New Shoes for the Silvia

Remember this Tomica Limited S13 Nissan Silvia I did a spotlight on earlier this month? I've since swapped out its wheels thus graduating it from grandma-status into mad tyte JDM dorifto mode, yo.

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There's no dismantling of the car involved, the affair is just swapping out the wheel centers from another banged-up TL which are held together by the rubber tires. Unknowingly I conducted a 5-lug conversion, pretty sweet. The heir of this Silvia can now roll on the streets without further embarrassment.

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Like any S-chassis in the hands of a teenager, it quickly got hooned.

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Though the action didn't last long...

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Nothing to see here, just move along. Just move along...