In today’s video I show you how I mod the LEGO Speed Champions Lightning McQueen so it looks a lot more like the character from Cars. The stock build is pretty good (check out my review if you haven’t already), but I’m just not too happy with the front end — the studs don’t need to be there, it slopes down too much, and I wanted a bit more of an open mouth. So I walk you through a set of quick, easy changes that give you better shaping up front, a more secure open-mouth smile, and wheels that are movable and poseable. The best bit is this uses mostly parts already in the set, just moved around, with only a handful of extra pieces (mainly for the wheel setup). I swap the wheel assemblies over to ball joints so the wheels still spin freely, but you can also angle them for poses — which just makes sense because in the film the wheels do all the “body language”. I also remove the little round red studs from the wheels (I think it looks more accurate without them), tweak the hood/mouth area for more depth, and show you what ends up left over. It’s a subtle upgrade, but for me the improved slope and that open-mouth smile just works, doesn’t it? Kachchow.