Dying HPI five star wheels

Post by **Dr. Robotnik** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 10:38 am

So can you dye these wheels? I bought some RC10 ones in pink and they are pretty rough and would look better in black!

Cheers in advance.

Post by **rcflyer1984** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 7:29 am

Yes those can be dyed. HPI never offered those in pink, just dyeable white, black, and chrome.

Tim

Post by **Brandon G** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 8:16 am

Yup, I got a set of aqua colored wheels with a LXT a few months ago, and they came out nicely as black.

Aqua..... Honestly, what were they thinking?

Post by **rcflyer1984** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 9:29 am

We've all asked ourselves that very same question at least once or twice. You should have seen the last Kyosho truck I bought.

Post by **highwayracer** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 10:19 am

Yes, they can be dyed and came in a variety of colors:

2.1 & 2.0 buggy
black
white
yellow
pink
green (on my car)
chrome
gold

2.2 truck (old: blackfoot, jrxt, rc10, ultima)
black
white
yellow
pink
green (on my car)
chrome
gold

2.2 truck (new: lxt, rc10t, blue eagle ls)
black
white
yellow
pink
green (on my car)
chrome
gold

Regards,
highwayracer

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Post by **mrlexan** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 10:30 am

rcflyer1984 wrote:Yes those can be dyed. HPI never offered those in pink, just dyeable white, black, and chrome.

Tim

Not true Tim, see highways post. I have quite a few of them in pink.

Post by **templeofspeed** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 10:52 am

I have some in orange.

Post by **highwayracer** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 11:28 am

I've never seen the orange...I don't even have those listed in my catalog (old hpi...before they were making cars).

What I have seen, is that HPI often painted (chrome or gold) over different color wheels. I had a nip package of gold that were actually molded in green and yellow...painted and sold in the same package.

Regards,
highwayracer

Post by **AYKBOBCAT** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 11:49 am

I which I could find those.... I have a set of rear ones with no front to match....

Post by **templeofspeed** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 11:58 am

AYKBOBCAT wrote:I which I could find those.... I have a set of rear ones with no front to match....

Which color?

Post by **RichieRich** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 1:54 pm

Fronts are hard to find. I've found tons of rears.

Post by **AYKBOBCAT** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 1:58 pm

I have black ones but I dyed them. They were pink.

Post by **Erich Reichert** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 4:44 pm

I have black one that were black from HPI

Post by **oldskool** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 5:23 pm

I got a pink set. They're kind of ugly...

Post by **scr8p** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 5:26 pm

i have a pair of white rears that i've been holding on to for quite some time. maybe if i get rid of them, i'll finally find a pair of white fronts.

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