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I have an original RC10L Graphite roller I've been sitting on, deciding what to do with it.

I was hoping to maybe trade it on rctech for a 2wd buggy but haven't gotten much luck, so maybe I'll build it up.

I saw an article way back when about hollowing out touring car wheels and glueing a tire-less RC10l wheel inside of it.

Anyone still have that to share?

Figure better run the car then just have it site.

Thanks in advance.

What wrong with the stock tires? Or you want to run rubber tires

I suppose it could be done but it would take a bit to get true, then some more to get them balanced. Lot of work IMO. If your looking to put rubber tires on it look on eBay, proline had conversion wheels bitd and they pop up once in a while.

I'd like to run rubber tires.

I'm mostly an off road guy with some TC experience. Foams aren't my thing.

I also don't have a carpet track near me, so it's outside running only.

The article I was talking about made it seem like not a terrible amount of work.

If I found some decent soft compound rubber tires I'd go for it. But running foamies, much less mounting them to wheels doesn't excite me.

All the wheels I've found for sale an rc10l or bolink don't have tires mounted.

ljh501 wrote:All the wheels I've found for sale an rc10l or bolink don't have tires mounted.

It's virtually impossible to find 1/10th or 1/12th donuts these days, everything is supplied trued and glued and it's amazing how many pan car racers can't glue their own tyres these days. www.rc4less.com

The article about mounting rubber tyres was basically getting a set of spoked touring car wheel, cut out the spokes and slide it on the pan car wheel and glue it in place with cyano. The article used HPI 5 spoke wheels, but as the inside diameter should be the same for all any wheel should do.

Thanks, that was the article I was talking about. Appreciate the foam info too.

terry.sc wrote:

ljh501 wrote:All the wheels I've found for sale an rc10l or bolink don't have tires mounted.

It's virtually impossible to find 1/10th or 1/12th donuts these days, everything is supplied trued and glued and it's amazing how many pan car racers can't glue their own tyres these days. www.rc4less.com

I've been having trouble finding just donuts for a car of mine. Do you know it the ones on the left in the link you posted are just donuts. They show on wheels but the wording makes me think they aren't on wheels.

Contact RC4less and ask them. They don't sell pan car specific donuts, presumably as no one asks for them these days, but they do sell dirt oval donuts which are the same as 1/10th pan donuts just with a bigger outside diameter.

Thanks.

Maybe I'm wrong but I'm pretty sure you can get BSR rubber capped tires still. If you can't find any, my LHS has some NIPs too if you're interested let me know.