC, Tom Heister (and family) of Tom Heister's HO Raceway has acquired the Penn Valley Hobby HO silicone tire making processes, and presumably the molds as well. Pricing on Tom's site have been adjusted. The "cow tires" are currently unavailable until Heister and company get their production processes squared away. Heister also suggests pricing could be further adjusted as production continues and that there is the potential for "some new colors never seen in H.O. silicone tires before."

In other silicone slip-on tires news, Mike King of HO-Tips of Rochester, NY reports that Nick Laratonda of Super Tires has new molds for his tires and is very excited for the potential they offer. The new tires have a rounded outer edge which should allow for less tire prep time by the racers, as well as better performance off the shelf. King has posted a video showing the new shape of the tires. Ebay seller FrankTheRacer has some of the new profile tires for sale. Also, Super Tires have traditionally been offered for magnet cars, but King reports that Super Tires may soon be available in T-Jet sizes as well. 


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Tommy hiester link
8/5/2012 03:14:15 pm

I want to thank you for putting up the post about my families purchase of the H.O. silicone tire making process from Penn Valey hobby. You can go on our website at www.xp77.com/hiester and click on tires & the silicone tires are the first thing that will come up. All of our sizes, colors, styles & prices are listed there. And we do make the Cow Tire now also. So you can e-mail me with any questions or if you would have an order. We do give discounts to Hobby Shops & Raceways. Thanks for your time!
Your Friend In Racing,
Tom Hiester
Tom Hiester's Miniature Cars
Home Of Hiester's H.O. Silicoe Tires
256 Old Lancaster Pike
Reading,PA 19607
610-796-0490

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Tom Hiester link
7/9/2013 07:34:02 am

Just an update on our H.O. silicone tires. We no longer are making the Cow Tires as they are a slow mover. But we have added a nw tire to our list #S901 T-Jet Indy car tire in Black at $1.25 per pair. They measure at .468 on a Zoomin Motorsports rear rim & also on a RT rim. They are .175 wide. We also have 3 new colors for the tires. Lite Blue, Magenta, & Turqoise. Any questions just e-mail them to us at thmcho@comcast.net Thanks! Tom Hiester

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Tom Hiester link
8/9/2013 07:54:21 am

Just to let everyone know we have finised our first tire made all in house. A new mold has been made & the part number is S901 T-Jet Indy Car tire in black. They are $1.25 per pair. The fit the stock T-Jet big rear rim and RT rims & Zoomin Motorsports rear rims also. They are .468 in size & .175 wide. Contact us with any questions you might have about this tire or other tires we make. Thanks!
Tom Hiester

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Cory White
9/8/2013 07:28:26 pm

Great news and thanks for the update, Tom!

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