# Credit card shims **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance\ **Created:** [July 12, 2009, 12:45am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/credit-card-shims/4177 "2009-07-12T00:45:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![james](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/james/32/149_2.png) [@james](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/james)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2009, 12:45am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/credit-card-shims/4177/1 "2009-07-12T00:45:40Z")
Credit card shims are way better than regular shims. They do take a while to make but they are worth it! I used an old gift card and used an old hole puncher. You need to hole punch near the edge and it will be a LOT easier to hole punch it. Then, hole punch around the edges of the hole. (verry little untill they fit on the yoyo.) Then just cut around the hole w/ sicisors and place in the yoyo. They make the gap way bigger than regular shims, I highly suggest tring it! (I put them on my X-Convict. :wink: ---
**Author:** ![Spencer\_L](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/spencer_l/32/180_2.png) [@Spencer\_L](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Spencer_L)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2009, 12:46am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/credit-card-shims/4177/2 "2009-07-12T00:46:37Z")
Yeah. Some use iTunes cards, too. Way to save money. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Samad](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/samad/32/19_2.png) [@Samad](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Samad)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2009, 3:23am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/credit-card-shims/4177/3 "2009-07-12T03:23:40Z")
I still think regular shims are better. ---
**Author:** ![Paolo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Paolo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Paolo)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2009, 3:25am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/credit-card-shims/4177/4 "2009-07-12T03:25:51Z")
> [@Samad](#): > > I still think regular shims are better. Agreed. ---
**Author:** ![DaShiznit](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/dashiznit/32/62_2.png) [@DaShiznit](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/DaShiznit)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2009, 4:22am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/credit-card-shims/4177/5 "2009-07-12T04:22:53Z")
> [@Samad](#): > > I still think regular shims are better. And you don’t have to make 'em. lol. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![kidrobot888](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dfb087/32.png) [@kidrobot888](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/kidrobot888)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 7:28pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/credit-card-shims/4177/6 "2010-12-30T19:28:24Z")
Awesome! I did this on my journey using an itunes card. Now the gap is way bigger! ---
**Author:** ![Buddy\_Jim](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/buddy_jim/32/7920_2.png) [@Buddy\_Jim](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Buddy_Jim)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 7:43pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/credit-card-shims/4177/7 "2010-12-30T19:43:36Z")
I used a basketball card shim to stuff my dash while I made a silicone mod for it. ---
**Author:** ![Leo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@Leo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Leo)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2010, 2:02am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/credit-card-shims/4177/8 "2010-12-31T02:02:05Z")
> [@Paolo](#): > > > [@Samad](#): > > > > I still think regular shims are better. > > Agreed. yep. but its so hard to find metal shims nowadays. Q.Q ---
**Author:** ![ShaunC](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/shaunc/32/596_2.png) [@ShaunC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ShaunC)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2010, 2:28am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/credit-card-shims/4177/9 "2010-12-31T02:28:05Z")
> [@Leo](#): > > > [@Paolo](#): > > > > > [@Samad](#): > > > > > > I still think regular shims are better. > > > > Agreed. > > yep. but its so hard to find metal shims nowadays. Q.Q You mean like these, for sale on this very site? > **[YYJ Shims](https://shop.yoyoexpert.com/products/yyj-shims)** > > Shims by YoYoJam are built to offer a way to increase the gap width of your YoYoJam keeping it fixed at a larger size than normal. What this does is help make the yo-yo unresponsive since a wider gap means the string is less likely to grab the yo-yo... ---
**Author:** ![Leo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@Leo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Leo)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2010, 5:06am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/credit-card-shims/4177/10 "2010-12-31T05:06:29Z")
those work really well too, except i like the metal ones. idk why. ---
**Author:** ![ShaunC](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/shaunc/32/596_2.png) [@ShaunC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ShaunC)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2010, 5:23am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/credit-card-shims/4177/11 "2010-12-31T05:23:02Z")
The last shim kit I bout had metal ones with it, too. I’m not sure why the non-metals are the only ones available here. I know you can get them elsewhere though. ---
**Author:** ![Leo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@Leo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Leo)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2010, 5:32am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/credit-card-shims/4177/12 "2010-12-31T05:32:43Z")
metal shims just look more legit. Just my two cents. ---
**Author:** ![ShaunC](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/shaunc/32/596_2.png) [@ShaunC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ShaunC)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2010, 5:39am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/credit-card-shims/4177/13 "2010-12-31T05:39:43Z")
hah, fair enough. they do last longer, too. but, i bought a set of metal shims one time and i guess they had been cut weird and one edge was super sharp. i cut the crap out of my thumb with it. ---
**Author:** ![hubstack](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/hubstack/32/7912_2.png) [@hubstack](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/hubstack)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2010, 6:04am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/credit-card-shims/4177/14 "2010-12-31T06:04:42Z")
Yall do know this is over a year old… ---
**Author:** ![ShaunC](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/shaunc/32/596_2.png) [@ShaunC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ShaunC)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2010, 6:27am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/credit-card-shims/4177/15 "2010-12-31T06:27:35Z")
actually, the posts i responded to were made today. so technically, it’s current. ---
**Author:** ![hoggwild89](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/57b2e6/32.png) [@hoggwild89](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/hoggwild89)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 12:20am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/credit-card-shims/4177/16 "2011-01-02T00:20:10Z")
Ummmm…No. At least not on a DMII. or perhaps its my hole punch. The hole is just ever so slightly larger than it should be and the plastic tends to mush down and deform. I end up with a really bad vibe. Stick to metal. > [@Jamesofyoyo](#): > > Credit card shims are way better than regular shims. They do take a while to make but they are worth it! I used an old gift card and used an old hole puncher. You need to hole punch near the edge and it will be a LOT easier to hole punch it. Then, hole punch around the edges of the hole. (verry little untill they fit on the yoyo.) Then just cut around the hole w/ sicisors and place in the yoyo. They make the gap way bigger than regular shims, I highly suggest tring it! (I put them on my X-Convict. :wink: