Do Not Boil Your Rims !

[Baller Status]

Ok so I got some hot gun metal TE37s from Tamiya's Raybrig NSX with preglued tires on it. The had mismatched treads so I decided to boil it off and put new slicks on. I did the 15 minute procedure where I place the rims in boiling water and 15 minutes later, my rims are "bent" looking in many places as if it melted and some of the glue didnt even come off. The gun metal plastic even stripped off in the surface. Im so mad I dont know WHAT I did wrong :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

[xevious454]

I tried boiling some rim/tires and it didnt work very well either.
I was told no on the de-bonder!
goodrims/badtires: badrims/good tires . . What to do?

[Baller Status]

Seemed to work fine for this guy :rolleyes:

http://www.radiocontrolzone.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=130159&highlight=tire+removal

Must have been some nylon rims...

I guess the lesson of today is DONT BOIL TAMIYA RIMS BECAUSE THEY ARE MADE OF A PLASTIC THAT CANNOT WITHSTAND BOILING TEMPERATURES.

[Animeboy123]

u live u learn, sorry to hear about that though:( :(

[trickedoutGT]

Sorry to hear but everyone learns from their mistakes:(

[ToxicSoup]

yeah, i had the same problem with some tamiya rims from the celica gt rally car, i've boiled all of my hpi rims a few times and they're still almost flawless (except for where i rubbed the curb a few times). but those tamiyas did get pretty bent up.

[SteveK]

Yup, Tamiya's wheels are mostly plastic, and their plastic doesn't respond well to boiling. In an OLD RCCA article, the guy dyed a Mud Blaster chassis black and it warped, so much so that he could barely get it to fit. It's tough plastic, just not up to boiling. I believe Yokomo wheels also have a high plastic content.

HPI and RPM wheels are good for dying, with RPMs being probably all nylon, and that stuff dyes very well.

[sebtarta]

I use pure acetone to take the tires off. I leave them in a jar for a day, after cutting the tire out. 24 hours later i take the wheel out of the jar and just peel what is left.
Good luck, :)

[InspGadgt]

Boiling is somewhat of a misnomer. If you heat up the water hot enough to boil strongly then you will warp your rims. More accurately you should try a simmer. The temp is lower on simmer and should not cause warping. Just like with dying you don't want to boil...you should simmer.

[Baller Status]

Bottom line: Don't do the boil trick :(

[nis720]

Originally posted by Baller Status
Bottom line: Don't do the boil trick :(

Now I'm gonna go home and test it...... Why did you say DON'T. LOL:D