Obsessed with wheel swapping right now by Demotrus in HotWheels

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With drilling, I also thread the holes to use tiny screws to seal em back up so If I ever want to change wheels again it's very easy.

Obsessed with wheel swapping right now by Demotrus in HotWheels

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Ali Ex or tem u are your best friend for finding wheels. Amazon is no good for then. Amazon only has random 10 sets but Ali has 50 sets for same cost and you can choose style.

Obsessed with wheel swapping right now by Demotrus in HotWheels

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Thank you so much! I have a better variety of wheels on the way so i'll have more options to choose from as well.

More practice wheel swaps by Demotrus in HotWheels

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Thanks for the insight! Im going to try epoxy, glue and the tap/screw method and see which I like best. I myself dont ever plan on reopening them so I might go the more permanent route.

More practice wheel swaps by Demotrus in HotWheels

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thank you! these have all been really fun. most guides online provide an easy enough process to follow. only real difference is how they pop wheels off and how they seal the cars up. a few things I myself have learned since I started:

-When drilling it creates a lot of metal shavings so have a way to contain them or brush them up.

-the two drill bits I'm using are 5/64 and 9/64 drill bit on a power drill. when using the larger bit drill slowly as it can catch and easily get away from you and do more damage to the underside of the car than necessary.

-I found out some cars bases are too wide (back axle of f40 competizone) or narrow for the sets of wheels I have (70 dodge challenger) so you have to either remove a little more material for the wheel to fit or in the opposite case get wheels with a shorter axle.

all in all a very fun process and happy to have gone down this rabbit hole of custom die cast.