RAYS engineering in 1/24

[850turbo]

i was wondering if anyone knows if these wheels are made in 1/24 scale and if they would fit on a tamiya R34 skylyn kit?

also, how would i go about painting them to get that exact finish?

thanks

[blueboost]

you can get those wheels out of another tamiya kit like say the raybrig NSX. the NSX wheels will have two large rims out in the rear and two smaller width rims for the front. now for the R34 you may want all 4 rims to be the wide variety depending apon the kit.

what you can do is go to this site..

http://www.tamiyausa.com/product/pla...ies/index.html

then click the various cars to view the rims that come with them. if you find the RAYS rims you like you can then call tamiya and order the rims and tires directly from them, just jot down the part# of the kit the wheels are from. as far as painting them, I'll leave that part to someone else who may have a better idea how to go about that. I believe the loctite car would be the most appropriate being that it has RAYS rims and they will be the correct width since they are from a skyline kit

heres the loctite
http://www.tamiyausa.com/product/pla...ies/24225.html

[ShOrtyOC714]

Originally posted by blueboost
you can get those wheels out of another tamiya kit like say the raybrig NSX. the NSX wheels will have two large rims out in the rear and two smaller width rims for the front. now for the R34 you may want all 4 rims to be the wide variety depending apon the kit.

what you can do is go to this site..

http://www.tamiyausa.com/product/pla...ies/index.html

then click the various cars to view the rims that come with them. if you find the RAYS rims you like you can then call tamiya and order the rims and tires directly from them, just jot down the part# of the kit the wheels are from. as far as painting them, I'll leave that part to someone else who may have a better idea how to go about that. I believe the loctite car would be the most appropriate being that it has RAYS rims and they will be the correct width since they are from a skyline kit

heres the loctite
http://www.tamiyausa.com/product/pla...ies/24225.html

Why would u go buy a kit for just the rims??? thats stupid, they sell Volk TE37's from Fujimi, they sells thoses in 17in. and another kind Volk TE37 Mags, in 18 in. Go to HLJ.com

[Jay!]

Originally posted by Shorty4859
Why would u go buy a kit for just the rims???

Re-read his post.

[blueboost]

Originally posted by jay@af
Re-read his post.

[willimo]

Regardless, I think it'd be better to go ahead and just get the Fujimi rims since they have decals for "Volk" and "Rays." www.hlj.com is a good source, and they should have them in stock since I just got in a set (1.5wks delivery, btw.). As for that finish.... I'm not sure. They come molded in white. I'm thinking about that now, since I want them that color. I'm thinking about painting them black, then dusting gold over, then coating it with some Tamiya clear orange or something. That's going to take alot of experimenting to get right though. I'd prolly be better off just finding some Testors bronze metalizer or something like that.

[Hiroboy]

The only touble with using the Tamiya ones is they have the central nut not a 5 stud fixing. This is the problem I have on a set on Enkei rims at the moment.

[blueboost]

Regardless, I think it'd be better to go ahead and just get the Fujimi rims since they have decals for "Volk" and "Rays."

pro's and con's to both our ways of going about this. your idea would probably wind up with a better more realistic rim (use the fujimi rims with decals) but will take a lot of work, you have to convert them from female to male and also its a b!tch getting a nice 17-19 inch looking wheel from fujimi, most times they look like 13's with bo-bo tires.

My way you aren't going to get the RAYS decal with the rim, but you will have a better fitting rim that requires no modification and will be stronger

[willimo]

True. I guess it depends on what you want in the end, and how much work you're willing to do. I don't know what the fuss is about converting rims, though. Personally I don't worry much about it. I just trim some of the female part off the Fujimi rim, enough for it to butt up against the Tamiya suspension part. Then I drill out the Tamiya brakes so that I can slip it over the Fujimi rim connecter doo-hicky. Then I take a peice of sprue that slips in where the vinyl nut goes on both the rim and the car, and epoxy it in place, holding on the rim. They don't turn but I don't care. It works, is simple, and looks just fine. But still, using the Tamiya rim is easiest.

And I'm not arguing-- I just enjoy seeing diffent viewpoints and techniques and stuff.

[850turbo]

hm...
i'd prefer to use tamiya wheels, cuz they are made to fit. but is there any way to change the central lug to a 5 lug designe?
any ideas would be great

thanks