HBX devastator, FTX ibex wheels

[wheatyman]

So I bought a couple of these for the kids way back, they weren’t that interested so they went in one of my drawers.
Anyway a while ago I fitted miclaws to one and got rid of the springs, it now looks like this
So the miclaws are mounted to chopped losi micro crawler rims

As you can see no rings fitted...
So I thought why not put the ones from the hbx wheels on

And in doing this I discovered they are actual bead lock rims so I tried a few tyres, the miclaws wouldn’t fit and the Mickey Thompson’s were to small, the new RC4WD Goodyear wranglers and Milestar Patagonia’s do though
Now the wheels are a bit wider than the standard losi rims but the tyres do fit with a slight stretched look to the sidewalls.
Here they are in comparison to Mickey Thompson’s on the front of my losi micro
And here are the wheels compared
Anyway it’s just something I discovered and thought I’d share, I wasn’t expecting them to be genuine bead locks at so am fairly impressed, will I use them? I don’t know yet but just thought I’d mention it in case it hadn’t been brought up before.


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[wheatyman]

Oh and one more photo of the Goodyear’s mounted and Unmounted to show the shape change


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[Brake Weight]

That stretched and poked look is a thing in Hawaii.

https://www.google.com/search?q=hawa...iw=375&bih=553

[Brake Weight]

I put a RockSta wheel in a Scrambler last night. They’re taller and wider than a regular Losi Micro wheel.

[wheatyman]

Originally Posted by Brake Weight

I put a RockSta wheel in a Scrambler last night. They’re taller and wider than a regular Losi Micro wheel.

Yeah I saw that, those rocksta wheels look huge in comparison, I wanted to get a set of scramblers but they seem to be sold out everywhere I’ve looked unfortunately.


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[1tuffmj]

The good year looks great one there.wish I would have got a set but kept stacking

[Brake Weight]

Found it. Now put those wheels and tires to use.

Aoshima Bunka Kyozai 1/24 pickup series No.6 Toyota Hilux

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?m...2F332611691633

[wheatyman]

Originally Posted by Brake Weight

Found it. Now put those wheels and tires to use.

Aoshima Bunka Kyozai 1/24 pickup series No.6 Toyota Hilux

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?m...2F332611691633

Yeah that would look mean I think they would suit a 1/20 build a bit better, I’ll fit them to my old beat up twin cab Silverado and see how they look on that, it’s 1/24. I do have a single cab 1/20 yota body lying around that I never finished years ago maybe pull that out.


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