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Finally... Drift Tires

Discussion in 'Drift Cars' started by GPS, Jul 26, 2012.

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    Hey Drifters, I finally got ONE of my tires to work with the wheels I got from eBay.  It turns out that the wheels have a slightly narrower width than the HPI drift tires, plus the HPI drift tires had a very small lip inside them that was making all attempts at freezing and heating moot.  Nothing a Dremel couldn't handle.  I ground the inside of a one HPI drift tire and was able to get the tire onto the wheel.  I've only modified one so far as I didn't want to ruin a whole set of tires in case grinding them also wouldn't work.

    I think I will still need to glue the tires to the wheels but it looks like this is going to work.  Here is a photo of the sample tire and wheel I ground.

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    Nice. Love those tires.
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    nice!! Hopefully we will c u at drift practice???
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    I almost have the tires and wheels ready now, but my chassis doesn't have a motor, ESC or servo yet.

    Here's how it looks right now:

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    Nice. Sharpblookin roller.
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    It's like Halloween.  ;)
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    There an hpi proD that kinda like that i have been wanting
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    I like the black and orange look, that's why it reminds me of Halloween.  :D

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