drevil

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Well i found a set of 1/5 scale FG touring car wheels and tires from a private seller, and got the touring car uprights and tierods from molzermowery and put it all together today. Unfortunately i'm still waiting for a part not related to this conversion so i couldn't try it out yet.
Here are the pictures. Some are before pictures and some are after pictures to give you and idea of the difference between the two.
Notice the drop between the bottom two picutures. That is a combination of the tires and removal of the preload adjusting clips.

drevil

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Here are the pictures of the stock uprights compared the touring car uprights.

drevil

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One more, this is the difference between the onroad wheels and the offroad wheels.

p113

is the diference in on road handling worth it or is the marder not good on road obviously i cant tell cus ur ment 2 use the standerd tyres

drevil

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Who says you are meant to use the standard tires?
I haven't tried it out yet because i'm STILL waiting for parts to arrive...ARGH.
BUT i've known a guy who had the FG truck tires on his Marder and he said he couldnt believe how well the marder handled with them on.
Mike

FGUK

Any news??? How does it go with the touring car wheels on??
Also......... was it just the fronts you have to change or the rears as well?

Thanks

Aaron

drevil

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STILL waiting for parts to arrive. I'll let you know how it goes when i do use it.
Mike

Isaac F

Any news how this marder run on road handling ??

THX

ibstar

i run my marder on the truck tyres the problem i had is it take a while for the slicks to warm up
untill they get sticky there usless but when warmed up gees does it go you really notice the speed on the tarmac
drevil
i think you will have to change the gearing now you are running smaller wheels
mind the top end you don't want to over rev and go bang
mind you it will accelerate like the brown stuff off a polished shovel
mine still understeers quite bad on tarmac but it certainly goes and saves those knobblys for the soft stuff

freedom69

i use to race marder on road with fg touring car few month back. yes it bloody fast and handling well. you need lower the car alot to stop flip over and put some wieght on front for warn up tyre...corner better also i got fg touring car too. i think marder are faster acce not top speed. oh get PMT kronos tires back 15 or 20 and front 25 or 30 well sticky great stuff

Isaac F

So maybe is better to get from the biguining a FG Bettle On Road???
Do any body knows if this car comes with better gearing?

THX

rfaster

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I thought you could buy FG slicks that fit plug and play on a Marder, MT etc... W/out having to replace the arms etc... -

voo2doo

Drev
I bought a set of tourer wheels for my Fg beet,but with running discs front how can I put them on?
Cheers
Vo0[&:]

ibstar

if you want a off/on road car
then get a off road marder/beetle etc
then get the marder white or silver truck wheels with the 63mm fronts and 80mm (width) rears and they will just swap straight over no gear changes no arm changes