F1 wheels and rubber tires

[kalsh]

Ok I have a couple of  58230 porsche GT1 bodies which were for the f103 chassis I believe. Not having any of these chassis’s in my hands I recently picked up a second hand 3racing chassis which I plan to adapt and put one of the porsche bodies on. It’s is never going to be run so will just be a static model. I have tried to locate some original wheels at a reasonable price and will keep looking. The only ones that are a reasonable price are black ones but for foam tires. I managed to pick these up locally (don’t laugh) as I believe these are similar measurements to tamiya (and they cost about the price of 3 cups of coffee for the two sets). They are new and might try and see if the tires will fit a Tamiya rubber tire rim (I have one set of Tamiya ones in transit - not the ones I really want for the Porsche however) . I could also just adapt the wheel huds to accomodate these tires and rims as is. - front wheels with plastic bearings and the rear I think would need a 7mm hex to accomodate the Nikko rims.

Anyone else tried something similar?

 Please note Correction as I had TA03 body  picture included (still is) as opposed to correct bodies.

[svenb]

That looks very much like the GT1 body for a TA03🤔

[svenb]

Just spotted the nose of another GT1 in your photo and that looks like the F103 type

[Superluminal]

Im not too familar with the GT1 bodies but my experience of the F103 and F104W is that stock of wheels for the rubber tyres is now completly non existant and I couldnt find an aftermarket wheel that fitted the big wide Tamiya rubber tyres either.

 

But I did find that the rubber tyres fitted nicely over the foam wheels, although they are for shelf only as they have no groove for the tyre bead.

[Superluminal]

Oh - the body pictures werent there when I started my reply.

[kalsh]

Oops wrong photo - here are the correct Porsche.. the other body is for a new TA03 chassis I have 

[Jonathon Gillham]

The Pit Shimuzi F103 tyres actually say to use the wheels designed for foam tyres which may help, as I've seen foam wheels for F103 available on rcmart recently. However, the tyres are near impossible to find. I think Schumacher bought PS when they went out of business and make the tyres now so you could try contacting schumacher, pretty sure you can buy direct from them. The only thing is its more than a few cups of coffee...but on the bright side I had a set last me about 4 seasons of racing so they were good value for money, but a lot of money upfront

[kalsh]

Thanks guys. I might just trim the bead of the tire and fit to the foam rim. I tried them with the bead still on and they are very tight and suck the middle of the tire to bend in toward the rim so you don’t have a flat surface on the ground , just the inner and outer edge of the tire. These are solely for static display so I will try that when I get some time and not looking to purchase any other tires.

[Superluminal]

I drilled a small hole in mine in the back where the hub webs are so invisible from the ouutside - it lets air in to the tyre. They dont suck in at the middle then and look perfect.

You dont needto cut the bead off either

[Superluminal]

They seem to attract a lot of dust!

[kalsh]

Thanks  I will give that a go