low profile tires

Lownslow · #1 01-07-2007, 05:29 PM

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

Ninco 1/32s the cool thing about nincos is they carry a set that look like strech walls.(didnt get them though)

freakray · #2 01-07-2007, 06:26 PM

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

Lownslow · #3 01-07-2007, 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by freakray

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

WRC_413X · #4 01-08-2007, 11:33 AM

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

thanks for the info!

bhop73 · #5 01-08-2007, 01:16 PM

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

Lownslow · #6 01-08-2007, 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by bhop73

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

hypertek · #7 01-12-2007, 02:59 AM

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

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

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