low profile tires

i buy a lot of japanese wheels but the problem half the time is they seem to come with 280/80/15s for tires not good looking at all if you want to build a euro low :angry:. i went to my cousins a few days ago and hes a slot car racer. he gave me 2 sets of silicone racing tires one for 1/24 and one for 1/32 and told me to try them out and i did. the tires with some work fit over the wheels but they sank in the center cause theyre meant for raised center wheels like the integra wheels. i fixed that with a styrene center support inside the tire an slipped it on the wheel and here are the results. the downside is theyre slicks however nincos do come threaded
1/24 slot car tires
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c330/Lownslow302/DSCN4645.jpg
Ninco 1/32s the cool thing about nincos is they carry a set that look like strech walls.(didnt get them though)
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c330/Lownslow302/DSCN4646.jpg

Unfortunately I can't tell much from those photos, can you perhaps take photos from a side-on angle in better light?

Unfortunately I can't tell much from those photos, can you perhaps take photos from a side-on angle in better light?
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c330/Lownslow302/DSCN4650.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c330/Lownslow302/DSCN4652.jpg

Very cool ill have to check that out to see if theres any at my LHS, it seems a lot easier than sanding down slicks sometimes :banghead:
thanks for the info!

So the tires don't actually fit the whole width of the rim then? Or deep dish rims anyway.. ?

So the tires don't actually fit the whole width of the rim then? Or deep dish rims anyway.. ?

you can get wider tires for the rear but i was after a low profile tire

he means the wheels/tires in models dont look anything like real tires/wheels you see on real cars... esp with the offsets.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v72/streetphase/1801.jpg



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v72/streetphase/100_1470.jpg
sorry for this crappy picture, this is my model i been working on forever but jus dont put any time into it..
These wheels are suppose to be 16' model wheels.. which I think are a perfect size, ive tried newer 18' wheels and they look like crap..
I also made the tires fit so there is a lil lip from teh wheel sticking out, to appear stretched and flush with the body jdm style..

and these are the wheels/tires on my real car
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v72/streetphase/wingless.jpg