Livening Up the Dewart Lancer Evo X

The Dewart 2008 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X appeared in the 2009 Hot Wheels Faster Than Ever series.  Unfortunately I do not have a white version (if you are willing to part with one or two send me an email), but that doesn't mean I can't spruce up the dark red version I do have. 

After I had the car drilled and Dremel'd I started things off by swapping out the funky tinted windows for some nice clear ones.  Next I ditched those FTE wheels for some chrome Y5's.  Last but not least was a Z-bar to give it that mid-drift look.  Sweet.

Swap Shop - Top Secret Nissan 350Z

Just tricked-out my Hot Wheels Nissan Z with some nice 10-spokes and a Z bar.

Z Bar Drift Battle!

I spent some time making Z-bars for a couple of my drift cars today so I figured that a battle was in order.

On the first pass the Hot Wheels Nissan 350Z started things off.  For the second pass the Hot Wheels 24/Seven custom Mazda RX-7 took the lead.

Z Barring the Evo X

After watching a video from one of my favorite peeps on YouTube I decided to give it a shot myself.  'Give what a shot?', you say.  Well making my very own Z bar, of course!

I decided to test it out on a Hot Wheels Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X that I had in my parts box.  I thought the Z bar would be the perfect thing to give my drift cars the look of counter-steering through the corners.  Check it out and let me know what you think.

To see how I did it, you can watch the video that inspired me here.  The only thing I did differently was to use  .032 brass rod for the axles.  For some reason I didn't need any superglue because the crimp tubes had a pretty snug fit on the brass rod, maybe just a fluke.

The Ten Have Spoken

Furthering my mission to purge tasteless rims from my collection I thought I would update you as to my two latest projects.

You may remember my post featuring a trio of Evo Xs that had all received new wheels.  Well, it did not go unnoticed that two of these cars featured ten-spoke rims and one did not.  This lack of symmetry will not be tolerated.  So I remedied that little problem.

Next I had a 24/Seven a.k.a. custom Mazda RX-7 that featured those cursed new J5 rims.  Those had to go!

Mike's Speed Shop: Evo Wheel Swap

Never to leave well enough alone, I have set out make some improvements to my 2008 Lancer Evolutions belonging to the Clone Drifting Team produced in 2010.

To start my blue Evo needed new wheels as I am not really a fan of the new rims HW is putting on their most recent tuners.








I found that the easiest solution to this would be to swap out the entire chassis from a 2008 version of the same car. This also had the desirable effect of replacing the bright chrome chassis that really just made the car to, well, "pimpin'" for my tastes. Pictured below is the final result.

Next up was my green Evo. The same rims mentioned above needed to be swapped out, but even more important was the replacement of the horrible gold chassis. With the aid of another 2008 Evo I found another chassis. That only left the need for a nice set of rims. The ten spoke rims produced more recently have quickly become one of my favorite HW style wheels. It just so happens that I even found some in the right color.

Finally, I needed to replace the chassis on my favorite of the group. My orange Evo came from the factory with a set of front wheels that rubbed the inside of the wheel wells. While I had no beef with the style of wheels used (5 spoke to be exact), but I just happened to find some that were even better!

All told, the Clones are quite pleased with their new equipment (though I will likely be swapping in some ten spokes on the blue Evo).