ewillrcguy
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Can anyone tell me where to purchase alloy wheels or what will work on an fs,i want to get rid of monster tire and wheels.rally tire perffered
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atom3624
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Hi and welcome to LSF.
There are several alloy wheel sites. Use the SEARCH as these have been mentioned in the past.
Here's one: http://www.bigboystoysandhobbies.com/inc/searchresults?s=alloy wheels&ss=alloy wheels&n=566611
Al.
There are several alloy wheel sites. Use the SEARCH as these have been mentioned in the past.
Here's one: http://www.bigboystoysandhobbies.com/inc/searchresults?s=alloy wheels&ss=alloy wheels&n=566611
Al.
Mike1970
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Do they have to be alloy wheel? and just out of interest, why?
www.rossmod.co.uk do largescale rally tyres for the mcd and they'll fit others (i'm assuming your car had the square block type drive.)
www.rossmod.co.uk do largescale rally tyres for the mcd and they'll fit others (i'm assuming your car had the square block type drive.)
ewillrcguy
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Thanks Mike , I didn't know if the block's were the same or not ,but I"ll check them as well. Is there something I should know about alloy wheels
Mike1970
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I'm sure they look great but I'd imagine they'd be heavy in comparison to the normal plastic wheels you'd get from FG or others. I doubt they'd take the punishment as well as the plastic wheels either.
dwarfy
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I just bought a used marder and it has plastic wheels with an alloy style blingy finish. They look quite good and you will save on the extra weight that Mike mentions but still achieve the look you want. :cool2: Apparently they are Carson wheels - might be worth a shot??
https://www.largescaleforums.com/showthread.php?t=12586&page=2
https://www.largescaleforums.com/showthread.php?t=12586&page=2
atom3624
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It all depends on the fitting and what you want to do with the truck.
Mike's a racer, and quite rightly he mentioned the weight difference - probably little more than half that of alloy.
The other thing is even if you're not racing, but the wheels are fairly flush with the tyres, you're going to - not likely to!! - ding/bash them.
Plastic ones can easily be replaced next time you change your tyres, but alloys are dinged for life.
I have alloys on both my 1/5 on-road and my MT.
The on-road gets 'careful abuse' but the MT gets bashed. The tyres I use on it stick out way beyond the wheels, so will protect them without problem.
Al.
Mike's a racer, and quite rightly he mentioned the weight difference - probably little more than half that of alloy.
The other thing is even if you're not racing, but the wheels are fairly flush with the tyres, you're going to - not likely to!! - ding/bash them.
Plastic ones can easily be replaced next time you change your tyres, but alloys are dinged for life.
I have alloys on both my 1/5 on-road and my MT.
The on-road gets 'careful abuse' but the MT gets bashed. The tyres I use on it stick out way beyond the wheels, so will protect them without problem.
Al.
1/4 scale F1 tires
Hello
I am new to your forum but have been collecting Yankee F1 cars for awhile but now I am looking for some after market wheels and tires anybody have any ideas on where I might find some I recently rebuilt one of my F1 cars and changed the motor over to Castle 2028 and now it created a tire wear problem
Hello
I am new to your forum but have been collecting Yankee F1 cars for awhile but now I am looking for some after market wheels and tires anybody have any ideas on where I might find some I recently rebuilt one of my F1 cars and changed the motor over to Castle 2028 and now it created a tire wear problem