I blew up my electronics so I got a little bored and I decided to take a spare wheel and mount it on the Hummer body.
Things needed:
piece of steel, aluminum, plastic, anything you want to mount the wheel on
something to cut that steel, aluminum or plastic (dremel etc.)
drill and maybe a tap
Step1: Prepping the metal
Find out what your using, I used a piece of sheet aluminum, forgot how thick but its relatively thick.
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Then put the wheel on it and trace a design, I recommend writing using a sharpie, but I couldnt find one so I just scratched it with a screwdriver
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step2: Cutting the metal
I just used these snippy dealies to cut the part out, don't worry about bending it a little bit or not cutting straight because your going to have to ttrim it down anyways.
After it is cut it out, it should look somewhat like this
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After you trim it up it should look like this
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Step 3: Cutting the body
As you can probably see, I am using a Hummer body, I know the other bodies are going to be different so you can find a way to mount it on them, but what I did was just simply drill a hole (using .106 drill bit because I wanted to thread a 4-40 screw in) then I tapped it which you don't need to do if you want to put a bolt on the back side. Also this is where you drill a hole in that round piece of sheet metal you cut.
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Step 4: Mounting the tire
This is about the easiest step ever, but all you have to do is thread the screw through the wheel, then through the metal piece, and then into the body. Tighten it down and voila.
As you can see I didn't trim mine down quite far enough but I will do that later.
ENJOY!
I used the Spare tire mount that came with the body kit... unscrewed the shell... drilled out the screw hole... and used the Gen1 wheel hubs to mount it...
Creative is what I was going for. I am also thinking about making an aluminum 'scaler' chassis for the trucks. Anyone who is into the hobbygrade rc rock crawling will know what Im talking about there. I still have to come up with a design, and Ill make it so it can use all stock parts and all upgrades! No guarantees on that though.
Very nice. I did the same thing (tips and tricks section) that doesn't require drilling or cutting metal. Nevertheless, good tutorial. It's very creative.
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