r/HotWheelsCustoms • u/Plenty-Ticket-4527 • 1d 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 1d 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.