Wide Rear Wheels For Ta-02?

[gshaw]

Quick qu, probably a bit of a dumb one but I'm still learning

Got my TA-02 chassis through and put the 6R4 shell on but for a while couldn't figure out why the rear wheels were sitting so far inside the shell... almost looked a bit like this!

Looking at it more closely the rear wheels are set more into the car than the front and looking at a lot of RC car pics the rear wheels are wider than the fronts (so the rears look a lot more dished from the side)

My chassis looks pretty much the same as this one just with different wheels on...

Where do I get sets of matching wheels with standard fronts and the fatter rears so I end up with a normal looking car that should end up looking something like...

(looks like fat rear wheels on that as well)

[tonysmini]

You could get a set of the Escort Cossy wheels, they are in 2 pieces so you can have a set with the centre flush on the front and deep dished on the rears just by mounting the outer face on the opposite sides of the centre hub.

[terry.sc]

Where do I get sets of matching wheels with standard fronts and the fatter rears so I end up with a normal looking car that should end up looking something like...

Most wheels are designed to fit on touring cars which the chassis are at full width so the face of the wheel is flat to keep within the 190mm width. With the TA02 being pretty old the chassis is only 185mm wide. To widen the rear you have two options, one is fit Tamiyas TG10 50808 axles and thicker hex drives from the 53345 TL01 toe in rear upright sprue to widen the axles. You then use normal touring car wheels.

The other way is to look at drift wheels, available from HPI Racing and many Japanese companies available through Genki Dori Look at the amount of offset in each wheels description, standard touring car wheels have zero offset, 3mm offset will make the car 6mm wider, 5mm offset will make the car 10mm wider, etc. so you can choose wheels to go as wide as you want. As the wheels are sold in pairs you can choose different offsets for the front and rear.

[Will16]

I take it that this is the Cintrolfreax shell not the Frewer cus if it was you'd need more than some fat rear wheels.

[gshaw]

Ye it's the controlfreax one

It's not so much the face of the wheels but the way the rear track is narrower than the front? I've seen some pics where the rear tyres are really wide so it levels up...

Edit: the drift wheels look just the trick!