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02-17-2009, 08:02 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: SF Bay Area
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|  Stamped steel 1.9 wheel (Project code name Hardcore Wheels) About half of a year ago, Fracture and 500swmag simultaneously contacted us about the idea creating the first stamped steel wheel. In Fracture email, he mention various features of this dream wheel and his last sentence was "Tell me if you think you are up for the challenge." Months has gone by, today at 5:50AM PST California Time, we finally got the first prototype made.    Below is another design that we are also working on, both wheel mounting systems ( 6 bolt + hubcap) is identical. The goal is to create a pretty near replica of a fj40 stamped wheel, It is in 2 parts so that 4 slots can be added around the diameter for realism. Fracture also designed a disk brake and hub system that looks and works pretty much like the real thing. The disk brake has a slot for a drive pin, it slips in place and is held on by a nut in the form of a aisin locker (front) or a 8 bolt full floater (rear). The wheel then bolts onto 6 m2 studs. What isnt shown is 4/8 grub screws which will hold the outer rim part onto the center. Simple and strong:   |
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02-17-2009, 08:14 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: North Augusta
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|  WOW, i am going to have to build a scaler, its becoming very apparent! |
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02-17-2009, 10:42 AM
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| Rock Crawler   Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: monson
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| looks like you nailed my version, I'm sure you will hit fractures dead on also. looks great keep up the great work.  |
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02-17-2009, 11:01 AM
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| ~The Scale Shop~  Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: KILLEEN TX
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| that is just bad ass! no doubt the first version will sell alot more though. but whats the point of the brake disc, if you cant see threw the back half of the wheel? it would be great if there were holes in the rear part that matched the front part so you could see threw the wheel for realism. (rear holes probly need to be 20% bigger so you can still see threw at side angles. |
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02-17-2009, 11:41 AM
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| Haters gonna Hate   Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: In the Basement building Hiluxs and shit
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02-17-2009, 03:48 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Inthe back of JACK IN THE BOX!!!!
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| I like those wheels. let us know when they are ready for shipment |
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02-17-2009, 04:52 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: MS Gulf Coast
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| Damn those look great guys. I'll just add them to my long list or RC4WD stuff I need to buy.  So what kind of weight are we looking at for each wheel? |
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02-17-2009, 05:02 PM
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| OCCUPY RCC!   Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: I am the 53%.
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| Very cool designs, why no hex? |
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02-17-2009, 06:42 PM
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| Picky Fab'r/Acetal Junky   Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Arizona Desert/AJ
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| I'm diggin' that FJ wheel. Those are sweet. |
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02-17-2009, 09:36 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: May 2008 Location: chandler
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| You need to offer them chromed! |
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02-17-2009, 10:15 PM
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| Picky Fab'r/Acetal Junky Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Arizona Desert/AJ
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 That's just wrong.... At least for the FJ's...those should only be white, gray, or black | |
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02-18-2009, 02:45 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: EWA BOUND
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| they look cool! |
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02-18-2009, 05:27 AM
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| RC4WD Team Mgr/W.Pa.C.  Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Here
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| I have the perfect project for these...  |
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02-18-2009, 08:40 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: SF Bay Area
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|  One updated picture...we going to test with M1.5 and M2 screws next few days and see if we can get it more scale looking |
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02-18-2009, 09:10 AM
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| Looking for scale goodies  Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: In Cali.
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| Much better photo. I like the idea of smaller hardware. |
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02-18-2009, 03:52 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: socal
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| nice . i would like a pair like this if you can do it http://www.discounttiredirect.com/di...r=2&wd=15&rw=8 sorry for the link it wont let me past up just the pic |
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02-19-2009, 01:56 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: 10019
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| Awesome wheel , great design . Looking forward to see it on a truck . which colors are you making ? |
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02-19-2009, 02:33 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: belgium
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| Do you need a tester? I have the PERFECT build for this Need this  |
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02-19-2009, 03:36 PM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: May 2008 Location: Baltimore
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| that first wheel looks like a copy of CAC's ringless beadlock design. |
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02-19-2009, 06:11 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: monson
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