FibreCores!

[stukwon-do]

After recently discovering that i am going through back wheels quite quickely and that i'm a poor shit, I decided i would hot glue my pro mod wheels, until whilst looking for the hot glue gun i found Fibre Glass Putty:

Which gave me ideas. Lol so i cleaned up my wheels, put some old seized beirings in and started packing the spokes with the putty. As it was starting to dry i took out the beirings out then used a rasp to get the excess putty off. Then very rough sand paper about 5 minutes afterwards and finally 5 minutes after that i used very fine sand paper to get the beautiful finish(LMAO) we have here:

I know it looks like poo, it could have looked a little better if i had have taken more time and effort but hopefully if nothing else it will strengthen my wheels as this is the same stuff they use to hold body kits onto cars! If you're going to try the same thing please ask if you have any questions and please put pics of your wheels if you do or have done this to your wheels. xD

 

[skavenger]

They Dont stick body kits on too cars, they are screwed/bolted/clipped on.

 

[stukwon-do]

Yes and then they use this to fill the difference so it looks stock!

 

[Mike Montgomery]

if you did that to a new wheel it would look ok. and i think it would work as good as hot glue.

 

[I like scooter]

has anyone ever tried to use concrete instead of hot glue? I think it would work....

 

[Steezeman]

Concrete would prolly work but it'd be pretty heavy too. And I'm not a weight weenie haha. Stukwon, that stuff sounds a lot like Bondo, which I think has been used.

 

[Brian Boston]

KC Corning used to use Bondo to fill his cores up, im not sure but i think its the same stuff.

 

[--lillee--]

thats quite clever!!!!!!

 

[dyson16]

looks pretty good and you could write stuff in it before it dries

 

[stukwon-do]

Lol you could try to write stuff. And yes it is bindo only it has glass fibres in it which most bondo's dont have, i'll see today how well they work. And i think concrete would be extremely heavy and i think it would crack!

 

[Mike Montgomery]

yeah concrete would be heavy. but if it was super strong i would ride it. i dont really care about weight

 

[russian serjey]

it looks like cement,...haha

 

[mat]

bondo haha, i love that stuff. you would be surprised how muck of the world is held together with bondo.

 

[ridescoot14]

if u want it to look cool spray paint it of sharpy it

 

[stukwon-do]

What's "sharpy"!?

 

[Mario Rocchio]

A brand of markers. never heard of 'em?

 

[stukwon-do]

Nah i haven't. But i live in New Zealand we dont have a lot of stuff! Lol

 

[scooters]

hot glue doesnt even work good....if you can find putty it will work better coz it harder to so it will be stronger.....and hot glue is less harde then the spokes so it wont do anything....i snapped my pro wheel the other day and the hot glue didnt do anything

 

[brad pas]

sounds good, but i have never seen this stuff before, but after a few jumps woudlnt it just start cracking off?

 

[)bradhouston(]

wudnt if u use fibre stuff wen u come to takin it out and shit it wud give up fibre burns/splinters