Trim rings?

[shucky]

Does anyone make trim rings in aluminum or other? Some of ya'll might call them beauty rings?

[Jantrix]

Does anyone make trim rings in aluminum or other? Some of ya'll might call them beauty rings?

Yeper, round these parts we refer to them as Bare Metal Foil. Or if you want something a lil thicker try some aluminum tape.

[a/gass]

take the magnum 500 rims found in revell ford & chrysler kits and carfuly cut center out this is very time consuming but very easy & cheep.ive done this 100`s of times to make steeles look like dogdish with trim ring this will work to make rims deeper or not as deep by sanding ring.just recently i took the crager rims from 66 nova left 1 set alone for rears & using my exato with the back of a #11 i caught the ring just above the spokes at ruffly a 45 degree angle and keept spining rim with my fingures till i cut through sanded ring glued it back and vwoila front rims that the center s/s emblem sticks out above the ring just like 60`s gassers.hope this helps u or at lest gives u a idea.good moddling to all.

[Mike Kucaba]

If you are referring to wheels, Parts by Parks did offer these. Can't say if they still do. Trim rings for things like gauges can be made by cutting aluminum tubing and polishing or use plastic tubing and paint or Alclad.

[shucky]

Yeper, round these parts we refer to them as Bare Metal Foil. Or if you want something a lil thicker try some aluminum tape.

Um, no.

I remembered I have some from MAS, I'll have to see if they fit my tire/wheel combo.

[VW Dave]

ive done this 100`s of times

A tutorial for this technique with good pictures would be great

[sjordan2]

Or you could have your wheels chromed and mask off the parts you don't want to paint.

[Steven Zimmerman]

M.A.S. has trim rings available to fit almost every 1/24-1/25 scale tire out there. and they are 'comparatively inexpensive' (depending on your definition of'comparatively inexpensive').....

[mrmike]

Scale Equipment Limited has a set of trim rings available.

http://www.seltd.net/ez-catalog/X344897/24/24610P

[oldscool]

take the magnum 500 rims found in revell ford & chrysler kits and carfuly cut center out this is very time consuming but very easy & cheep.ive done this 100`s of times to make steeles look like dogdish with trim ring this will work to make rims deeper or not as deep by sanding ring.just recently i took the crager rims from 66 nova left 1 set alone for rears & using my exato with the back of a #11 i caught the ring just above the spokes at ruffly a 45 degree angle and keept spining rim with my fingures till i cut through sanded ring glued it back and vwoila front rims that the center s/s emblem sticks out above the ring just like 60`s gassers.hope this helps u or at lest gives u a idea.good moddling to all.

Another way to do this is to sand the back of the wheel until you sand through and the outer ring separates from the center. I have done this several times with Mopar Rally wheels just to make them easier to paint.

gus

[Greg Myers]

I have thought about this before and never followed it up.It seems to me with all the other cool stuff from other sources, craft stores and industrial ('O' rings, for tires) there might be an outside source.I was thinking about something in a hardware store or from a craft store. I guess I'm going in circles, maybe I'd better just get out there and look.

[oldscool]

Hey Mike, check the tutorial I just posted in the tips and techniques section about Mopar rally wheels. Might be useful to you.

gus