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<blockquote data-quote="Black Gold 380R" data-source="post: 16870215" data-attributes="member: 70025"><p>Okay Everyone,</p><p></p><p>Car came in yesterday and I got to work. Jesus Christ, now I remember why I do not like modifying GMP cars. Nothing is easy with these cars. Not even a simple wheel swap.</p><p></p><p>First the offsets and mounting points are always completely different. So, it is never an easy swap.</p><p></p><p>I removed the front wheels and had to drill out the hubs to get them to fit over the wheel hubs. When I did this I removed the rim on the hub that holds the wheel screw in place. So, the new wheels could not be screwed back in place as they were initially. So, had to epoxy them in place. Offset for the front was fine once I drilled out the axle hub.</p><p></p><p>The rear wheels are just pressed on to a metal axle that runs through the rear end housing. Of course the new wheels have way bigger holes and much more plastic. So, the offset was completely off and there was no way to put the wheel on the thin axles.</p><p></p><p>So, I had to fill the wheel hole with epoxy. Then I had to grind down the wheel hub. I couldn't go down as far as I needed on the wheel or there wouldn't have been any plastic left to insert the metal axle. So I also had to grind the axle housing down to get the proper back spacing. Of course I couldn't get the epoxy drilled to the proper size to grip the metal axle. So, once again the epoxy was used to hold everything into place.</p><p></p><p>After going through all that just for a wheel swap I think it came out badass!!! The car doesn't roll now, but I don't need it to roll LOL.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1778273[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1778274[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1778275[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1778276[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1778277[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1778278[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Black Gold 380R, post: 16870215, member: 70025"] Okay Everyone, Car came in yesterday and I got to work. Jesus Christ, now I remember why I do not like modifying GMP cars. Nothing is easy with these cars. Not even a simple wheel swap. First the offsets and mounting points are always completely different. So, it is never an easy swap. I removed the front wheels and had to drill out the hubs to get them to fit over the wheel hubs. When I did this I removed the rim on the hub that holds the wheel screw in place. So, the new wheels could not be screwed back in place as they were initially. So, had to epoxy them in place. Offset for the front was fine once I drilled out the axle hub. The rear wheels are just pressed on to a metal axle that runs through the rear end housing. Of course the new wheels have way bigger holes and much more plastic. So, the offset was completely off and there was no way to put the wheel on the thin axles. So, I had to fill the wheel hole with epoxy. Then I had to grind down the wheel hub. I couldn't go down as far as I needed on the wheel or there wouldn't have been any plastic left to insert the metal axle. So I also had to grind the axle housing down to get the proper back spacing. Of course I couldn't get the epoxy drilled to the proper size to grip the metal axle. So, once again the epoxy was used to hold everything into place. After going through all that just for a wheel swap I think it came out badass!!! The car doesn't roll now, but I don't need it to roll LOL. [ATTACH type="full"]1778273[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full"]1778274[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full"]1778275[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full"]1778276[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full"]1778277[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full"]1778278[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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