02-25-2012, 05:05 PM
Thought about 100% of cars on our club layout are equipped with metal wheels, I must admit I was never convinced myself about track cleaning properties. When you have problems with wheels not rolling well, it's habitually related to the truck itself. From experience, I've seen the same amount of dirt on plastic and metal wheels under similar operation conditions. It must be some argument to sell more wheels.
I personnally like metal wheels for visual reason. When they are nicely painted, you only see the bare metal wheel thread which is a nice feature (thought some blackened wheels doesn't give this effect). As for plastic wheels, quality vary greatly from a manufacturers. It's one reason why we converted the cars. If it wasn't a club expense, I wouln't have undergo this costly converting process for economical reasons.
Matt
I personnally like metal wheels for visual reason. When they are nicely painted, you only see the bare metal wheel thread which is a nice feature (thought some blackened wheels doesn't give this effect). As for plastic wheels, quality vary greatly from a manufacturers. It's one reason why we converted the cars. If it wasn't a club expense, I wouln't have undergo this costly converting process for economical reasons.
Matt
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