I suppose you'd like pics, huh...
The LH tire is the Italeri single lip while the RH is the older Italeri rubber double lip-
Here's an old trailer kit rim with the newer rubber tire on it - add a drop or two of CA ans she's good.{sorry for the messy tires- man this camera can get in close!}
...notice at 11 o'clock on the tire there's a lil bump..that's from the sprue stub that is still there..the rear shot has no sprue stumps so no blemishes - clean up will fix that, I just didn't do it before snapping a pic.
Neat thing about the "newer tires", one side has lettering while the other is bare...nice for that odd build where you want a generic tire{no lettering}.
I just bought 10 Italeri tires from Modeltruckin.com for $10{buck a tire}...not bad! Got some of Jerry's decals too while I was there.
If you have your own Italeri rubber tires, just look at the inner lip to see what ya got - new/single lip...old/double lip. I have taken one double lip tire, trimmed off the inner lip and it fit on the rim but I like the newer version for drop in ease because you know how fun accurately cutting rubber can be if you've ever done it.
So, no more having to deal with the old plastic tires on those old kits...just go find yourself some rubber tires and use the kit rims...or toss the rims and do what ya want, but now you have more choices which is always a good thing.
Later-
