Rim Guards
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which buses do you think looks nicer with and without rim guards?
my view:
scania N113CRB's look good without rim guards
0405's need to get rid of those things.=P
all b10m's look good w/o guards EXCEPT for DM MK4's
VSO are fine..
SBS1688K wld look nicer with it..
B9TL's wld be nice to add rim guards. =P
VO3X is ok.. just put those things back onto batch 3 where they belong. =P
LO3X are fine.
bendies frm smrt can lose those rim guards. =P
okay.. thats it from me..
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Er .. Rim guards on ALL merz pls .
The Scania N113CRBs , worth a try .
The Scania L113CRL ELBO , should have rim guards on. The L113CRLs in Australia have rim guards on and they look magnificent .
The VSOs should have rim guards on . Either they should have ALL on , or strip all off . Its ugly to have rim guard only at the front and non at the rear.
The B10BLE CNGs looks beautiful with rim guard .
The Dennis Lance looks nice without rim guards . Same goes to the Nissans .
The B10M MK4s should have rim guards on . I mean all . Take a look at SBS1984E . Its rim are one of the nicest for a MK4 Strider.
As for Volvo Olympians , all should have them on except Batch 1 . If batch 1 were to have rim guards on , then the LO3x should have them too , well IMO .
The DAFs looks nice without rim gaurds .
Last but not least, the B9TLs and the new Scania (hopefully as well as the B7RLE demonstrator , SBS8030L) should have rim guards on . Then , with the polished rims , it will certainly look very pretty.
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Scanias look good without rim guards, uh but its worth a try to see L113s with rim guards.
VOs to me dont have much of a difference with or without the rim guards.
BUT for the O405s' they shouldn't remove it. it's part of the wheel design for O405. The O405 look very nice with the rims. If they never have it, they'll be in the horrible condition that the SLBP Merc and some of the SMRT AMDEP Merc are suffering now.
Volvo Mark 4s, maybe the striders should have the rim guards put back.
The VSOs should have them all n, i agree to what Scania N113CRB luver says about all put on or all off.
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What you mean 'rim guards' ? If you're referring to those rings with holes for the wheel bolts to go thru, then i'll say regardless of bus make / model, it tends to look better WITH than without them. As long as it serves a functional purpose it should continue to be used.
But i notice the newer models & some older models of bus do not have them.
I'll presume it became an optional item so some buyers might have left it out to reduce their costs ? Not only on buses but even on trucks.Originally posted by SBS7484P:which buses do you think looks nicer with and without rim guards?
my view:
scania N113CRB's look good without rim guards
0405's need to get rid of those things.=P
all b10m's look good w/o guards EXCEPT for DM MK4's
VSO are fine..
SBS1688K wld look nicer with it..
B9TL's wld be nice to add rim guards. =P
VO3X is ok.. just put those things back onto batch 3 where they belong. =P
LO3X are fine.
bendies frm smrt can lose those rim guards. =P
okay.. thats it from me..
what do you ppl think? -
VSO shd have all on.. B10BLE too.. especially 1688K.. somehow VSO really look fugly if the center axle dun have the ring
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Is SBS1984E the only strider to have rim guard?
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i might have seen it on the way to IMM on christmas day..
i saw a strider with rim guards.
since when did sbst start removing the rim guards on B10M's? -
The process started way back in early 2000 or even late 90s. This was accelerated by the change of livery to SBST.Originally posted by SBS7484P:i might have seen it on the way to IMM on christmas day..
i saw a strider with rim guards.
since when did sbst start removing the rim guards on B10M's?
Apparently rim guards for the B10Ms fell out of favour because by the late 90s, rim guards were practically disappearing and the then-new MKIV DM3500s had none at all. -
It is in fact the only B10M in the whole SBST fleet right now to have it, the last one which got it's removed was either 1891P (AM 125) (got removed and refitted, then removed) or 934M (HG 161).Originally posted by choww:Is SBS1984E the only strider to have rim guard? -
You seen 1984EOriginally posted by SBS7484P:i might have seen it on the way to IMM on christmas day..
i saw a strider with rim guards.
since when did sbst start removing the rim guards on B10M's? -
SBS934G and it's not perm 161 anymore. Replaced by SBS9508UOriginally posted by Scania:It is in fact the only B10M in the whole SBST fleet right now to have it, the last one which got it's removed was either 1891P (AM 125) (got removed and refitted, then removed) or 934M (HG 161). -
Oops for the rego and the permer, cos when it had its dress rims removed, it was still on 161...sucky bus indeed.Originally posted by tintinspartan:SBS934G and it's not perm 161 anymore. Replaced by SBS9508U -
9508 seems to have a rattly axle.. (refer to my post on report anything faulty with buses)
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you ppl shd know there's 2 types of rims on VO3X's.. the batch2/3 kind and the batch1 kind tt looks lyk LO rims.. the rims really messed up eh. theres a certain vo i saw has batch2/3 rims at the front, then the center axle has the LO type at the left, the right has the batch2/3 type...
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Nowadays, the LO and VO wheels are mixed around...Originally posted by ngjy22: -
i thought for LO, the centre thingy is round? Only VO is octagon shape?
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First 3 photos are taken from bbdep buses, last one is from an amdep bus.Originally posted by ngjy22:http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q20/ngjy22/PB090353.jpg
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q20/ngjy22/PB090344.jpg
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The wheels lah, not the axle, the center thing is part of the axle.Originally posted by xunmengzitu:i thought for LO, the centre thingy is round? Only VO is octagon shape? -
so batch 1 has e holes 'shown', batch 2 has e holes 'hidden'.. hmm.
but batch 3's not only the 'hole showing' type. its also got those batch 2 type, with rim guard. -
I feel that those with "holes hidden" with rim guards on looks more cool.Originally posted by SBS7484P:so batch 1 has e holes 'shown', batch 2 has e holes 'hidden'.. hmm.
but batch 3's not only the 'hole showing' type. its also got those batch 2 type, with rim guard.
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yeah. but once they remove the rim guards, suddenly it doesent look so fabulous anymore
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i remember seeing Volvo Trucks with Batch 1 rims..
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those are hawt... can see lots of these esp in australia
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The strange thing was, when the rim guards were on the B10Ms, I didn't like it, and was glad they were removing them.
Now gone already, I keep looking for pics of B10Ms with the rim guards.