How to convert rims - female to male

[flyonthewall]

Originally posted by djmr2
bump for a great thread..

here's a Tip

instead of pressing the rod against something flat, you can just heat up the rod and put it into the recessed hole inside the rim so the melted sytrene will conform to the hole and give u a great bond later. The holes on my aoshima rims were rounded so by forming the rod to the hole gave it more surface area to bond to.

That is true, but what i have found is that when you press the end down onto anything, you hardly get the rod dead in the centre of the plastic you have squashed - if that makes sense??? Spinning it in the motor tool enables you create a perfectly round base, with the rod dead in the centre.

[djmr2]

Originally posted by flyonthewall


That is true, but what i have found is that when you press the end down onto anything, you hardly get the rod dead in the centre of the plastic you have squashed - if that makes sense??? Spinning it in the motor tool enables you create a perfectly round base, with the rod dead in the centre.

yah..

i did it myway and i didn't find the rims looking funny at all when mounted on the car.. so not a big deal for me to have it PERFECTLY centered.. but i rather have a strong bond because they tend to break if u want to take the wheel out of the polycap...

[flyonthewall]

Originally posted by djmr2


.. but i rather have a strong bond because they tend to break if u want to take the wheel out of the polycap...

Yeah, you have to be careful coz they are quite delicate. That's why i mentioned that when the pegs are sanded in the dremel, to keep checking the fitment to ensure that they are tight. If they are even slightly lose, they will not get a good enough bond and therefore likely to stay inside the polycap rather than stuck to the rim.

Anyway, each method could be tried out by readers of this thread and they can do whatever they prefer. I guess fitting the pegs direcly into the rims after heating gets around the problem of not having a moor tool at all. Whatever floats your boat my friend!

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