Deep-dish wheels
Ive used this on a few cars and the results look great. Very simple, really only works with cars that use tires with a deep sidewall, as the tire needs to stretch out.
Basically choose the wheels you want, then cut up another pair of wheels to donate the rim you need to create the new deep-dish wheels.
1. Sand the outer edge of the wheels to create a nice surface for the rim to bond to.
2. Cut the rim off the donor wheels. I use new wheels for this, as they wont have any damage to the edges. I use a hacksaw, which i find easy. Cut along the outer edge of the inner tire bead. I cut through about an inch, then rotate the wheel to make sure the cuts are straight.
3. Smooth the cut off by pressing the rim onto some sand paper and moving it in circular patterns. Do this until there is a nice smooth even surface to the cut.
4. Paint the wheels in your choice of colour.
5. Once dry, the new rim can be glued onto the wheel. You wil understand at this point why its necessary to sand the edges of the wheels to a smooth surface. I use regular super glue for this. Once the rim is on, i turn the wheels upside down and apply pressure for about 10 seconds.
Leave the wheels to dry for an hour and then its safe to put your tires on!
The wheels in the pics are from Carson, im not sure they make them any more which is a shame. The centre caps were included with the wheels. The outer rim i glued on are the inner rims from a TLT wheel.
Very quick how-to but hopefully will help some of you to make unique wheels!
Cut the rims off the donor wheels.
Sand the cut down, in circular motions.
paint the wheels.
glue the rim on,let em dry. Hey presto!
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Comments
Excelent How To M8, now you know there will be wheels getting cut up all over the place.
Using super glue will prove to be a big mistake if your going to run the wheels as the joint wont be stonge enough.. I find that its best to use epoxy glues as they bond into the plastic and become apart of the plastic..
Crash Cramer
It is a shame they don't make that wheel with centercap anymore. They look like great copies of American Racing Torque thrusts.
monster_beetle
A superglue from loctite works perfect (401)
Superglue will work fine until you hit a curb at high speed!
Crash Cramer
D Man, let's be honest...WOULD YOU hit a curb at high speed with those beauty rims??????
necronomicon
great how- to guide thanks, got me thinking now!- i agree Epoxy glue may be better for those people who will be running their cars, and even then, at high speed you may come a cropper- also i would think exact centreing of the donor rim is essential to avoid wheel vibration/ wobble at speed. Another option would be to use wheels with an off set-to fill out the arches, wouldnt be wider like yours though!- (HPI do +1, +3 and +6mm offset wheels)- Great how to guide anyway, thanks for posting it.
moosey
Top bodge mate!! Can't wait to see truck finished these are going on.
Bin ^jammin^
Nice touch, the end result looks fantastic.
DeeMiller
Very nice idea! Even better to cut them off with a lathe...
A Lathe works perfect! The wheel remains exactly center.. While its spinning you can score and cut the dish off with a very sharpe blade.. Thats the proper way of doing it!
Volksrod
We're not rich n posh like you lot
Think scrapheap challenge in 1/10 scale!
Those are some smart looking wheels and they are going to look the nuts on that Chevy
gazwilts
real men ont use lathes
LOL...!!!
Volksrod
Hacksaw to cut the rim off, and used a full size angle grinder to get the rubber off the rims as the original touring car tires came pre-glued and wouldnt shift!
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