Alloy wheels M Chassis

[Phil_H]

Anyone recommend any Alloy wheels for the M chassis? 

Struggling to find any on eBay. 

What size are they? 

 

Cheers

[GooneyBird]

Back in the '90s Tamiya made these very '90s-tastic wheels for M-chassis. They're exceedingly rare now, and go for decent money. 

Having said that, they look amazing underneath a Mini Cooper or (in the right color), an Alpine A110.

In terms of size....well, they're M-chassis sized.
They'll fit both 55D and 60D tires, if that's what you're after.

[Phil_H]

I've seen them...and the price  

 

I may have to search China for some....what size are M Chassis wheels?

 

[Percymon]

I've ordered some 1/18 WLToys alloy rims yesterday - will be a few weeks before they land - they are 12mm hex, but no info on any offsets.  I'm hoping they might well fit, ideally i'd like a +3mm offset on them to fill the wheel arches of the Suzuki Swift M03M.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/New-4Pcs-Alloy-Rims-Tires-RC-Car-Wheels-for-1-18-WLtoys-A959-B-A979-B/32820625936.html?spm=a2g0s.8937460.0.0.xVnBvQ

Similar wheels on Banggood site too.

 

If they fit mine will be getting the oven cleaner treatment to rid them of the horrid blue anodizing.

[Phil_H]

Keep us updated  

[Percymon]

Will do - from what i could find across various china seller sites they seem to be 26mm width, 52 mm outer diameter, with an inner diameter somewhere around 46mm - maybe a bit big for M tyres, more in line with 1/10 touring car size despite the 1/18th label !

[Percymon]

On 10/13/2017 at 10:58 AM, Percymon said:

Will do - from what i could find across various china seller sites they seem to be 26mm width, 52 mm outer diameter, with an inner diameter somewhere around 46mm - maybe a bit big for M tyres, more in line with 1/10 touring car size despite the 1/18th label !

and sure enough, 8 weeks later they have arrived and they are indeed 1:10 touring car  size - oh well they will come in handy somehwere - will probably strip the blue anodizing back to raw alloy finish and drop some crawler tyres on them.  Nothing lost at under a tenner delivered..

[Phil_H]

Shame....but at least they will be used.

 

Thanks for the update 

[TurnipJF]

Are alloy wheels a performance upgrade, or primarily aesthetic? I would have thought plastic ones would be lighter and thus better form a performance standpoint?

[WillyChang]

1 hour ago, TurnipJF said:

Are alloy wheels a performance upgrade, or primarily aesthetic? I would have thought plastic ones would be lighter and thus better form a performance standpoint?

 And you would be right!

Billet alloy wheels might run truer for sustained highspeed running, perhaps.

But when you hit a bump they'll bend & not bounce back to round