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Originally Posted by lincpimp
The baja wheels have a 24mm hex. The savage 5t has not been released here yet, and I am not sure if it will be released. HPI made 24mm hexes to allow the use of the baja beadlocks on the savage, but I do not think they are available yet either. Best thing I can think to do would be to get the easily available 23mm hex adapters for the savage and wrap some .5mm shim stock around the hex to bring the overall diameter to 24mm, use some epoxy to hold that stock to the 23mm hex and you would have a sturdy 24mm hex. I will have to weigh the beadlock/tire combo that I planned to use on my stretch savage project. I plan to use a std MT size beadlock (such as the popular maxximizer beadlock) and moab xl tires. I will have to cut a section out of the tire and glue it together to get the inside diameter to match the diameter of a MT wheel (since the moab xl tires are designed to go on a 40 series wheel). I am doing this cause I like the width of the moab xl, and want a tire with a taller sidewall (and taller overall height) than a std M tire can offer. Plus the ratio of wheel diameter to sidewall height will look more like a corr truck's stock tires (as I plan to put the 5t body I have on this creation).
Anyways, I really like your truck gyn77. It gives me more desire to finish my various large scale projects!
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I also thought to buy 23mm hex, but the problem was that I cannot replace the same Front Width 18.1" (460mm) and Rear Width 18.9" (480mm) of baja because savage braces are not so long as baja braces.
So I thought homemade adaptor was the best way.
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