Quite informative, thanks a lot. Thanks to your video, I changed all 4 wheels of a NM gold Dodge Charger, using lower value wheel donors. It went well, but I had to modify the tune up wrench first (I had the one on the left, visible at 02:00 in your video. I changed it into one looking exactly like the one on the right).
Great video lot of excellent info. Here's a tip for adding that sewing machine oil to the axle. Get a very small paintbrush with a fine tip (bet you already have one). Put the oil on brush and you can have a lot more control where you want that drop going. Have you ever seen a film on how Hot Wheels peened the end of their axles with the bearings installed?
Jim, I appreciate your videos very much. I couldn’t help but notice that the purple Ferrari has, “Raised Door Lines(RDL.) I was wondering if you did that on purpose. 👍🏻❤️🏎
This solution is tempting, car is better looking afterwards indeed, yet it is counter-productive in terms of resell value. This chrome touch up will deter high-end collectors, who will consider that the car has been tampered with. Of course if we're talking bearing or cap wheels, a change of wheel and problem is gone, but if you do that on a straight thru axle...
Thank you so much for the information but I have a question lets say you had a broken or worn out redline wheel on one of your cars and you wanted to replace it with an orginal wheel but in better condition will the value go up? Or decrease? or go high? or stay the same? Because I dont want to lose any of my cars value and I want to be very careful.
Great question and thanks for supporting RedlineCollectibles. If possible, keep all (4) wheels as close as possible with respective wear. Also, use US wheels on US castings. Same with HK. Don't "mix and match" US & HK on the same casting. The more chrome displayed on the wheels will generate better value.
