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Re: 8880 tires on 8458/8466 rims?
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Date: 
Fri, 9 Aug 2002 16:06:17 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Mark Koesel writes:

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As a final note: which tires actually come with the 8475?  The scan
referenced above shows both 8466 and 8880 tires.  Does it come with
both types?

The 8475 comes with a smaller version of the 8466 rubber tires--and a lot
less knobby!

It also comes with 'road rubber' tires--small, flat, low profile, much like
the silver champion tires.

I actually haven't tried putting the 8475 rubber on 8466 rims, or vice
versa, but off the top of my head I think the 8475 tires and rims are
smaller than 8466--I'm at work now so I can't verify that.

Dave K



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  Re: 8880 tires on 8458/8466 rims?
 
Ah, I see. I think you are right about the rims being smaller. They are the same style, but looking at pictures of the two types of rims I can now see that the ones on the 8475 are about 1cm smaller in diameter. Furthermore, after closer inspection, (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.technic)

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  8880 tires on 8458/8466 rims?
 
Is that what I'm seeing here, on the page with the new 8475 RC Race Buggy: (URL) ? It hadn't occurred to me to even try this. This surprises me somewhat. In the thread "I motorized The 8466 Off-Roader!!!!!", the poster used what appeared to be 8448 (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.technic)

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