The Tenderfoot’s red Tomahawk

Post by **Hcp22** » Sat May 19, 2012 5:50 pm

This update is just to explain what I’m doing, because I’m not working on my Tomahawk.

So this is what I and my wife are doing during the weekends, working at our summer house, chop wood, painting the house and assembly garden furnisher…

Post by **Hcp22** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 4:40 pm

I found some red Duratrax wheels in my storage and tried them out for comparison. I might have to re anodize them, but what do you think guys?

Post by **Coelacanth** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 4:55 pm

Nice wheels. I'd either use the red ones or polish the raw aluminum ones.

Post by **shodog** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 5:10 pm

Either set of wheels would look great but if it were mine I would loose the knockoffs

Post by **Mr. ED** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 5:18 pm

Polishing is over-rated. I like the matte silver with the red nuts... though they don't match well with the red rears and white spongees I liked before

Post by **Coelacanth** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 5:20 pm

Mr. ED wrote:Polishing is over-rated.

I'd agree with you--if polishing were easy to do. But with the amount of elbow-grease required to do a nice polishing job, it's *never* over-rated.

Just my 2¢.

Post by **GJW** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 5:23 pm

just wicked lars, very wild indeed. show us some spike's on the back

Post by **shodog** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 5:40 pm

I'm not so sure those silver wheels would polish at all they look as if they are clear annodized

Post by **Coelacanth** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 6:00 pm

The ano could be removed with Easy-Off, then they could be polished like any other aluminum piece. Not sure it would be worth the effort, though, as Duratrax wheels are on the cheaper side. At any rate, that wheel design would be a lot easier to polish than the 2 different styles I did for my Optimas. Man, those were a pain.

Post by **Charlie don't surf** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 6:12 pm

Polishing anything wheel wise without a lathe just plain sucks.

Post by **Diggley** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 6:35 pm

My personal preference leans more towards the polished wheels (w/out the knock-offs).

(The knock-offs are more at home on sports cars than off-roaders.)

Who makes those tires? They look great!

Post by **shodog** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 7:49 pm

Charlie don't surf wrote:Polishing anything wheel wise without a lathe just plain sucks.

I agree, a lathe definitely cuts your polish time

Post by **Hcp22** » Tue Jun 05, 2012 2:57 am

Mr. ED wrote:Polishing is over-rated. I like the matte silver with the red nuts... though they don't match well with the red rears and white spongees I liked before

I have tried those AJ’s, but they look weird on the Tomahawk… I will take some pictures tonight and you can judge for yourself.
Tanks for the input guys, much appreciated

Post by **Hcp22** » Thu Jun 07, 2012 1:09 pm

To: Mr ED

I had tried it ones before and they looks weird on this car, but I didn’t put on the rear wheels…
This time I did both front and rear and with an old body, and I had to say that they are a contender…

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Post by **Mr. ED** » Thu Jun 07, 2012 1:55 pm

Make that a white body with some red and black pin-striping and it will realy pop (the racer style, not hotrod or cruiser style)

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