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Something that has bugged me ever since I opened the Revell '32 5/W coupe is the zero offset wheels all around. Today I had a brainstorm (that doesn't happen to often) It's quick, easy, and best of all it works!!!

All you need is a Dremel tool, a cut off wheel shaft w/screw, and a good #11 blade.

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Just put the rear wheel on the shaft upside down (the lug nuts hold it centered) tighten it down, and turn on the dremel using the back side of the blade cut out the center.

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Once you have the center out, clean it up a little. It will have a small gap all around when set in the rim, so I cut a narrow strip of thin plastic, and glued it on the edge of the center section.

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I ended up with a perfect fit, so I pushed the rim over the center, then pushed it up a little further, added some liquid cement, then pushed the center back down flush with the bottom. Doing it that way no cement gets inside the wheel making a mess.

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When it's all finished you end up with a nice deeper offset rear wheel, that looks 100% better!!! It took all of about ten minutes to do this. This is the way Revell should have done them in the first place.

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Great tip, and applicable wherever an offest needs to be adjusted.cool.gifsmile.gif The result is 100% better and helps "sell" the difference in front and rear tire size. Speaking of which, any thought on narrowing the front wheels for narrower front tires?

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It's interesting that this is exactly the same type of procedure that was done in 1:1 to make the "reversed rims" that were so popular in the 60's. They would cut out the wheel centers and weld them back in so that the wheel offset was deeper. In the case of 1:1, the easiest way to do it was to literally reverse the rim by welding the center back in at the same place but facing in the other direction! laugh.gif

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Great tip, and applicable wherever an offest needs to be adjusted.cool.gifsmile.gif The result is 100% better and helps "sell" the difference in front and rear tire size. Speaking of which, any thought on narrowing the front wheels for narrower front tires?

No sweat B....after removing the center get the calipers out measure what you need removed, then a course sanding stick...SLOW HERE measure till you are narrow and square. if you need a rim edge a short pc of rod will do it...cut and glue

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That is sweeeeet!

I need some deep 'n wide steelies all-the-way-around for my current '62 Impala (and nothing in my stash was right), now I can mod the kit wheels!

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