Wheel question

[martinfan5]

I am looking for aftermarket wheels for revells mustang kit, but the problem I see is that all the wheel/tire sets I have found are 1/24th, the tire size in the mustang kit are 19.

But if I get 19inch wheel/tires in 1/24th they will be too big, so would going down a few size's compensate for the scale difference?

[whale392]

A 1/24th scale 19" wheel will be roughly 19.6" in 1/25th scale. This could be equated to putting a 20" where a 19" sat. If the tire sidewall profile, coupled with the rim height, is still the same it will work fine. Thanks to the Mustang kits (I am assuming you are talking about the Revell 2005+ kits here) have such blockey over-sized tires anyway, going to a 19" 1/24th wheel/tire will actually lower the car slightly. The biggest problem you will have is the width of the aftermarket 19" wheel/tire, as Revell has given us painfully inadequate depth in the Mustang wheel wells to fit any real or decent rubber into.

[martinfan5]

Yes I am , I have the 07 gt500 kit, the kit is 1/25, so wouldnt a 1/24 19in tire/wheel be to big and cause the same problem as the kit wheel's do?. I know I will have to open up the wheel wells in the rear.

[whale392]

As I said, the 1/24th scale 19" wheel will basically equate to a 20" wheel in 1/25th. What will make the difference is the sidewall height of the tire; most aftermarket and/or Tamiya kitted tires have a much lower tire sidewall, making them shorter overall that the Revell 1/25th 19" wheel/tire combo. Now, the Tamiya/aftermarket tire/wheel will be wider than the Revell pieces, meaning they will stick out past the outer fender lip unless either the inner fenders or the wheel/tire are trimmed to make everything fit. Believe me when I say the Revell wheelwells are nowhere near deep enough to properly fit even its' kit supplied rubber, let alone good aftermarket/kitbashed rubber. I have half a dozen (or slightly more) of these kits (ranging from the 2006GT to the GT500 and even the 2010GT) and every one of them is waiting on me to trim out the rear wheel wells to make the rubber fit. Also, these kits NEED to be lowered, as their stock ride height (kit form) is way too high. Take roughly 1/16th" out of the front struts and rear springs to correct this.

[martinfan5]

I was planning on lowering the ride as well, now I understand what you are saying, I was just wanting to make sure that if I went with a 1/24th scale tire it wouldnt look out of place on the 1/25th mustang. I am trying to make it look better and dont want to end up getting tires/wheels that are going to look the same as the kit tires.

[whale392]

Believe me, short of monster truck tires, almost ANY aftermarket tire will be a shorter sidewall than the Revell Mustang/Challenger tires!