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| | | (...) So we have as much as three sizes of balloon tyres? Aw, all these different Technic wheel! They make my mind boggle. (...) The rims, you mean? I'm not really a fan of the use of "chrome" wheels. The 1998 sets had chrome wheels all around (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.technic)
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| | | | | Re: New angled beam —Johannes Keukelaar
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| | | | (...) Well, lots of modern cars have metallic looking plastic rimcaps (?), so they're not too far off. (...) time. :) Ben's car also looks damn stylish, and it's an interesting construction. Of course I've never actually driven one of these cars (...) (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.technic)
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| | | | | | Re: New angled beam —Jonathan Wilson
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| | | | (...) Are you talking about the so called "alloy" wheels? -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.technic)
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| | | | | | Re: New angled beam —Johannes Keukelaar
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| | | | (...) Yeah, I was talking about the ones used in, say, 8446 and 8462. Even if I've never seen exact duplicates of those on real cars, I have seen things that are similar enough that I think they're fairly realistic. Fredrik Glöckner felt they were (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.technic)
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| | | | | | general rambling (was: New angled beam) —Gregor Benedikt Rochow
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| | | | | (...) Well, the few cars that do have rims like that (with very few towtrucks among them) look cheesy, too. As an example, try the 2nd, 3rd, and last pictures on this page: (URL) with the semi-fitting 8880 rubber, those rims are a good imitation of (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.technic)
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| | | | | | | Re: general rambling (was: New angled beam) —Fredrik Glöckner
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| | | | | | (...) I haven't seen the suspension setup of the 8448, but can it be that the shock absorber is closer to that chassis up front than rear? When using the 8880 setup, I've found this to be a problem. If you put the shock absorbers too close to the (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.technic)
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| | | | | | Re: New angled beam —Fredrik Glöckner
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| | | | (...) Well, yes. And they're a tad bit overdone, in my opinion. The 1998 low profile wheels, as in 8428 and 8462, look pretty good as motorcycle wheels, but for a car, they look quite odd, I think. But as you say, they try to look like alloy wheels, (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.technic)
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