Dyed Rims are Awesome!

[Rusty_Noob]

I just dyed my RPM Clawz blue and they have turned out awesome.

Heres a pic.

http://img95.exs.cx/img95/5433/640x480RoadHawg.jpg

I dont know if you can see but I have received 3 Left Hand Tires and 1 Right Hand Tire, I have e-mailed proline and am waiting on a response.

[rcmastermind]

you just mounted one tire backwards. there are no left and right tires in that kind. rims look nice.

[Rusty_Noob]

Ill think you will find there are because they have arrows showing you the direction they should be spinning in.

The rims are wicked tho

[Head-Hunter]

yup rusty_noob is correct. if you look at the tread on the Road Hawg (http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXDU03&P=ML) tires you will see that that there is a certain way they go on.:)

[rcmastermind]

then cant he just turn one of the rims the other way around in the tire? That should solve the problem. It looks like the rear ones are the same way and if you flip one rim 180* in the tire, it will be the right way.

[Poohblah]

Originally posted by Rusty_Noob
Ill think you will find there are because they have arrows showing you the direction they should be spinning in.

The rims are wicked tho Look above your post... you'll find the answer there.

[18t turbo]

looks great, i love it

[rcmastermind]

oops, i didnt realise that they were road hawgs. i thought they were road rages which could have the rims flipped 180* to go the right way.

thats what i get for reading fast:o

[Rusty_Noob]

In my first post I said I had 3 left 1 right but its actuall 3 right and 1 left just before someone says something.
These are the rims I bought (http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXEW45&P=7)

[traxxasracer784]

yea u just mounted it backwards:fear:

[Rusty_Noob]

OK fed up with people saying that so please follow this link and look at the arrows which are marked out

http://img21.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img21&image=DSC00660.jpg

[Head-Hunter]

they are directional tires.

the tread should point forward and then on top of that the side with less tread on it should be on the inside. which means if you were to flip the tire around then the side with the less tread will be on the inside still so it can go on the other side of the truck but the tread will now point backwards. hence the reason they call it a DIRECTIONAL TIRE

hope that clears up what he means by he got 3 right tires and 1 left:)

[Rusty_Noob]

thanks hh :D the father of all rc knowledge (behind the god Mis')

[Head-Hunter]

lol. no problem:)

[k-vette]

Anyway, back on subject, the rims look awesome!:cool:

[TheFastest1inMI]

Yes those rims look sweet. I was thinking of taking the chorme off the stock ones and dyeing those but my rears are shot:eek:. Road Hawgs are awsome I have had a few sets. You wont regret them:D

[RCfun1]

Yes those are very nice rims. Its more blue ahhhhh! j/k. very nice.

[Rusty_Noob]

They where so simple to dye also!!!

I cant get RIT dye in the uk so I used dylon multi purpose stuff

http://www.dylon.co.uk/colourcentre/multipurpose/multipur.htm

[bmxdirtrider88]

how exactly do you dye your rims or how long do you soak them

[T TO THE MAXX 1]

get the fake chrome stuff of and sand it down i think then just put it in the dye and wait.

[codfish]

Originally posted by bmxdirtrider88
how exactly do you dye your rims or how long do you soak them

Look here! (http://www.misbehavin-rc.com/pit-lane/dying-nylon/g-dying-nylon.asp)

It is the way to go. I dyed these last year and I have beat on them alot and they still look good when they are clean, which they are not!
http://www.traxxas.com/community/surfersrides/nov04/original/Carl03.jpg

Hey rusty noob, did you get the dyable claws or did you strip the crome off of them? I stripped mine and feel that it took some of the shine out of the plastic.


Later
Codfish

[all aluminum]

Great job on the rims......I'm not sure what is wrong with Pro-line lately, I had a problem with one of the 40 series velocity rims I bought. I had to dremel one of the rims so I can fit the wrench to tighten it. This is the same wheel that I see a slight whoble on. I thought it was my glue job, but the other three are perfect.

[Rusty_Noob]

I bought the dyable ones, I linked them in a post above

[SuperSport825]

how do you dye your rims?

[Head-Hunter]

Originally posted by SuperSport825
how do you dye your rims?

Originally posted by codfish
Look here! (http://www.misbehavin-rc.com/pit-lane/dying-nylon/g-dying-nylon.asp)


:rolleyes:

[putzld]

Those look great, I died my rims red and they turned out really good too.