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| Wheels; Which Do You Prefer? | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Mar 10 2008, 03:08 AM (524 Views) | |
| Swifty | Mar 10 2008, 03:08 AM Post #1 |
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Since we've had a lot of discussion about wheels in the variations thread, it got me to thinking about which do you prefer? As a kid I hated the Real Riders Hot Wheels did (they didn't roll as well) so I prefered Blackwalls. Nowadays I do like the added realism of rubber tires, but I still wish they'd roll better. And I still love the hard plastic tires, but I look at the rims and almost always the rubber tire variation looks better. So I'm going with mostly rubber, some plastic. |
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| Lovemy1971Camaro | Mar 10 2008, 05:44 AM Post #2 |
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Plastic always!! I know I'm in the extreme minorty on this one.
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| craftymore | Mar 10 2008, 09:07 AM Post #3 |
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Wyatt's site has a whole listing of all the rim variations. http://www.jlcollector.com/wheels.html The two plastic ones I like the most are the slot mag (048), and the crager street light, (047). Other than those, I prefer rubber tires with a realistic rim regardless of the make/model. So long as the rim/tire matches the car/truck, it does not matter. My .
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| jedimario | Mar 10 2008, 09:22 AM Post #4 |
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Mostly rubber here, but there a few plastics that look fantastic on some cars, particularly the Ford GT and first gen Camaro. |
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| roadwarrior | Mar 10 2008, 12:22 PM Post #5 |
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Prefer the rubber tire but if I like the casting then it doesn't really matter,if the tire/wheel looks really awful it can be changed
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| Dragnet_Supporter | Mar 10 2008, 06:36 PM Post #6 |
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I'm currently in the majority with my vote for mostly rubber tires. Although there's quite a bit of plastic in my collection, that hasn't always been by choice, and don't really mind the plastic tires. But in a perfect world, all of my favorite castings would have rubber tires here
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| Lovemy1971Camaro | Mar 10 2008, 07:07 PM Post #7 |
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As far as tires go, I like the hard plastic. The actual rims though are a different story. I think the Crager S/S (or whatever they are) look the best although some castings and paint schemes look better with a standard dog dish type wheel. Funny thing is, I hate Crager's on a 1:1 car, but can't get enough of them in 1:64.. Isn't that odd?
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| be77bt | Mar 10 2008, 07:33 PM Post #8 |
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I prefer the rubber tires so I can do wheel and tire swaps.
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| craftymore | Mar 11 2008, 10:47 PM Post #9 |
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This is the type of plastic wheel I mentioned earlier,![]() Pic via Wyatt. |
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| Dragnet_Supporter | Mar 11 2008, 11:06 PM Post #10 |
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The overall quality can certainly effect how nice the wheels look regardless. I've seen worse rubber tires...like some of those thin rubber-band ones...than this one, that's for sure. |
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| James | Mar 12 2008, 07:27 AM Post #11 |
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I am a fan of both if done up properly and nice. Realism for one is important and overall appearence means alot. I like lettering on my tires, in any color, and trim treatments like red lines or white walls. those big wide white walls of the 40's are classic and I love them. I am an ecletic collector as far as wheels are concerned. A little of everything. |
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| STUTZ | Mar 13 2008, 05:49 PM Post #12 |
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I prefer the rubber version, but some of the plastic wheels are cool. Wheel swaps are easy with the rubber tires. |
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| Stangfreak | Mar 13 2008, 08:23 PM Post #13 |
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I like the rubber better, but I do like some of the JL plastics with the Cragar mags in them... And others if they look good !!! |
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I prefer the rubber tires so I can do wheel and tire swaps. 

2:17 PM Jul 11