How do you install those custom huge rims or spinners?

[knoxciso]

You know what I'm talking about. Those huge 6 sets of dubs or 4 sets of spinners on Ebay for about 10-15 bucks + 7 shipping. Search :1/18 Rims. They say they come with axles, with diffrent widths, but I'm wondering how some people would manage to get the rims to roll and steer properly. I never got a hold of these myself, but I plan to, then again my cheap side wants to wait to see how they reallly install and if they are worth the trouble buying them.

1. What are the width's of the axles?
2. How do the axles attach to the car?

Thanks!

[Gafoto]

Don't waste your money on those rims unless you are really dieing for a certain style. Go to a toysrus, wal-mart, or online and buy a 1/18 (or 1/24) Dub City kit. The kit requires almost no assembly and is just Jadas excuse to add an extra set of wheels. You won't get any extra axles (just the right number for two vehicles) but you will probably not spend over 30. You get a nice Dub City car which (if you want) you could scavenge for wheels and an extra set of wheels. I bought a Dodge Ram by dub city and got an extra set of wheels which went directly on my H2. They look phat.

The rims you buy online are actually copies of the Dub City rims and do include a large variety of axles but tend to cost ALOT more than they should. Look for the 6 packs and 4 packs which tend to offer better deals. Try looking under "dub rims". Another thing is to get the 1/24 rims for a "normal" 1/18 car. Most of the 1/24 dub rims are actually 24 inch rims in that scale...so converting to 1:18 you can figure that those rims are 18-inchers in 1:18 scale. I just installed some rims from a 1:24 Celica on my Saleen S7. They look great and I could use the original axles and steering column!

To install them in something like a maisto car just drill holes straight through the plastic body of the car and slid on the wheels. If no location exists you might try getting a small wood block.

[knoxciso]

These are the cars I plan to mod:

Porsche Cayenne
Mercedes-Benz G500
Hummer H2
Lexus LS430
Mercedes Benz SL500

They will be all black, with the rims having a black face and chrome dish.

I like the idea of having 18.5-19" rims using the 1/24, would look alot more proportioned. I have a 1/24 Dub City die-cast and it looked good on my Cayenne, but there was no way I could install them properly, I would have to buy those sets on EBay with the axles like I mentioned before. It would be too much money to buy those already custom die-cast, salvaging the electronics, and rims which even have a chance of breaking it off the axle ( I think?) Are they easy to remove the rims?

[Gafoto]

The rims on the dub city models are very easy to remove and work on the same principle as the rear axles of hot wheels cars. Just twist the wheels in opposite directions and slowly pull them off.

The prefer to have a black dish an have chrome spinners. Check out the link in my sig (the gafoto one) and look at my h2. I pulled of the spinners and painted the main rim flat black. I like to refer to them as "military issue freestyles".

If those are all maisto models you will probably need a variety of different axles (you have trucks and cars there). Just try to get a good deal on the rims. Other suggestions would be to swap some rims between cars. I did a tutorial earlier on removing wheels. Also once the rims are off you can paint them. Try chrome spray paint to add some style to your cars. Or mebbe red or black? Keep thinking.