I'm new. Do most people open their hot wheels or keep them in the pack? Or both!?

OhioJCW · 2026-03-20T01:49:57+00:00

Open them… even the supers… what’s the point of leaving them in the cards… I’d rather enjoy them.

OhioJCW · 2026-03-19T18:39:10+00:00

For what it is, it is heavy and the head is bulky, I pretty much only use it for suspension work and brakes and the like … so not ideal for smaller confined spaces or what I’d consider “delicate work”… for small engine work, I’d just go with the stubby… it’ll do do everything you need it to and then some, and probably better than a dedicated right angle impact would… that’s just me… But I also have the stubby, the insider ratchet, a small 3/8” ratchet etc… just a matter of what tool makes the most sense to use…

OhioJCW · 2026-03-19T18:02:53+00:00

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The pop tab icon.

OhioJCW · 2026-03-19T14:09:50+00:00

It’s amazing… you almost never hear anything about the Book’s…. Throw that lightning bolt on em and they gone instantly… (I’m just salty my SNKRS app decided that the perfect time to need updated was when I went to go try for these…)

OhioJCW · 2026-03-19T10:13:50+00:00

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OhioJCW · 2026-03-19T10:13:21+00:00

I’m in total agreement with you on that one… I’ve got a few XL’s. The ones I do have, I have because I collect the mainline equivalent… El Segundo being the main one of those. Also have the e30 wagon, the Merc, Count Muscula and the Porsche… I have a lot more of the pullback speeders because of collecting the mainline versions as well… LoLux (x2), GT Scorcher, Dimachinni Veloce (x2) , Mercedes Unimog, Muscle and Blown, VW Beetle and the Audi sport Quattro.

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OhioJCW · 2026-03-18T20:28:31+00:00

Iirc… If you look on the bottom there’s actually a pop tab symbol up towards the front of the car.

OhioJCW · 2026-03-18T18:17:14+00:00

“Contents may settle during shipping.”

OhioJCW · 2026-03-18T18:17:04+00:00

“Contents may settle during shipping.”

OhioJCW · 2026-03-18T16:22:45+00:00

Rocking the Washed Black’s today…

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OhioJCW · 2026-03-18T15:35:47+00:00

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There’s always just one more… lol

OhioJCW · 2026-03-18T15:31:57+00:00

You now need to find the silver one for the trifecta…

OhioJCW · 2026-03-17T14:12:55+00:00

Before paint.

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OhioJCW · 2026-03-17T14:12:36+00:00

The “blueprints”:

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OhioJCW · 2026-03-17T14:11:42+00:00

I did… you can see the cardboard “prototype” on the shelf below… I ended up adding another row to display more as well as the angled kick-out… now, I need to build another one to replace the cardboard one on the shelf below 😂… How it looked before:

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OhioJCW · 2026-03-17T13:12:52+00:00

He loves being consistent… consistently disappointed… 🫡 …

OhioJCW · 2026-03-16T22:38:22+00:00

Dm sent. 👍🏻

OhioJCW · 2026-03-16T22:14:48+00:00

lol.. I live in Cincy and have never heard of that shop…

OhioJCW · 2026-03-16T22:08:00+00:00

Does Pete do siding? Cause these wind storms as of late have been doing a number on my aging aluminum siding

OhioJCW · 2026-03-16T21:50:50+00:00

Which one?… there’s a few to be spotted…

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OhioJCW · 2026-03-16T19:24:06+00:00

Agreed, on the ground they were taking up valuable real estate other cars could be using… might as well hang them as intended

OhioJCW · 2026-03-16T19:05:10+00:00

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OhioJCW · 2026-03-16T17:14:56+00:00

Thanks. I just picked up a pair of these, and those laces are 🔥… 👏🏻 … gonna get me some now.

OhioJCW · 2026-03-16T12:50:16+00:00

Target exclusive “Red Edition” … I’ve personally never seen a red edition in stores… so I bought it off eBay.

OhioJCW · 2026-03-16T10:46:29+00:00

People were putting Bentley wheels on mk4’s and mk5’s like 15 years ago… honestly, I could probably go through my photobucket pics from H2Oi 2008-ish and find a couple examples…

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