another VERRRY EASY way to create deep dish rims

heres another way to make deep dish rims without having to waste another rim, or even buy styrene...

start off with the rim, and cut a small section from the rear of the rim.
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Then, all you do is Sand down the new "lip", on both sides, then glue it onto the face of the rim.

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THen you paint (which i haven't completed) and It SHOULD look great http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/7930263.JPG

thats the best way i have seen yet, and keeps the right depth for the tyre

exactly..., i wonder why im the first one to think of it..:smokin:

i dunno but well done dude

Yeah, but wouldn't the wheels stick really far out from the side of the car?

Insane dude, Best one yet :eek: :eek:

Originally posted by Bimmerkid
Yeah, but wouldn't the wheels stick really far out from the side of the car?

Even if they did, You can shorten the suspension pieces to make it fit

Integra14, that is absolutely genius!!!


Originally posted by Bimmerkid
Yeah, but wouldn't the wheels stick really far out from the side of the car?

Thats what wide body kits are for ;)

The difference here is that you need a good cutting tool and very good control to make the cut straight and narrow enough. With the other methods, you could just sand away the backside of the rim.

What did you use for your cutting?

some hobby saw, which didn't work well with a vice..


i didn't think my dremel would work, meh


im going to go paint them.... ill take some pics soon!~

Great idea :biggrin2:

that is a very good idea:bigthumb:

To solve the problem of cutting the suspension etc etc and buying widebody kits or creating them. Why not use this method for your dragcar models? You cut the diff in dragcars most of the time anyway! This is awesome, you've posted this at just the right time, I'm making a fully tubbed dragcar soon and this will come in handy! Cheers :bigthumb:

great tip man! thanks! :bigthumb:

Its good, but I think the outer edge looks too thick.