Wheels for FS2

[RobW]

Hi All

Still waiting for my FS2 to arrive in post (sure it will be worth it) but trying to get a few other bits sorted in the meantime.

Can someone tell me if I have to use kyosho wheels or there are other brands which will fit. No problem with buying kyosho wheels but if there are others which fit, it may make it easier to find some. Have a box of B4 tyres and wheels but assume the rears won't fit?

Cheers

Rob

[carlin]

Originally Posted by RobW

Hi All

Still waiting for my FS2 to arrive in post (sure it will be worth it) but trying to get a few other bits sorted in the meantime.

Can someone tell me if I have to use kyosho wheels or there are other brands which will fit. No problem with buying kyosho wheels but if there are others which fit, it may make it easier to find some. Have a box of B4 tyres and wheels but assume the rears won't fit?

Cheers

Rob

Hi Rob,

You are better running the Kyosho wheels tbh buddy.

I dont think there is any other brand that fits either sorry

Sorry not much help

[mikeyscott]

I understand there is a proline axle as part of the options list which I'm looking at due to my large collection of SX / SV wheels.

[RogerM]

Ok, you can use the UMW502 rear axles to use Proline / Losi / AE rear wheel fitment BUT only if your willing to pull off the FS2 suspension as well as the driveshafts and replace it with FS spec.

I'll be honest here, so far I've never run a single lap on Kyosho wheels on the 4WD or the rear of the RB5 (although the 2WD I've got sitting here in front of me has Kyosho wheels on and has run a fair bit). This is because I had boxes and boxes full of AE fitting wheels. When I first got the ZX5-SP i measured up the front end and found that the new Kyosho wheel were so close (about 0.6mm offset difference) to the Losi front wheels I could use those. Out to the workshop I went and some adapters where made.

Over the last couple of years my stocks of wheels have become very tired and damaged so it's time to replace a lot of them.
As far as I am concerned it's a no brainer now with the FS2 / SP2 rear ends to run Kyosho wheels, as I have on the front of the RB5 all along!

The big advantage (and one I've been missing all year to be honest) is that with the Kyosho wheels you have the option of the different rear end widths and axle spacings .... there have been a few times where I'd have prefered to run with the SP2 / FS2 rear ends and have suffered badly not being able to use them.

Add to all that the fact that Kyosho wheels are the best quality you can buy, never seem to crack and the large hex means you should never strip one and I feel damn silly for sticking with the inferior option for so long.

Hope that helps explain the wheels situation ... bet it begs a question on the rear ends now .. LOL

[RobW]

Thanks, Guys

Seems like an easy decision - order some kyosho wheels. Don't have that many tyres on b4 rear wheels and I'll still probably run the B4 so they won't go to waste.

Cheers

Rob

[RogerM]

you'll soon get an RB5 .. trust me ... once you get used to the Kyosho stuff it's hard to look back!

[jasonrcb]

Whats the part no for the fs2 rear wheels,and are all the 4wd front rims the same

[mikeyscott]

FS2 and SV more like for myself.

[fastinfastout]

yeh its a no brainer, kyosho wheels all the way.

I dont know why manufacturers like AE & schumacher insist on continuing on with the pin for the rears

[RogerM]

Originally Posted by jasonrcb

Whats the part no for the fs2 rear wheels,and are all the 4wd front rims the same

Jason, rear wheels haven't changed fitment since the original ZX5 as far as I know, the latest wheel is an improved design in a number of ways but the older rims still work.

W5028W is the original rear wheel, W5202W is the new rear wheel (had to look on JE Spares website for that partnumber ... must be slipping ).


W5201W is the SP/FS front wheel.

The "W" on the end is for white, "Y" is yellow if you have to buy those ... yuk

[mattb]

if ya wanted hotbodies cyclone d4 wheels are a perfect fit!!