Thorrr 0 Posted June 29, 2009 Unfortunately some of us don't live in the USA where it seems that every shop has prenium HW's with Real Riders for a couple of dollars, the cheapest I have seen a Real Rider tired car is $9, and that's just too much for a set of wheels. Today I was playing around to see what I could do to make the Mainline wheels more interesting, and come up with 2 things.... 1. SAND THE GLOSS OFF... I like this so much that I am going to do this to every set of Mainline wheels I use, basically, just use sandpaper to sand the gloss finish off the tread part of the wheel, leaving the sidewall gloss, makes it look like a real slick tire. 2. RUN THEM OVER A HOT FILE. heat up a file with a crosshatch pattern, I used a heatgun and it got the file hot enough to just soften the tire without totally melting it, so it left the file pattern marks on the tire. Take care to not overheat the file. Thorrr Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pydrumerboy 0 Posted June 29, 2009 What a great idea!! innovation ++ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jhc7598 0 Posted June 29, 2009 wow.. nice idea bro.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eight 0 Posted June 29, 2009 wow... very interesting... great idea... thanks for sharing... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zint3000 0 Posted June 29, 2009 whoa... cool idea... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aphong2681 0 Posted June 29, 2009 I like this! Thanks! Will try it out when got time.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
danielh 0 Posted June 30, 2009 great idea!!! thanks for sharing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rayz-HWC 0 Posted June 30, 2009 Ho ho ho threaded wheels!!! NiCE!!...let's try some ... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elgee 0 Posted August 7, 2009 superb tip! simple, yet effective Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
netmatrix 0 Posted August 7, 2009 And we have grippy wheels for track days. hahaha. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RGSUKAN 0 Posted August 10, 2009 cool man...very creative..guys,lets get creative tooo Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
xddorox 0 Posted August 27, 2010 I don't want to highjack the thread, but here's another one. I fill the inside of the spokes with silver paint and get a different look to the wheel.BeforeAfterOther examples of this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
danielh 0 Posted August 27, 2010 thanks for the tips,Gerry. It's makes a the wheels looks much better. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sinclair 0 Posted August 27, 2010 Great tip. I was thinking about that too.Just a bit of paint can make a lot of difference in the look. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
