How to Take Apart Hot Wheels and Matchbox Diecast Cars and How to Put Them Back Together ASMR 

I do wheel swaps and repainted custom cars. I like to drill pilot holes for screws to reassemble them afterwards.

putting my boyfriends shelby cobra on a keychain for him so this video was super helpful!

I'm gonna try this with my cars, they should start freaking out😁 great video anyway, it's so helpful for rookies like me, thank you so much!

Drill Bit Sizes: - Small is 5/64. - Large is any bit that’s wide enough and shallow enough to take off the head of the rivet without cutting into the plastic base.

Very nice. Just getting into this hobby. Cheers!

great video you make it look easy

Very good directions and information. Cool video . 👍👍👍👍👍👍

thank god for this i watched a lot of other videos and it didnt say how to put them back together

Wouldn't it make life easier if they came screwed to begin with lol. Im thinking of Having a go and doing wheels swaps probably as far as i would fare go 🤣

One thing you should mention is patience as you displayed here. Most of us don't lol.

Good information! 😃

When I was little I didn't have power tools so I just used a butter knife and then pushed the bent parts back good as new once the top was on a different frame. haha

What an Awesome Video!

nice job, Thanks.

Okay...I'll start to pimp my diecast cars now. RU-vid wants me to do it! :D Thank you for your video. I'm an absolute beginner and every help is useful. I'll start with tires, i guess. Some of my Hot wheels and Matchbox cars need better shoes! ;) Greetings from Germany! ✌

Lot of help thanks

good vidio, I've never used lube and never had a problem

Awesome

nice one

Saved 😁

Damn this vid really helped

I too like to scratch the paint on the wooden table as I'm drilling the rivets

can you do this even on a diecast car that has relatively tiny rivets and posts? looking to customize one but the rivets (and assuming the posts as well) look much smaller in comparison to the other diecast cars i've seen. thank you for this video!!

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Nice video! Are you using a tapered tap or a bottom tap?

Let's hope this works with ERTL Thomas models. Only 2 of them have Philips screws, the rest have standard divets like here.

Can u buy the screws like at home depot or ace hardware cuz no one seems to have them. Tried looking for them yesterday

I tried this and ended up breaking the drill bit from the tap. It wasn't really cutting into the rivit so i tried more force and it snapped. Any idea why it wasn't going in?

Curious to why you don’t use a dremel to file it down?

Can you pls post screws and bits sizes ?? TiA

What size drill bits exactly were used to remove the rivets?

Is there a way to put the car back together that doesn't involve screws? First time doing this and want to see if its something i like before buying a bunch of stuff. Would superglue work?

Where can I buy the screw at

What size are the drill bits?

What’s the screw size??

Mine isn't working

Do Rotary tools work well?

There is no need to tap these posts, other than that youre using a tried and true method

Awesome video. What size drill bits did you use.

Bro I just wanna take apart my hot wheels

I have two Hot Wheels cars, one a used 1967 Chevelle Hot Wheels car and the other is a used 1968 Barracuda fastback Hot Wheels car, each of which have straight bodies, still-intact interiors, still-intact windows and straight chassis, the Chevelle's somewhat-weathered-chassis is plastic and the Barracuda's somewhat-weathered-chassis is metal, their bodies need new paint, their windows need to be cleaned up as do their chassis and their wheels do need to be switched out, albeit my hands are not fully capacitated due to various health issues from over the years and so, here's my question: Would you know of anyone out there who does clientele repair work on any such Matchbox/Hot Wheels cars? If yes, please, let me know, I really would appreciate it, thanks.

Can someone send me the sizes for all the screws and stuff so I can screenshot? Plz

Wait a second, I didn’t come here to skim a cat 🤨

There is no such thing as a rivet in the post. It's just a post that is formed and then when the car is assembled the end of the past is crushed, basically you're drilling out that crush.

i just did this u left out how much of a nightmare putting it back together it was the plastic breather and the lining it up and the 2mounts at the front of the engine just be ready for the put back..