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PostPosted: Sat Feb 28, 2015 7:40 am 
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Been stuffing around trying to find alternative wheels for 1/24 scale Mini. they are harder to find than hen teeth, anyway had a brain storm and bought these, they are 1/32 slot car wheels but look good on just ordering a chrome set and decent tyres to fit. Not exactly the real deal but close enough for me


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PostPosted: Sat Mar 07, 2015 7:57 am 
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Research on googling and ebay can be helpful, while this was purely an experiment to see if anything else looked good on this lil mini, the ones above are crap about as thick as a $2 coin so back to ebay and got the following,

I have also altered the 'suspension' so the car sits a little lower trying to get camera to talk to 'puter


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PostPosted: Sun Mar 08, 2015 10:19 am 
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I think the first one you got is an insert to go on the outside of a plain wheel...

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PostPosted: Sun Mar 08, 2015 12:45 pm 
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Yeah think your right, junk pile is another option


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PostPosted: Sun Mar 08, 2015 3:57 pm 
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Tonz wrote:
Yeah think your right, junk pile is another option


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might make nice ear rings for your mum?

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PostPosted: Wed Jan 27, 2016 4:35 pm 
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Hey guys if any of you are near Hornsby in Sydney he has a wall full of wheels that may suit

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PostPosted: Wed Jan 27, 2016 4:35 pm 
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Oops Hornsby slot car centre James lane waitara

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