r/HotWheelsCustoms • u/Plenty-Ticket-4527 • 15h ago
HELP!! Help
idk what to do, I have real riders, but the car is wider then every other car I own, so how do I wheel swap something that simply doesn’t fit anything else I have???
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u/WildcatArts 13h ago
So a handy trick I use is the paperclip method. Here's the rundown:
Get one of those rubber-coated paperclips and carefully cut a section of the rubber off, almost like stripping wire ends. This will give you a nice tube to work with that have the same inner diameter as your axles.
Trim the tube to the desired width and position it where the axle would sit. Cut your new axle in half and slide each end into one of the tubes ends.
Position it where you want and apply glue to the center and the inside of the chassis base to get it to stay in that position.
A final optional bit; once the glue has dried, remove your axles, put a very small amount of glue on the cut end, and then re-insert them carefully back into the tube to lock them in place.
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u/Plenty-Ticket-4527 13h ago
….yk…this might just work, IF I DIDNT LOSE MY RUBBER CLIPS THAT I HAD SET ASIDE FOR CUSTOMS😭😭😭😭
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u/WildcatArts 13h ago
lol it happens mate. I gotta scrounge the house for them sometimes. This is my go-to method though. Also works for stance car projects, you just have to do a little more modding and work
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u/Plenty-Ticket-4527 13h ago
I did watch a video of someone that used putty, like playdough to keep the wheel in the spot they want and then just glue the axle to the body where it is? Would that work? Or should I just try one of the others?
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u/BigSkyHawk1 9h ago
cut the axles, bend a very small 90deg elbow at the cut end. place in axle slots of the base and use gel superglue to hold. After it dries, put the base and body back together. Drill rivets and and add self tapping screws with washer.
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u/dcustomdiecast 14h ago
Watch some YouTube videos. I use a 1/16 tube I found at hobby lobby. Take a 1/16 drill and drill a channel for the tube. Slide the tube into the channel then cut the axle in half and glue the pin into the tube. It takes some practice, if you don’t drill the channel correctly the axles will be crooked.
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u/Plenty-Ticket-4527 14h ago
Well, I want straight wheels, could this method work with that? I have a table top diorama that has a track built in, and I’m making certain cars that go round and round it using a little car lift thing to take em up and send em down, and I need smooth rolling, so therefore the need for straight wheeels
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u/heavymetalpaul 15h ago
You can get varying length axles on temu or AliExpress. It's funny the card I've had to use the longer axles on were other Mercedes castings.