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.

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!