Viper54

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I am just posting because WECOHE was getting some bad press latley. I ordered my late Tiger 1 road wheels on 12/1/2010 i recived an invoice the following day and payed via Paypal on the 3rd of Dec. I receved an E-mail that my order would be shipped out on the 6th . My order arrived today Dec, 16th an I couldent be more pleased with their products the Quailty is second to none having see and held Mato wheels and asatam their is no comparison. I order the road wheels TAM0037 and the caps TAM0038 and the total price including shipping was less than $180 us.

Panther G

IMHO it is a poor setup, needing to glue the hub caps in place. They should have been machined for a solid billet of aluminium with the detail being the only part not machined. Needless over engineering if you ask me, and please dont.

Viper54

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ya whatever if you want a $300 set of wheels yes that would be the way to go, these wheels will last forever if set up rite by the builder me

Viper54

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another thing if the caps were made of solid billet aluminium you would have to machine the details(more cost) and would not be able to cast the details in the caps

yellowshaker

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Viper, I am assuming that the bad press was the post I made? Brother, I am calling it as I see it. My complaint was simply the fact that the wheels came in a different form than advertised. Simple as that. Assembling the wheels is nothing difficult and I would hope they will not come apart...they are one piece after all. So, really it is not bad press, just an honest call on what I purchased.

Viper54

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and this thread is my experence with WECOHE, nothng but good things to say about themand I was talking about the caps and how you assemble them prep and glue ect....

yellowshaker

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Well, I am happy for you brother. Good luck with them and enjoy.

Viper54

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Here is a little update on the WECOHE Late Tiger 1 wheels,I have found that Loctite makes a Super Glue that is outdoor safe(changing temps) and impact resistant for the instalation of the shades and caps , this is one of the best glues i have used yet nice dispencer and has been holding up well droped one of the wheels on a concrete floor and no damage or movement of the shades or caps. also i have been using Dupli-Color primers and adhesion promoter for painting all my metal parts(don't use the prep on plastic) andthe cost is less than 5 bucks for 11oz rattle can.just getting started on my Late Tamiya Tiger 1 build more to come.

Panther G

Well, what i meant by a solid billet, which really isn't the proper term would have been just a solid cast block or "billet' as it is called, with the detail already on the inside of the mold. When cast the wheel Billet would come out with that detail in place. then they would just need to machine the rest of the wheel assembly. Which they need to do any way. I just think they could have made the detail and wheel assembly in one piece, that's all. It just seems like one extra step that is not needed. 

Viper54

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these are the best steel wheels out their the asiatam wheels are 2 piece and glued together and wobble rite out the box and have no bushing just an axel for $99 and the detail sucks. just stating facts not being defensive,and their is always two sides to every story,yes you can make better wheels maybe but at what cost? here is the late tiger i will be modeling

Viper54

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another thing i just noticed on the WECOHE wheels is the bronze bushing is the entire length of the axel from one end to the other

Viper54

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more pic's

Tanque

"cast block or "billet' as it is called"

"Billet" is one of the most over and misused terms when referring to semi finished metal products. It is so
ambiguous, colloquial, that it is better to say bar stock or semi finished casting instead. I often have no clue
what someone is referring to when they say "billet" other than the products of steel rolling mills.

Just a thought.

Jerry

manchu9inf

You will really enjoy the Wecohe wheels, I used the Tamiya KT plastic wheel to detail the inside of the Wechoe wheels too. These are really great performing wheels and will look great on the tank!

Viper54

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They are sweet wheels,I hope my Tiger looks as good as yours

Captain Action

Nice looking set of wheels there, Im sure they are up to the job. Who is WECOHE? Post your updates on your project, looks like a good start.

manchu9inf, nice tank ,well done Zim, coat .

Imnotanace

This is Wecohe

http://www.wecohe.de/shop/

Ron

Panther G

Again, Viper. I AM NOT bashing Wecohe. They are most likely THE BEST Late Roadwheel on the market. I do not dispute that.