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Old 11-11-2007, 09:12 PM   #1
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Old 11-11-2007, 09:15 PM   #2
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wow, i didnt know tamiya made steel wheels?

please elaborate........ Mr. Mangoman(MANGOSINAUGUSTA)

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Yup.

Found it buried in the yard.

Joker rusted like mad!
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So are you going to burry a few more sets to use in a later "Rust Bucket" build?
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Yup.

Found it buried in the yard.

Joker rusted like mad!
How bad are they rusted?

Do you think they'll hold up?

Recon a guy should try and clean them up for powdercoat?
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How bad are they rusted?

Do you think they'll hold up?

Recon a guy should try and clean them up for powdercoat?
Bad enough.

Probably not.

Too far gone, me thinks.
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Old 11-11-2007, 09:25 PM   #7
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You should work on taking better care of your rigs JIA.
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Old 11-11-2007, 09:27 PM   #8
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These must've never been cleaned after going to Florida and crawling at the beach...something.
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These must've never been cleaned after going to Florida and crawling at the beach...something.
Excuses excuses.
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These must've never been cleaned after going to Florida and crawling at the beach...something.
ya thats a good possibility. my rigs usually look like that before i can get home
if the wheels are that bad, how bad off is the body
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just paint over it and call it good. wait until it falls off the rig looks like it was mounted as a spare and forgotten about years ago.
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what color did you use to get that? I wanna "rust" some white stock car wheels but cant decide on the color.
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looks like something from long island, to many trips to smiths point beach and to many LI winters with to much salt on the road and never washing it off
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what color did you use to get that? I wanna "rust" some white stock car wheels but cant decide on the color.
I used iron paint and a rusting solution.
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Link me man, link me!
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Looks like they were buried in poopie.
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Hay guy I think he is trying to pull one over on us those are plastic rims that he just painted to look rusted..,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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Hay guy I think he is trying to pull one over on us those are plastic rims that he just painted to look rusted..,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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No way! JIA wouldn't do that!
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Hay guy I think he is trying to pull one over on us those are plastic rims that he just painted to look rusted..,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, I think?????

I am gonna quote my 15 yr. old niece on this one, "like, DUH!"
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Hay guy I think he is trying to pull one over on us those are plastic rims that he just painted to look rusted..,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, I think?????

Nope!

They are steel...really...they are.
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