The "I only changed the wheels" thread

I like the looks of the Studebaker pick-up, but don't care for the NASCAR looking wheels.

ditto on the nascar wheels... the yellow release truck's wheels have white letters... better but don't seem to spin...

I have a few, but I posted them all before this. I'll post them again for the hell of it. haha.

Inspired by Smitty's call for an "Under 25g Challenge", I decided to put FTEs on a Lotus 7 (Caterham):

HALF FAST GARAGE IS LOOKING GOOD IN THE LOW-FAT ISLE...

Here's my first ever attempt at a wheel swap. - I did it today.

Here's my first ever attempt at a wheel swap. - I did it today.

There ya' go . . . lookin' good!
They're sorta' like Lay's potato chips, ya' can't do just one!

No doubt about it! I spent half the day drilling on cars, and ONE got put back together.

you will never look at a hot wheels car the same as you did before SURGURY...welcome to a gang that takes perfectly good $1 cars and RUINS them.... [ 3 or 4 at a time ]

I only changed the wheels on this one, but I also stuck six or seven nickels in there and stuffed it full of clay.

I only changed the wheels on this one, but I also stuck six or seven nickels in there and stuffed it full of clay.

CHECK THE FTE. VS. FTE2 THREAD IN THIS FORUM....VERY INTERESTING

I saw that thread and thought that at some point somebody said that the problem was if the wheels protruded out too far from the body, then they might hit the sidewalls of the track. That must have been a different forum. I don't see it now.

I'm not a big fan of the design of the FTE 2's, but that's all I had on hand and didn't have the patience to track down some of the older style FTE wheels. Next time... I'm a big fan of the super van, looks like I'll have to track down another of those as well.