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If you do this mod, you can achieve stock-like steering qualities....but you MUST take your time on the front wheel assembly! To get the front knuckle/wheel assembly disassembled, I used a hole punch to first push the pin in. Then, to push the pin the rest of the way out, I used a thin scribe.
You have to make sure that when are drilling out the Dub City wheels, you get them snug enough that the existing steering pins are pain to re-install. To match the hole just right, I disassembled the REAR wheel assembly (if you don't know, the rear wheels come off by turning, not just pulling). I then took the rear axle to a hobby store and had them give me a drill bit that was the same diameter.
What I just said sounds kind of confusing reading over it again. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask. Having done the wheel swap now, it wouldn't be too difficult doing it again. The hardest part was figuring out how to disassemble/reassemble the front knuckles.
Now as far as performance, obviously the black Civic has the horrible 1st generation PCB. To make matters worse, I did the wheel swap using one of my many blue gear sets (didn't want to mess up my only read gear set). But, these Dub City wheels are smaller than stock. And by running smaller diameter wheels than stock, I basically changed the over-all gearing. If accurate, scientific tests were possible, a Dub City- equiped Zip should accelerate faster with the smaller wheels.
STEVE
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