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  1. 11-12-2004 03:42 PM #1
    Rusty_Noob
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    Thumbs up Dyed Rims are Awesome!

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

    Heres a pic.



    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.
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  2. 11-12-2004 03:48 PM #2
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    you just mounted one tire backwards. there are no left and right tires in that kind. rims look nice.
    I'm so smrt. D'oh!
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  3. 11-12-2004 03:51 PM #3
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    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
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  4. 11-12-2004 04:29 PM #4
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    yup rusty_noob is correct. if you look at the tread on the Road Hawg tires you will see that that there is a certain way they go on.
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  5. 11-12-2004 04:44 PM #5
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    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.
    I'm so smrt. D'oh!
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  6. 11-12-2004 05:15 PM #6
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    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
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  7. 11-12-2004 05:30 PM #7
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    looks great, i love it
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  8. 11-12-2004 05:37 PM #8
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    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
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  9. 11-12-2004 05:48 PM #9
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    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
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  10. 11-12-2004 06:29 PM #10
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    yea u just mounted it backwards
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  11. 11-12-2004 06:42 PM #11
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    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
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  12. 11-12-2004 06:57 PM #12
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    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
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  13. 11-12-2004 06:59 PM #13
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    thanks hh the father of all rc knowledge (behind the god Mis')
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  14. 11-12-2004 07:07 PM #14
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    lol. no problem
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  15. 11-12-2004 08:05 PM #15
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    Anyway, back on subject, the rims look awesome!
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  16. 11-12-2004 09:34 PM #16
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    Yes those rims look sweet. I was thinking of taking the chorme off the stock ones and dyeing those but my rears are shot. Road Hawgs are awsome I have had a few sets. You wont regret them
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  17. 11-12-2004 09:58 PM #17
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    Yes those are very nice rims. Its more blue ahhhhh! j/k. very nice.
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  18. 11-13-2004 04:12 PM #18
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    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/...e/multipur.htm
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  19. 11-13-2004 09:25 PM #19
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    how exactly do you dye your rims or how long do you soak them
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  20. 11-13-2004 09:45 PM #20
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    get the fake chrome stuff of and sand it down i think then just put it in the dye and wait.
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  21. 11-13-2004 10:55 PM #21
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    Originally posted by bmxdirtrider88
    how exactly do you dye your rims or how long do you soak them
    Look here!

    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!


    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.


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  22. 11-14-2004 04:16 AM #22
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    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.
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  23. 11-14-2004 06:29 AM #23
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    I bought the dyable ones, I linked them in a post above
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  24. 11-14-2004 08:30 AM #24
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    how do you dye your rims?
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  25. 11-14-2004 07:57 PM #25
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    Originally posted by SuperSport825
    how do you dye your rims?
    Originally posted by codfish
    Look here!
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  26. 11-16-2004 11:21 AM #26
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    Those look great, I died my rims red and they turned out really good too.
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