1/12 scale wheels...

alright... so i have a new project in mind. but i need wheels.

basically, the "vehicle" is going to be in 1/12 scale. the wheels and tires need to be such that real world measurement is something around 18-20 inch TIRE diameter... NOT wheel diameter. somthing like a 14-15 inch wheel with a low profile tire...

i would prefer something that is sized correctly to begin with, but i could do some work on them. the only thing i did find that would be a possible fit would be the 24"-ers off the dub city 1:18 escalade, but those are frickin ugly. those calculate to 16 inch rims with what i would would guess to be about 1 inch thick tires...

so.... if anyone knows of any resourcese to pick up some NOT expensive wheels... PLEASE let me know. I will be most appreciative. hopefully i can get this project to work!!

~mike

I've doing some hunting for some myself, I will need some for my 1/12 NSX. I've come across a few 1/12 RC car wheels and tyres which could be modified, i found a nice set by Kyosho but didn't save the link. Just type 1/12 car wheels in google, thats wot i did!

R/C wheels should be great for your application..a gazillion styles for u to choose from out there as well

Originally posted by .porkchop.
R/C wheels should be great for your application..a gazillion styles for u to choose from out there as well

Most are 1/10 though.

Originally posted by flyonthewall


Most are 1/10 though.

You can use rims off the smaller R/C cars..ie the HPI Mini RS4 Chassis...
or the Tamiya Chassis..TA0? forgot the code..the one with the smaller scale Mini Cooper those should fit sizely

click on the link for wheels then click on mini wheels to see them, theres only three though

yeah i found a couple sources for nice 1/12 wheels...

the pair i might be getting, i found on tower hobbies...
http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXDV20&P=0

i would like to get something that is more of a hot rod wheel, as this strikes me as a "tuner" wheel.

thanks so far...

~Mike

Originally posted by mp3z24
yeah i found a couple sources for nice 1/12 wheels...

the pair i might be getting, i found on tower hobbies...
http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXDV20&P=0

i would like to get something that is more of a hot rod wheel, as this strikes me as a "tuner" wheel.

thanks so far...

~Mike

That's where i saw the Kyosho one i mentioned, works out to be 20" rim
http://www2.gpmd.com/image/k/kyoc6400.jpg

i really did like those, but they might be a little bit big... the tire outside diameter is 24 inch...

i will have to investigate this a bit further once i start working on the model. gonna have a lot of scratch building, the most i have ever done. so we will see how it goes. i can make up some cardboard mockups for sizing the wheels.

i did find some crappy toy store quality R/C cars on ebay for like $10, so i might be grabbing up one of those to scavange wheels. they might work.

i probably wont buy any of the wheels until i figure out if i can get the scratch building to come out ok... sigh what have i got myself into:eek:

~mike